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Scotland Yard's bravest and best : outstanding gallantry by Metropolitan Police officers
Kirby, Dick2025
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During the 20th century, Scotland Yard detectives and their uniform counterparts, rarely armed, needed to be physically tough and brave given the ruthless criminals they confronted. In this book the author draws on his and his comrades' experiences. Among the incidents vividly described is that of a detective known as 'Pat the Cat' who was awarded British Empire Medal for Gallantry and Bar after being shot on one occasion, surviving a fusillade of bullets from a escape convict on another and, four years later, being severely injured thwarting an armed robbery. We learn of police officers, who despite being shot, went on to arrest the gunmen and the Flying Squad officer who dismantled an IRA bomb, primed to detonate outside Scotland Yard.
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Author:
Kirby, Dick, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword True Crime, 2025.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781036150662 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.20922421363.209
LC class:
HV7911.A1
Language:
English
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BRN:
4258205
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