Keith Palmer (police officer)

Constable
Keith Palmer
GM
Born
Keith David Palmer

3 October 1968
Died22 March 2017 (aged 48)
New Palace Yard, Palace of Westminster, London, England
Police career
CountryUnited Kingdom
DepartmentMetropolitan Police Service
Service years2001–2017
RankPolice Constable
Badge no.4157U (-2015)
2185SO (2015-17)
AwardsGeorge Medal (posthumously)
Cause of deathStab wounds

Keith David Palmer GM (3 October 1968 – 22 March 2017)[1][2] was a British police officer who was posthumously awarded the George Medal, the second-highest award for gallantry "not in the face of the enemy". Though unarmed, he stopped Khalid Masood, a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 Westminster attack; he was fatally wounded in the attack.[3][4] He had worked for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for 16 years, and had joined the force's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Group in April 2016.[3]

  1. ^ "Determinations – Keith David Palmer" (PDF). westminsterbridgeinquests.independent.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Inquests arising from the deaths in the Westminster Terror Attack of 22 March 2017" (PDF). westminsterbridgeinquests.independent.gov.uk. 10 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "PC Keith Palmer to be awarded George Medal". Metropolitan Police. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. ^ Batchelor, Tom (22 March 2017). "Keith Palmer: Policeman stabbed to death in London terror attack named". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2017.