Police Constable

Ernest Ellis

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Illness
End of Watch December 9, 1892
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident

Died after being pensioned from the force due to disease resulting from injuries he sustained while on duty in Hammersmith.

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134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Ellis served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Type Police Department
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 9, 1892
Age 50
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Ernest is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% 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 1892, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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Who

Ernest was 50. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Fridays: 15.2%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Metropolitan Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Ernest among them.

Across the years

Police Constable Ernest Ellis

Metropolitan Police · End of Watch December 9, 1892

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