Police Constable

Robert Dickson

Illness
End of Watch July 1, 1877
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident

Collapsed and died from an undiagnosed heart condition as he ran to assist another constable. He was just one hour into his first shift.

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149 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Dickson served with the City of Glasgow Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Platform Identity gpd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 1, 1877
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Robert 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 1877, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

Robert was 21. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

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When

July holds 8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Sundays: 11.1%.

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How

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

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His people

City of Glasgow Police has 66 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Police Constable Robert Dickson

City of Glasgow Police · End of Watch July 1, 1877

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