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Struck and killed by a train while on night patrol near Watford Tunnel.
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186 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Jones served with the London & Birmingham Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
London & Birmingham Railway Police has lost 3 officers; 3 of them lost to accidents.
Charles is one of 10,096 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.6% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1840, 5 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 174th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
Charles was 47. Of the 9,452 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36.
When
January holds 8.1% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Saturdays: 14.7%.
How
Accident deaths account for 100% of all 3 deaths at London & Birmingham Railway Police.
Accident deaths account for 29.6% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
London & Birmingham Railway Police has 3 officers remembered here, Charles among them.
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