Chief Inspector

Jack Gates

Illness
End of Watch May 9, 1969
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident

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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Location ENG
Platform Identity kcco.ken.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 9, 1969
Age 52
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Jack 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 1969, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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Who

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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Fridays: 15.2%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

Kent County Constabulary has 52 officers remembered here, Jack among them.

Across the years

Chief Inspector Jack Gates

Kent County Constabulary · End of Watch May 9, 1969

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