Captain Roger Philip Goad GC. BEM (Gallery)

Captain Roger Philip Goad GC. BEM (Gallery)
29th August 1975
40 years old
Metropolitan Police
Following a telephone tip-off, police officers found a suspicious package placed in a shop doorway in Kensington Church Street in London. Captain Roger Goad was the senior bomb disposal expert on the scene. A bomb, fitted with an anti-handling device, had been placed by Provisional Irish Republican Army members. Goad attempted to defuse the bomb but it exploded, killing him instantly.
Memorial – Unveiled 29th June 2018 at Kensington Church Street, London
News Update:
On the 29th June 2018 we unveiled our memorial plaque to Captain Roger Philip Goad GC. BEM. The memorial was placed on the building column between 227 & 229 Kensington Church Street, Notting Hill, London. We have been informed that the building is to be demolished and replaced as part of a major redevelopment project. In view of this we have removed the memorial for safe keeping. It will be held in storage until we can reinstate it in due course.