A campaign for emergency workers who die in the line of duty to be posthumously awarded the Elizabeth Medal, led by the fathers of two police officers killed in Tameside, has been backed by Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales.

PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone from Greater Manchester Police were killed by fugitive Dale Cregan in a gun and grenade ambush in 2012 while responding to a false report of a burglary in Mottram. The incident was the first in the United Kingdom in which two female police officers were killed on duty. 

Their fathers Bryn Hughes and Paul Bone have been leading the campaign alongside the Police Federation of England and Wales and the Police Superintendents’ Association.

The Elizabeth Medal is currently awarded to members of the armed forces killed in the line of duty.

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, who is also the Police and Crime Commissioner for the region, and Baroness Bev Hughes, Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, attended the memorial service for PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone last Sunday (18 September) at Hyde police station, along with Nicola and Fiona’s families and Greater Manchester Police colleagues.

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As a way of remembering them, they have coordinated a joint letter from PCCs to the new Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, asking her to consider awarding the Elizabeth Medal to emergency workers.

They say it would be a way of recognising their sacrifice and honouring them, as well as being a fitting legacy to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The UK's longest serving monarch, who reigned for over 70 years, died peacefully at Balmoral on 8 September at the age of 96. 

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