| Surname | Forename | Rank | Killed | By | How Killed |
| Denham | Raymond | R/Constable | 12-Jan-1972 | IRA | Shot dead at his civilian employment in factory at Waterford Street, Belfast |
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| Gilgunn | Peter | Sergeant | 27-Jan-1972 | IRA | fatally wounded in gun attack at junction of Creggan Hill/Helen Street Londonderry |
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| Montgomery | David | Constable | 27-Jan-1972 | IRA | fatally wounded in gun attack at junction of Creggan Hill/Helen Street Londonderry |
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| Carroll | Raymond | Constable | 28-Jan-1972 | IRA | Shot dead as he repaired his car in a garage on Oldpark Road, Belfast. |
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| Morrow | Thomas | Sergeant | 2-Mar-1972 | IRA | Died from gunshot wounds following gun attack in Newry Road, Camlough, County Armagh |
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| Logan | William | Constable | 15-Mar-1972 | IRA | Died from gun shot wounds following attack in Coalisland, Co Tyrone. |
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| McAllister | Ernest | Constable | 20-Mar-1972 | IRA | Killed by car bomb as they helped clear civilians from Donegal Street, Belfast |
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| O'Neill | Bernard | Constable | 20-Mar-1972 | IRA | Killed by car bomb as they helped clear civilians from Donegal Street, Belfast |
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| Houston | David | Constable | 26-Jun-1972 | IRA | Shot and fatally wounded in Newry. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal. |
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| Laverty | Robert | Constable | 16-Jul-1972 | IRA | Fatally wounded during gun attack on Antrim Road Belfast. |
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| Gibson | Robert | R/Constable | 21-Jul-1972 | IRA | Killed by car bomb at Oxford Street bus station. |
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| Harron | Gordon | Constable | 21-Oct-1972 | Loyalists | Died from gun shot wounds in attack at Shore Road Belfast. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal. |
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| Calvin | Joseph | R/Constable | 16-Nov-1972 | IRA | Killed by booby trap car bomb in Enniskillen. |
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| Keys | Robert | Constable | 28-Nov-1972 | IRA | Killed during rocket attack on Belleek RUC Station. |
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| Nixon | James | Constable | 13-Dec-1972 | IRA | Shot dead off duty as he left Antrim Road |
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| Chambers | George | Constable | 15-Dec-1972 | Official IRA | Fatally injured in gun attack in Kilwilkie estate, Lurgan, Co Armagh. |