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Stephen 'Steve' F Greet - Essex Police.
Served from 7th March 1983. Died 14th August 1984.

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Police Constable Stephen GreetPolice Constable Stephen 'Steve' Greet was a Cornishman whose musical abilities were first harnessed by the force in 1981. He was serving in the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment at Colchester when he became a guest euphonium player in the force band; he was also a singer and bass guitarist.

While in the army at Colchester Steve Greet met and married his wife Susan, and after he became a policeman they lived in Epping with son Matthew. Seventeen months into his probation, Steve Greet was on an attachment to Harlow Traffic when he and his driver stopped a car on the M11 near Great Hallingbury. While talking to the driver on the hard shoulder of the motorway, Steve Greet was struck and killed by a lorry.

Police Constable 797. Serial Number

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