Police Constable

Joseph Roberts

Felonious
End of Watch June 21, 1842
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident

Fatally beaten with bricks and his own staff while attempting an arrest.

Fatally beaten with bricks and his own staff while attempting to make an arrest.

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184 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Roberts served with the Bristol Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Location ENG
Platform Identity bco.bst.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 21, 1842
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Beaten

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Joseph is one of 1,170 officers killed feloniously in United Kingdom, 30.9% 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 1842, 3 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 53rd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

Joseph was 30. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.

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When

June holds 8.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Tuesdays: 13.5%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 30.9% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Bristol Constabulary has 22 officers remembered here, Joseph among them.

Police Constable Joseph Roberts

Bristol Constabulary · End of Watch June 21, 1842

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