Detective Constable

Leslie John Bedser

Hertfordshire Constabulary — Welwyn, ENG
Accident
End of Watch June 10, 1966
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured in a police car which was in collision with a lorry at night.

Fatally injured when the police car in which he was travelling was in collision with a lorry in the early hours of the morning in Welwyn Garden City.

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

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Welwyn, ENG
Platform Identity hco.hrt.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 10, 1966
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

The Sacrifice · Accident

Leslie is one of 1,673 officers lost to accidents in United Kingdom, 44.1% 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 1966, 17 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.

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Who

Leslie was 23. Of the 1,612 lost to accidents in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 27 and 43; the middle age was 35.

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When

June holds 7.7% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Fridays: 14.7%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 44.1% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the most common cause.

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His people

Hertfordshire Constabulary has 23 officers remembered here, Leslie among them.

Detective Constable Leslie John Bedser

Hertfordshire Constabulary · End of Watch June 10, 1966

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