Person    | Female  Born 8/10/1961  Died 17/12/1983

WPC Jane Arbuthnot

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

Andrew Behan has researched this woman: Woman Police Constable Philippa Jane Arbuthnot was born on 8 October 1961, the youngest of the four children of Lieutenant Commander John Keith Arbuthnot O.B.E and Susan Philippa Arbuthnot née Letts. Her birth was registered in Petersfield, Hampshire. She joined the Metropolitan Police Force (now the Metropolitan Police Service) and was attached to Chelsea police station with the shoulder number 481B. She lived at 23 Bowfell Road, Hammersmith.

On 17 December 1983, whilst investigating a reported terrorist car bomb and evacuating the area outside Harrods store in Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, the device exploded and she was killed instantly, aged 22 years. She preferred to use the name Jane, so much so that all records regarding her in later life, i.e. registration of death, probate and even her gravestone show her as Jane Philippa Arbuthnot. She was buried in Mortlake Cemetery, Kings Meadow Path, Richmond, TW9 4EN.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
WPC Jane Arbuthnot

Commemorated ati

Harrods bombing - lower plaque

Here fell Insp. Stephen Dodd, PS Noel Lane, WPC Jane Arbuthnot. 17th December...

Read More

Other Subjects

Lance Corporal Ernest George Arnold

Lance Corporal Ernest George Arnold

Ernest George Arnold was born on 26 April 1889 in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, the second of the six children of Thomas Arnold (1859-1928) and Ellen Arnold née Pateman (1861-1934). The birth of Er...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Able Seaman Alfred John MacQuillin

Able Seaman Alfred John MacQuillin

Alfred John MacQuillin was born on 29 June 1897 in Walworth, London, the fourth of the ten children of William John MacQuillin (1872-1927) and Ellen Elizabeth MacQuillin, née Staples (1872-1942). H...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
E. H. Knights

E. H. Knights

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
J. McClelland

J. McClelland

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
C. W. Alexander

C. W. Alexander

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial