Roger Philip Goad

Captain Roger Philip Goad GC, BEM was an Explosives Officer with the Metropolitan Police Force who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 29 August 1975. He had previously been awarded the British Empire Medal.

Following a telephone tip-off, police officers found a suspicious package placed in front of a shop in Kensington. A former British Army officer, Goad was the senior bomb disposal expert on the scene. Captain Goad, a married man with two children, had been decorated for gallantry while serving in the Army. Goad attempted to defuse the bomb but it exploded, killing him instantly. The bomb, fitted with an anti handling device, had been placed by Provisional Irish Republican Army members [ [http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/Metropolitan/Metropolitan_Roll_1946-Now.htm Police Memorial roll] ] .

The bomb had been placed by the active service unit responsible for the 1974 – 1975 terror campaign in London, who were later captured at the conclusion of the Balcombe Street siege. ["The Road to Balcombe Street", Dr. Steven Moysey, Haworth, (2007)] Captain Goad was 40 years old at the time of his death. His citation was published in the London Gazette of 1 October 1976. [ [http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=47027&geotype=London&gpn=13305&type=ArchivedSupplementPage&all=Roger%20Philip%20Goad&exact=&atleast=&similar= London Gazette] ]

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