Captain Roger Philip Goad GC. BEM

Captain Roger Philip Goad GC. BEM
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.
Ceremony Programme

Links
The Comprehensive Guide to the Victoria & George Cross
http://www.vconline.org.uk/roger-p-goad-gc-bem/4589183028
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Goad_(explosives_officer)
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
https://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/captain-roger-goad-gc-bem/