Superintendent

Samuel Foster

Illness
End of Watch August 6, 1904
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident

Collapsed and died while representing his force at the funeral of a colleague.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Superintendent Foster served with the Bournemouth Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Superintendent Foster.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

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Platform Identity bbpd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 6, 1904
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Samuel is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1904, 11 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 5th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

Samuel was 51. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

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When

August holds 7.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Bournemouth Borough Police has 2 officers remembered here, Samuel among them.

Superintendent Samuel Foster

Bournemouth Borough Police · End of Watch August 6, 1904

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