Police Constable

Charles Green

Illness
End of Watch July 26, 1889
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident

Died while having his legs amputated due to the injuries he sustained when he was run over while attempting to stop a runaway dray horse and cart.

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137 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Green served with the Bolton Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity bbpd.bol.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 26, 1889
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Charles 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 1889, 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

Charles was 32. 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%. 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.

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His people

Bolton Borough Police has 3 officers remembered here, Charles among them.

Police Constable Charles Green

Bolton Borough Police · End of Watch July 26, 1889

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