Incident
Died during an operation after he was taken ill while on duty.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Evans served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Evans.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has lost 469 officers; 35 of them lost to illness.
John is one of 50 officers lost to illness in NIR, 8.3% of the 599 remembered there.
John is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.
John is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1934, 2 officers at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC were lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 30 years on record. The heaviest was 1974, with 3.
In 1934, 2 officers in NIR were lost to illness, the 3rd heaviest of 37 years on record. The heaviest was 1922, with 3.
In 1934, 5 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 67th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.
In 1934, 5 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 115th heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
John was 35. Of the 35 lost to illness at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 55; the middle age was 47.
John was 35. Of the 42 lost to illness in NIR whose age is recorded, half were between 41.3 and 55; the middle age was 46.5.
John was 35. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.
John was 35. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49.
When
October holds 11.4% of these deaths at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC; November holds the most, 14.3%. Wednesdays: 8.6%.
October holds 10% of these deaths in NIR; April holds the most, 16%. Wednesdays: 8%.
October holds 7.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.
October holds 12.6% of these deaths worldwide, more than any other month. Wednesdays: 13.6%.
How
Illness deaths account for 7.5% of all 469 deaths at Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.3% of all 599 deaths in NIR, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has at least 120 officers remembered here, John 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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