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THIS STORY OF POLICE GALLANTRY OCCURRED ON THE 16TH MARCH 1961 AT DOWN AMPNEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. P.C. RONALD SPENCER AND P.C. DAVID SMEETON WERE CALLED TO A HOUSE WHERE THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING INCIDENT. P.C. SPENCER WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR, WHICH WAS OPEN AND SAW TWO DEAD BODIES.
AS HE LOOKED UP A POLISH MAN NAMED PIECHOWICZ WHO WAS HOLDING A REVOLVER CONFRONTED HIM. P.C. SPENCER TRIED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE POLE BUT WAS SHOT AT POINT BLANK RANGE AND THE BULLET ACCORDING TO DOCTORS MISSED HIS HEART BY A HAIRS BREADTH.
P.C. SMEETON HEARD THE SHOT AND FLUNG HIMSELF AT THE MAN. AFTER A VIOLENT STRUGGLE HE MANAGED TO GET THE REVOLVER AWAY FROM HIM. PIECHOWICZ THEN TOOK OFF BUT WAS STOPPED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC A MRS. JEAN EVANS WHO PUSHED HIM IN THE BACK AND TRIPPED HIM UP.
THE TWO CONSTABLES RECEIVED THE GEORGE MEDAL FOR EXTREME GALLANTRY FROM THE QUEEN MOTHER AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT Presented MRS. EVANS WITH AN ENGRAVED CLOCK.
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