Constable

Denis Joseph Maguire

Accident
End of Watch April 23, 1982
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident

While responding to an emergency call concerning an assault at a public house in Armagh City, Constable Maguire and two colleagues, Constable Gordon Arnott Anderson and Reserve Constable Mabel Elizabeth Cheyne, were killed when their RUC vehicle ran out of control and struck a bridge wall at Ballymoran, between Armagh and Newtownhamilton, County Armagh.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Maguire served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Maguire.

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

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Service Record

End of Watch April 23, 1982
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

The Sacrifice · Accident

Denis is one of 1,673 officers lost to accidents in United Kingdom, 44.1% 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 1982, 17 officers in United Kingdom were lost to accidents, the 18th heaviest of 194 years on record. The heaviest was 1940, with 40.

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Who

Denis was 25. Of the 1,612 lost to accidents in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 27 and 43; the middle age was 35.

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When

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; November holds the most, 9.9%. Fridays: 14.7%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 44.1% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has at least 120 officers remembered here, Denis among them.

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Constable Denis Joseph Maguire

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC · End of Watch April 23, 1982

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