Incident
Four other officers were killed in the same early-morning incident and another two died from their injuries in the next few days.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Inspector Chippendale served with the Lancashire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Inspector Chippendale.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Felonious
Lancashire Constabulary has lost 122 officers; 21 of them killed feloniously.
William is one of 691 officers killed feloniously in ENG, 24.8% of the 2,786 remembered there.
William is one of 1,170 officers killed feloniously in United Kingdom, 30.9% of the 3,791 remembered there.
William is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously worldwide, 51.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1940, 8 officers at Lancashire Constabulary were killed feloniously, more than in any other year.
In 1940, 129 officers in ENG were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 147.
In 1940, 131 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 2nd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.
In 1940, 226 officers worldwide were killed feloniously, the 8th heaviest of 265 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 516.
Who
William was 48. Of the 21 killed feloniously at Lancashire Constabulary whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 37.
William was 48. Of the 620 killed feloniously in ENG whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 44; the middle age was 36.
William was 48. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.
William was 48. Of the 15,853 killed feloniously worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 46; the middle age was 38.
When
December holds 33.3% of these deaths at Lancashire Constabulary, more than any other month. Mondays: 33.3%.
December holds 10.3% of these deaths in ENG; May holds the most, 12.4%. Mondays: 14.5%.
December holds 8.1% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Mondays: 14%.
December holds 9.2% of these deaths worldwide, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.8%.
How
Felonious deaths account for 17.2% of all 122 deaths at Lancashire Constabulary, the 3rd most common cause.
Felonious deaths account for 24.8% of all 2,786 deaths in ENG, the 3rd most common cause.
Felonious deaths account for 30.9% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 2nd most common cause.
Felonious deaths account for 51.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the most common cause.
His people
Lancashire Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, William among them.
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Joseph Halstead Aug 10, 1840
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William Henderson Dec 3, 1854
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Matthew Sharp Dec 9, 1858
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Robert Highton Jun 10, 1859
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John Taylor Jan 9, 1860
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John Sellers Mar 24, 1860
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William Jump Jun 28, 1862
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Lord Pickup Aug 28, 1867
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Joseph Greenhalgh Apr 15, 1868
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Richard Pickering Nov 3, 1868
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William Hoban Apr 14, 1872
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Nicholas Cock
Aug 2, 1876
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Robert Michie Dec 4, 1876
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William Clark Feb 2, 1877
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Jonah Sewell Nov 1, 1878
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John Long Feb 1, 1880
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Thomas Hazelden Oct 1, 1884
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William Coutts Dec 7, 1886
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Alexander Mitchell
Feb 23, 1887
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Robert McKay Mar 7, 1890
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Noah Jackson Aug 10, 1893
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William Grant Nov 9, 1893
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Charles Percival Jan 9, 1896
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Richard Penman Dec 5, 1897
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Frederick Smith Sep 26, 1899
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Abraham Sutcliffe Dec 22, 1901
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George Murphy Jun 2, 1904
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Michael Dove Aug 20, 1904
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Richard Clayton Dec 12, 1904
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Lewis Booth Jan 6, 1905
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George Arthur Hodson
Dec 29, 1906
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Stewart Mungo Whillis May 15, 1907
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John Taylor Jun 13, 1909
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Alfred Pearson Jun 26, 1911
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John James Southward Apr 11, 1912
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Harry Edward Hall Jun 18, 1912
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James Nelson Apr 7, 1915
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John Davies Aug 5, 1915
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John Greenwood Dec 5, 1916
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James Hardacre Apr 27, 1917
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Thomas Bell Apr 16, 1918
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William Prendergast
Oct 26, 1921
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Alfred Henry Barron Apr 23, 1923
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Josiah Davies Jun 25, 1926
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Thomas Charles Blanchard Nov 7, 1930
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George Ripley Oct 25, 1931
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Frank Dyson Oct 20, 1933
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Harry Forrest May 7, 1935
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William Dean Coughlan Jan 14, 1936
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Henry William Woodhead Nov 20, 1937
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Thomas Henry Dewhurst Oct 4, 1938
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Llewellyn Walford Sep 18, 1940
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William Albert Chippendale
Dec 23, 1940
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Herbert Berry
Dec 23, 1940
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John Harrison Burns Dec 23, 1940
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John William Law
Dec 23, 1940
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Henry Edward Heaton
Dec 23, 1940
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Harry Davies Dec 24, 1940
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Ian Douglas Steen
Dec 26, 1940
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David Roderick Roberts Jan 1, 1941
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Gerard Gaskell
Mar 12, 1941
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Clifford Ernest L. Davey Mar 12, 1941
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John Clarence Harrop Mar 12, 1941
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George Morgan Valentine May 4, 1941
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Joseph Pickering Jan 31, 1942
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Thomas William White Apr 15, 1944
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Arthur Richardson Jul 2, 1945
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Albert Edward Holgate May 7, 1946
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Allan Swift Feb 12, 1949
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Sydney Arthur Tysoe Nov 29, 1949
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Leonard Smith Dec 22, 1949
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Harry Walton Mar 30, 1950
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Frank O’Connor Nov 19, 1950
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John Poucher Jan 7, 1951
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Rivers George H Sherwood Feb 28, 1952
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Charles Moore Nov 1, 1952
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George Nixon Jan 4, 1953
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John Thomas Hill Jan 19, 1954
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Ivor Allan Oates Mar 6, 1956
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John Michael Gillett Mar 24, 1956
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Isaac Taylor
May 24, 1956
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Thomas Clifford Walker Dec 24, 1957
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James Firth Batty May 29, 1959
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Philip Peter Gibbard
May 5, 1961
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Ernest Southern Jan 27, 1962
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David Colin Brown Feb 11, 1965
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Myra Waller
Jun 20, 1965
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George Leslie Higham Nov 7, 1966
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Thomas Edward Heyworth Woods Dec 13, 1966
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Walter John Peach May 26, 1967
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Graham Roughley
Jun 13, 1967
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Brian Marsh Apr 23, 1968
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Stanley Edward Moore
Feb 11, 1969
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John Dawson Jun 14, 1969
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Leslie Alwyn Marson Sep 29, 1969
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Gerald Irving Richardson
Aug 23, 1971
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Barbara Lynne Wilkinson
Nov 13, 1971
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Kenneth Richmond Fletcher Nov 23, 1972
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James Jope McKendrick Dec 18, 1974
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Ian Douglas McPherson
Nov 25, 1976
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George Anthony Spencer Dec 3, 1976
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Roland Cree McGowan Jan 22, 1978
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Walter Lacey
Sep 12, 1978
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Malcolm Reader Jan 4, 1979
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John Stanley Roberts Jan 29, 1979
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David Whittle Aug 12, 1979
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John Edward Bromilow Aug 18, 1979
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John Harwood Sep 28, 1979
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Robert Milne
Oct 21, 1979
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Gerald Charnley Dec 14, 1982
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Angela Bradley
Jan 5, 1983
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Gordon Alexander Connolly
Jan 5, 1983
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Colin Morrison
Jan 5, 1983
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Ronald Wych Aug 2, 1983
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Peter Heaton
Sep 16, 1986
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Ian Wain Woodward
Feb 25, 1987
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Donald Percy Morgan Feb 1, 1988
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Ronald Ansell Nov 9, 1989
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Peter Burnett Oct 7, 1990
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Martin Edward Baker Dec 24, 1992
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