Keith David Palmer was a British police officer who was posthumously awarded the George Medal, the second-highest award for gallantry "not in the face of the enemy". Though unarmed, he stopped Khalid Masood, a knife-wielding terrorist from entering the Palace of Westminster during the 2017 Westminster attack; he was fatally wounded in the attack. He had worked for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) for 16 years, and had joined the force's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Group in April 2016.
The front of the funeral procession
The hearse carrying Palmer's coffin with 'No 1 Daddy' floral decoration
Plaque to Palmer in New Palace Yard
Memorial to Palmer on Parliament Square
Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP) is a branch of the Protection Command within the Specialist Operations directorate of London's Metropolitan Police Service.
PaDP officers guarding the main gates at Downing Street in London
Two PaDP officers outside the Palace of Westminster in 2016
An armed officer on duty near the entrance to Downing Street