Incident
Collapsed and died in Old Street while on night duty.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Stokes served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Stokes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Metropolitan Police has lost 729 officers; 215 of them lost to illness.
Frederick is one of 704 officers lost to illness in ENG, 25.3% of the 2,786 remembered there.
Frederick is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.
Frederick is one of 2,979 officers lost to illness worldwide, 8.7% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1918, 6 officers at Metropolitan Police were lost to illness, more than in any other year.
In 1918, 9 officers in ENG were lost to illness, the 6th heaviest of 181 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 16.
In 1918, 9 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 13th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.
In 1918, 235 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 3rd heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
Frederick was 53. Of the 214 lost to illness at Metropolitan Police whose age is recorded, half were between 34 and 47; the middle age was 41.
Frederick was 53. Of the 687 lost to illness in ENG whose age is recorded, half were between 35 and 49; the middle age was 43.
Frederick was 53. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.
Frederick was 53. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49.
When
January holds 7% of these deaths at Metropolitan Police; April holds the most, 11.2%. Saturdays: 15.3%.
January holds 10.5% of these deaths in ENG, more than any other month. Saturdays: 15.5%.
January holds 10.3% of these deaths in United Kingdom, more than any other month. Saturdays: 16.6%.
January holds 9.9% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Saturdays: 14.8%.
How
Illness deaths account for 29.5% of all 729 deaths at Metropolitan Police, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 25.3% of all 2,786 deaths in ENG, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 8.7% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 3rd most common cause.
His people
Metropolitan Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Frederick among them.
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Joseph Grantham Jun 28, 1830
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John Long Aug 16, 1830
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Michael Pratt Jan 7, 1831
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Thomas Hart Oct 25, 1832
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Robert Culley May 13, 1833
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John Atkinson Aug 8, 1836
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William Bruff Dec 8, 1836
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John Barton Oct 18, 1838
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William Aldridge Sep 30, 1839
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Peter Beadle Jul 11, 1840
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John Husbands Jul 20, 1840
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James Carroll Oct 2, 1841
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Thomas Everett Jan 14, 1842
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Charles Nicholls Jan 29, 1842
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James Fulkes Mar 10, 1842
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Timothy Daly May 5, 1842
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Charles Reynolds Jun 2, 1842
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Andrew Allen Dec 17, 1842
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Thomas Gurd Dec 23, 1843
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Uriah Eden Nov 20, 1844
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John Birkmyre Dec 21, 1844
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John Wright Dec 21, 1844
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James Hudson Mar 15, 1845
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Charles William Somes Sep 4, 1845
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Samuel Tebbenham Sep 17, 1845
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Samuel Peters Nov 15, 1845
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Fitz Henry Parsons Jan 9, 1846
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James Hastie Mar 7, 1846
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Richard Hobly Apr 14, 1846
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George Clark Jun 29, 1846
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George Hall Jul 4, 1846
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Thomas Powell Apr 5, 1847
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Daniel Harker Monk May 28, 1848
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William Sibley Sep 6, 1849
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John Welch Oct 12, 1849
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Alexander Scott Jun 26, 1850
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Henry James Chaplin May 5, 1851
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Enoch Martin Jun 20, 1851
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Robert Butcher May 9, 1852
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Joseph Rendall Sep 29, 1852
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William Taylor Oct 5, 1852
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Michael Madigan Oct 17, 1852
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George Best Oct 18, 1852
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John McCormick Oct 28, 1853
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Francis Stoker Feb 11, 1855
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Malachi Shannon Jun 28, 1856
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James Burton Jul 15, 1857
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Charles Busk Aug 11, 1857
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James Denyer Aug 17, 1857
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Henry Morgan Jan 2, 1858
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William Wilson Nov 18, 1858
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William Driver Mar 12, 1859
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William Fuller Apr 19, 1859
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Thomas Randall Aug 19, 1859
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Charles Welch Dec 16, 1859
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Thomas Reedy Aug 31, 1860
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George Brown Oct 24, 1860
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Samuel Hawes Jun 8, 1861
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Henry Hall Aug 22, 1861
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James Rapsey Sep 26, 1861
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William Hard Jun 11, 1862
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Henry Butler Aug 21, 1862
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Richard Lillicrap Aug 31, 1862
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William John Davey Jan 19, 1863
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Frederick William Patrick Nov 20, 1863
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Charles Pearce Jan 23, 1864
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Daniel Langford Jan 24, 1864
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Thomas William Jackson Jul 27, 1864
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Robert Walsh Aug 25, 1864
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John Jenkin Terry Oct 4, 1864
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George Edward Saunders Nov 7, 1864
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John Thompson Jun 20, 1865
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George Sykes Dec 20, 1865
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William Fitzgerald Jan 23, 1866
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Jesse Roberts Apr 9, 1866
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Thomas Ley Baker May 1, 1866
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Joseph Hirons Jun 30, 1866
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William Smart Jun 30, 1866
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John McFarlane Jul 4, 1866
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Henry Collins Nov 21, 1866
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Henry Buin Dec 14, 1866
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Dennis Potter Clark Jan 6, 1867
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John Chattey Jan 21, 1867
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John Kennedy May 8, 1867
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Robert Snelling Oct 6, 1867
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Daniel Bradstock Jun 2, 1868
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Joseph Eite Aug 6, 1868
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Charles Clay Sep 1, 1868
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William Batchelor May 7, 1869
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Charles Pierson Jul 8, 1869
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Charles Cox Jan 19, 1870
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James Nice Apr 23, 1870
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George Potts Aug 14, 1870
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George Robins Oct 11, 1870
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George Fredrick Waring Dec 29, 1870
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John Laskey Aug 29, 1872
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James Bowler Oct 3, 1872
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Moses Parrott Nov 9, 1872
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Joseph Green Jul 11, 1873
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Alfred George Bennett Oct 19, 1873
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Alexander Barnes May 13, 1874
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Isaac Worf May 14, 1875
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Samuel Walker Bell Jun 3, 1875
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Thomas Phelan Jun 10, 1875
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Thomas Ambrose Potter Nov 15, 1875
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Daniel Davey Feb 21, 1876
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Thomas Groomes Jan 18, 1877
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Thomas Brook May 30, 1877
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Edward Hardie Jul 1, 1877
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James Mott Nov 24, 1877
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Charles Ellis Martin May 4, 1878
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Joseph Bunyan Aug 16, 1878
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Richard Cook Oct 14, 1878
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Thomas Carlyon Nov 19, 1878
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William Stevens Nazer Jan 24, 1879
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James Collis Apr 23, 1879
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George Ball May 22, 1879
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Henry Martin Aug 20, 1879
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Alfred Thomas Guymer Aug 25, 1879
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William Twinn Sep 10, 1879
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