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Died of a brain haemorrhage after collapsing at Rochester Police Station.
Died of a brain haemorrhage after collapsing at Rochester Police Station.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Inspector Gates served with the Kent County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Inspector Gates.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Kent County Constabulary has lost 52 officers; 13 of them lost to illness.
Jack is one of 704 officers lost to illness in ENG, 25.3% of the 2,786 remembered there.
Jack is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.
Jack 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 1969, 1 officer at Kent County Constabulary was lost to illness, the 2nd heaviest of 12 years on record. The heaviest was 1942, with 2.
In 1969, 4 officers in ENG were lost to illness, the 59th heaviest of 181 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 16.
In 1969, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.
In 1969, 6 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 92nd heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
Jack was 52. Of the 13 lost to illness at Kent County Constabulary whose age is recorded, half were between 44 and 52; the middle age was 47.
Jack was 52. Of the 687 lost to illness in ENG whose age is recorded, half were between 35 and 49; the middle age was 43.
Jack was 52. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.
Jack was 52. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49.
When
May holds 15.4% of these deaths at Kent County Constabulary; November holds the most, 15.4%. Fridays: 7.7%.
May holds 8% of these deaths in ENG; January holds the most, 10.5%. Fridays: 15.9%.
May holds 8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Fridays: 15.2%.
May holds 6.7% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Fridays: 14.9%.
How
Illness deaths account for 25% of all 52 deaths at Kent County Constabulary, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 25.3% of all 2,786 deaths in ENG, the 2nd 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
Kent County Constabulary has 52 officers remembered here, Jack among them.
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Israel May Aug 24, 1873
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Charles James Reeves Nov 25, 1876
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Henry Seagar Feb 6, 1882
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James Fagg Mar 8, 1903
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William Jury May 6, 1907
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John Harryman May 29, 1907
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John Truphet Saywell Oct 1, 1910
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George Henry Apps Jun 7, 1916
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Charles William Walker Jul 21, 1924
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Edwin James Longhurst Feb 8, 1928
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Sidney March May 6, 1930
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Albert Cox Dec 20, 1930
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Ernest Frank Bradley Aug 18, 1935
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John Olive Aug 28, 1940
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Henry Kettle Sep 7, 1940
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Ronald Parker Sep 7, 1940
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Charles William Haines Sep 20, 1940
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Frederick Heine Oct 16, 1940
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Thomas James Farrell Nov 1, 1940
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George Egbert Vousden Nov 3, 1940
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John Bazley-White MC Nov 17, 1940
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Henry John Andrews Jan 20, 1941
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Herbert James Chittenden Jan 1, 1942
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Albert Charles Richardson Aug 25, 1942
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Edward William Humphreys Sep 23, 1942
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Stephen George James Huggins Oct 31, 1942
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Reginald Walter Dowling Apr 18, 1943
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Harry Thomas R Pankhurst Jun 16, 1944
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Harold John Warner Nov 27, 1947
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Frank Skewis Jan 8, 1949
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Alan George Baxter Jun 5, 1951
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Hubert Stanley Pay Nov 4, 1951
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Gerald Thomas P Rooney Mar 14, 1956
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Alfred Fraser McKenzie Apr 29, 1959
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Peter Wentworth Child Jan 27, 1964
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Jack Howard Mar 3, 1964
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Robert Alfred John Knight Jul 5, 1965
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Robert Archibald Beattie Jul 5, 1965
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George Craig May 21, 1967
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Phillip Alan Long Jun 28, 1968
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Jack Gates May 9, 1969
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Roger Gardiner May 26, 1972
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Alfred Longmore Aug 26, 1973
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Malcolm John Boakes Oct 21, 1973
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John Francis Ryan Oct 21, 1973
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William Bryan Mar 14, 1977
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Charles Edward Brisley
Apr 20, 1978
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George Frederick Matthew Jun 16, 1983
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Duncan Watts Clift
Mar 24, 1991
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Alexander Gordon Doe May 18, 1993
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Jonathan Bruce Odell
Dec 19, 2000
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Brian Bennett
Dec 12, 2001
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