Respects paid to former police station sergeant in Hampshire

Sergeant Tom Whitman died in April 2025, having retired from Hampshire Constabulary in 2000 after 30 years of service.

He joined the force in 1970 and paraded from Fleet, Hartley Wintney, Yateley, Farnborough and Aldershot throughout his career.

'We thank him for his service to Yateley, to his county and his country' (Image: Hart North Police)

'We thank him for his service to Tayeley, to his county and his country' (Image: Hart North Police) Sergeant Whitman was the station sergeant at the “old” Yateley Police Station before the current station was built, and worked alongside PC Paul Knaggs, who remains a beat officer there.

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As well as serving for nine years in the Royal Navy, his hard work led him to receive a long service medal.

Hart North Police has said: "Sergeant Whitman was given a police escort by sergeant Hill and PC Knaggs through Yateley before being laid to rest. We thank him for his service to Yateley, to his county and his country."