Constable

Frederick W Perrier

Felonious
End of Watch February 23, 1921
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident

About 8.50pm Constable Perrier was off duty walking back from the cinema with a fellow Constable in Bandon, Co Cork. As they walked along North Main Street they were ambushed by gunmen who shot and hit them both.

Constable Perrier rushed into a house exclaiming he had been shot, fell to the ground and died. He had been shot through his stomach. The other Constable survived.

From England he had previously served in the Royal Navy. He had been stationed in Bandon for 7 months,

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Perrier served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Perrier.

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

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Service Record

End of Watch February 23, 1921
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Frederick is one of 605 officers killed feloniously in Ireland, 79.1% 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 1921, 250 officers in Ireland were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.

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Who

Frederick was 34. Of the 543 killed feloniously in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 24 and 41; the middle age was 31.

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When

February holds 7.9% of these deaths in Ireland; May holds the most, 14.9%. Wednesdays: 18%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 79.1% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.

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Constable Frederick W Perrier

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch February 23, 1921

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