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Recipients of the New York City Police Department's Martin J. Sheridan Medal for Valor

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         On July 5, 1921, at a meeting of the Honor Committee of the New York City Police Department, the Martin J. Sheridan Medal for Valor was established in honor of Detective Martin J. Sheridan – the Irish-American Athletic Club’s star Olympic champion who died in 1918 on the eve of his 37th birthday. The minutes of that meeting state that the medal was to be awarded annually “to a member of the Police Force of the City of New York who may distinguish himself by an act performed intelligently in the line of duty at imminent person hazard of life and with knowledge of risk assumed.”
         The medal was first presented in 1922 and regularly awarded until discontinued in 1975.  It was produced by the famous New York City silver and goldsmiths, Dieges & Clust, the same firm that creqated the NYPD badges, and crafted the 1904 Olympic medals. The medal was initially paid for through a trust fund established by the Martin J. Sheridan Memorial Committee, with New York State Supreme Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan serving as chairman.
         Below is a complete list of all of the recipients of this distinguished medal. This information was graciously provided by the NYPD Office of the Chief of Personnel and the New York City Police Museum.

Note: The dates listed below are when the acts of valor were performed, not the dates the medals were awarded.

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any of the medals, or are related to any of the recipients, please email: wingedfist@gmail.com.

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Patrolman Dennis J. Rodgers
40th Precinct
2/16/1921
Patrolman John F. Smith 28th Precinct
1922
Patrolman Charles V. McCullough 13th Precinct
11/02/1923
Patrolman Bernard F. Reilly 15th Precinct
3/02/1924
Patrolman Michael A. Ward Detective Division
10/10/1925
Detective William J. Wallace Detective Division
5/23/1926
Patrolman James J. Reedy 45th Precinct
7/02/1927
Patrolman Daniel J. Sullivan 19th Precinct
11/23/1928
Patrolman Robert E. Troy 18th Precinct
11/06/1929
Detective John G. Schellhorn 13th Division
4/20/1930
Patrolman William J. Ryan 27th Precinct
1/10/1931
Patrolman Joseph Papp 114th Precinct
12/01/1932
Patrolman Thomas D. Comiskey 22nd Precinct
5/12/1933
Detective Francis O'Neill 13th Division
7/19/1934
Patrolman Patrick J. McNulty 28th Precinct
1/30/1935
Patrolman James O'Shaughnessey 32nd Precinct
12/15/1936
Patrolman Edward F. Larkin 14th Precinct
5/06/1937
Sergeant William J. Sullivan 24th Precinct
3/04/1938
Patrolman Francis X. Nugent 120th Precinct
9/16/1939
Patrolman Raymond H. Gallagher 10th Precinct
3/24/1940
Sergeant Joseph W. Heaney 3rd Precinct
3/27/1941
Patrolman John J. Kelly 23rd Precinct
2/20/1943
Sergeant James J. McGann 17th Division
3/07/1943
Patrolman James J. Martin 24th Precinct
9/23/1944
Patrolman Thomas P. Rooney 18th Precinct
10/23/1945
Patrolman Francis J. Brady 19th Precinct
4/19/1946
Patrolman George A. Bailey 20th Detective Division
4/16/1947
Detective James J. Fox Detective Division
11/02/1948
Patrolman John J. Reilly 84th Precinct
3/10/1949
Detective Elmer E. McKinney Detective Division
6/06/1950
Detective Jeremiah O'Connor Detective Division
7/21/1951
Detective Walter C. Bentley Detective Division
12/18/1953
Sergeant Terrence F. Harvey 8th Precinct
1/17/1954
Detective Dennis R. McCann Detective Division
2/18/1955
Sergeant Thomas D. Hoarty 28th Precinct
8/01/1956
Patrolman Algard Kivita 14th Precinct
7/25/1961
Patrolman Charles J. Burke 19th Precinct
6/11/1962
Patrolman Edward J. Flanagan Tactical Patrol Force
2/10/1967
Patrolman Angelo Catalano 77th Precinct
1/29/1968
Detective Delmer Watson 24th Detective Squad
5/13/1969
Detective Albert W. Gleason Bomb Section
2/09/1970
Detective Richard Auletta 66th Detective Squad
12/14/1970
Detective Ralph M. White 7th Detective Division
4/02/1969
Detective Gene A. Roberts 8th Detective Division
4/02/1969
Patrolman Brian Tuohy Service Squad 8
1/19/1973
Detective Thomas Sommerville 109th Precinct
9/28/1973
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