Incident
Stationed at Victoria Barracks in Londonderry, Constable Mageean had been attached to inspect Public Service Vehicles for 6 years prior to his death. He was in Kilrea inspecting a tip up lorry when the body of the lorry crashed down on Constable Mageen due to a bolt coming loose. Constable Mageean sustained crush injuries that rendered him unconscious. He died later in Ballymoney Hospital.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Mageean served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Mageean.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has lost 469 officers; 82 of them lost to accidents.
Patrick is one of 126 officers lost to accidents in NIR, 21% of the 599 remembered there.
Patrick is one of 1,673 officers lost to accidents in United Kingdom, 44.1% of the 3,791 remembered there.
Patrick is one of 10,096 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.6% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1942, 1 officer at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC was lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 42 years on record. The heaviest was 1994, with 12.
In 1942, 4 officers in NIR were lost to accidents, the 5th heaviest of 53 years on record. The heaviest was 1922, with 16.
In 1942, 16 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.
In 1942, 82 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 52nd heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Patrick was 40. Of the 81 lost to accidents at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 42; the middle age was 33.
Patrick was 40. Of the 98 lost to accidents in NIR whose age is recorded, half were between 24.3 and 41.8; the middle age was 33.
Patrick was 40. Of the 1,612 lost to accidents in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 27 and 43; the middle age was 35.
Patrick was 40. Of the 9,452 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
February holds 2.4% of these deaths at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC; June holds the most, 18.3%. Fridays: 20.7%.
February holds 2.4% of these deaths in NIR; June holds the most, 19%. Fridays: 15.1%.
February holds 7.3% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Fridays: 14.7%.
February holds 7.2% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Fridays: 15%.
How
Accident deaths account for 17.5% of all 469 deaths at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 21% of all 599 deaths in NIR, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 44.1% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.6% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has at least 120 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.
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Robert Alexander E Stewart Jul 13, 1924
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James O’Neill Sep 5, 1924
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William John Doherty Jan 10, 1925
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John Ryan Feb 28, 1933
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George Thompson May 4, 1933
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Charles Sellery Anderson Oct 9, 1933
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William James Orr Oct 10, 1933
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John Evans Oct 17, 1934
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David Cameron Nov 3, 1934
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Frederick Clarke Aug 22, 1935
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James Mahoney Jan 31, 1936
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Thomas Halliday Jul 20, 1937
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Albert Victor Willis Perrott Apr 26, 1938
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Peter O’Reilly May 2, 1939
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George Albert Brown Sep 7, 1939
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Harold Anderson Nov 5, 1939
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Thomas Dempsey Jun 8, 1940
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William John Armstrong Nov 26, 1940
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James Meaklim Apr 16, 1941
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Martin Robert Armstrong May 5, 1941
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Hugh Campbell May 5, 1941
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William John Lemon May 5, 1941
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James McKenna May 5, 1941
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Robert Reid May 5, 1941
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Christopher Crawford Nov 2, 1941
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John Joseph Cunning Dec 2, 1941
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William Hasson Dec 9, 1941
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Patrick Joseph Mageean Feb 27, 1942
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Patrick Murphy
Apr 5, 1942
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Thomas James Forbes
Apr 8, 1942
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James Millar Laird Sep 6, 1942
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Samuel James G Armstrong Apr 29, 1943
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Patrick McCarthy Oct 1, 1943
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James Phillips Nov 13, 1943
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John William Godfrey Dec 24, 1943
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Robert McLaughlin
Mar 9, 1944
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William James Ellison Apr 21, 1944
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John Alexander Rankin Dec 1, 1947
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Samuel George Baird Jul 12, 1948
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Robert Henry Lindsay Dec 18, 1951
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Michael Augustin Small Sep 7, 1952
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John Clifford May 14, 1955
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John Thomas Murphy May 23, 1955
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John William Gibson May 8, 1956
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John Scally Dec 30, 1956
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Thomas Alexander Clarke Feb 11, 1957
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Thomas Cecil J Gregg Jul 4, 1957
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Arthur James Ovens Aug 17, 1957
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Patrick Joseph Duignan Nov 23, 1957
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Henry Balfour Ross Jul 17, 1958
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Cecil Harold Cunningham Oct 3, 1958
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George Andrew Elliott Apr 13, 1960
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Norman John C Anderson
Jan 27, 1961
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William John Hunter Nov 12, 1961
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Frederick Carleton Dec 25, 1961
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Nathaniel Davison Jul 14, 1962
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Kenneth G B Armstrong Sep 25, 1962
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John Brown Dec 6, 1963
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Robert Henry Murdoch Nov 9, 1968
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Victor William Arbuckle
Oct 11, 1969
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John Hunter Oct 26, 1969
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Samuel Donaldson
Aug 12, 1970
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Robert Millar
Aug 12, 1970
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William Andrew Hunter Dec 12, 1970
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Cecil James M Patterson
Feb 26, 1971
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Robert William A Buckley
Feb 26, 1971
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William Duddy Hall Apr 8, 1971
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Robert Fredrick Leslie
Sep 18, 1971
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Cecil Henry Cunningham
Oct 15, 1971
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John Thompson Haslett
Oct 15, 1971
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Ronald James Dodd
Oct 27, 1971
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Alfred Henry Devlin
Oct 29, 1971
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Stanley Corry
Nov 1, 1971
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William Robert Russell
Nov 1, 1971
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Dermot Hurley
Nov 11, 1971
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Thomas James W Moore
Nov 11, 1971
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Raymond Frederick Denham
Jan 12, 1972
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Peter Gilgunn Jan 27, 1972
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David John Montgomery Jan 27, 1972
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Raymond Norman Carroll Jan 28, 1972
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Thomas Robert Morrow
Mar 2, 1972
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William Stewart Logan
Mar 15, 1972
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Ernest McAllister
Mar 20, 1972
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Bernard Malachy O’Neill
Mar 20, 1972
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Samuel Richard David Houston
Jun 26, 1972
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Robert David Laverty Jul 16, 1972
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Robert John M Gibson Jul 21, 1972
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Andrew Gordon Harron
Oct 21, 1972
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Joseph Calvin
Nov 17, 1972
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Robert William Keys
Nov 28, 1972
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James Alexander Nixon
Dec 13, 1972
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George Chambers
Dec 15, 1972
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Henry James Sandford Jan 14, 1973
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Mervyn Samuel Wilson Jan 14, 1973
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David William Dorsett Jan 14, 1973
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Samuel Culbert Hyndman Jan 22, 1973
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Charles Hamilton Morrison
Feb 8, 1973
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William Raymond Wylie Feb 27, 1973
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Ronald McCauley
Mar 25, 1973
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David Purvis
Jun 5, 1973
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William John McIlveen
Aug 13, 1973
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John Campbell Harris Oct 10, 1973
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William Edward Campbell
Oct 16, 1973
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John Doherty
Oct 28, 1973
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Robert Megaw
Dec 1, 1973
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George Maurice Rolston
Dec 11, 1973
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Ivan Acheson Johnston Dec 15, 1973
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Michael Joseph Logue
Dec 29, 1973
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John Molyneaux Rodgers Jan 26, 1974
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William Raymond Baggley Jan 29, 1974
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Robert James McIntyre Feb 4, 1974
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Thomas Ian McClinton
Mar 2, 1974
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Cyril John Wilson
Mar 17, 1974
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Frederick Robinson
Mar 19, 1974
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Thomas George McCall
Apr 16, 1974
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Brian Edmund Bell May 10, 1974
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John Malcolm Ross
May 10, 1974
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John Harrison Forsythe
Jun 18, 1974
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William John Rea Jun 20, 1974
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Daniel Joseph O’Connor
Jun 22, 1974
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