Constable

Thomas Hickey

Illness
End of Watch February 22, 1853
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident

Died of convulsions resulting from an injury that he sustained on duty.

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173 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Hickey served with the Constabulary of Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Service Record

End of Watch February 22, 1853
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Thomas is one of 50 officers lost to illness in Ireland, 6.5% of the 765 remembered there.

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

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Time

In 1853, 1 officer in Ireland was lost to illness, the 10th heaviest of 38 years on record. The heaviest was 1887, with 5.

Every year on record · Ireland
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Who

Thomas was 36. Of the 46 lost to illness in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 36.5 and 47.3; the middle age was 42.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 10% of these deaths in Ireland; January holds the most, 14%. Tuesdays: 14%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 6.5% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Constabulary of Ireland has 22 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

Constable Thomas Hickey

Constabulary of Ireland · End of Watch February 22, 1853

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