A memorial in memory of murdered Manchester officers
David Cameron unveils a memorial stone for two murdered Manchester officers
A memorial stone has been laid to honour two Manchester Police Constables who were murdered in 2012.
The memorial was unveiled by former Prime Minister David Cameron at the Hub in Tameside honouring PC Fiona Bone & PC Nicola Hughes, who were brutally killed in Hattersley by Dale Cregan.
He shot the two officers repeatedly before throwing a grenade at them and running away.
The unveiling of the memorial was also attended by Mrs Michael Winner, chairman of the Police Memorial Trust, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins, the families of both officers and their police colleagues together with the local MP and other dignitaries.
PC Bone and PC Hughes are the 46th and 47th officers killed in the course of their hazardous duty that have been honoured by the Police Memorial Trust since its formation in 1984.
The late Michael Winner wrote, "I founded the Police Memorial Trust because it seemed unfair to me that there were memorials to other services who fight and die on our behalf, soldiers, sailors and airman, but there were none for the police. They fight another war that as no beginning and no end and war has its fatalities."