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During February we remember . . .

On February 8, 2001, Police Constable Rod Daniels was on duty in an unmarked car when he stopped at the scene of a minor road collision. Rod was hit by a car whilst warning other drivers in a fluorescent jacket and killed.

Police Constable Thomas Wake was knocked down by a motorcycle on October 31, 1926 whilst on patrol for Essex County Constabulary along the Billericay to Brentwood road. He was off duty for a month and suffered from headaches and fits before returning to work but died on February 8, 1927.

Police Constable Walter Reeve of the Essex County Constabulary was stationed at Coggeshall and the father of seven children. On February 16, 1911, he didn't return from an evening patrol and was later found in full uniform in the River Blackwater. There were no signs of violence and an open verdict was recorded by the coroner.

Police Constable Felix Pauley served as an constable with the Essex County Constabulary for a little over four years when he joined the RAF in 1941. He was killed in air operations over Lincolnshire on Wednesday February 16, 1944 whilst serving as a Flight Sergeant with 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. The image opposite shows the emblem of 106 Squadron.

Herbert Guiver saw action in the Boer War before joining the police where he served in Southend for almost 8 years before joining the army once more to serve in World War 1. He was killed on February 17, 1916 aged 33 years old and is buried at the Sucrerie Military Cemetery in Somme, France.

Police Constable Sidney Dodd served in the Royal Artillery throughout World War II. On February 24, 1957, he was cycling along the Stanford-le-Hope bypass when he was knocked down and killed by a drunk driver, leaving his wife Catherine and six year old son Peter. Peter now has two children of his own, Thomas and Emily.