Police Constable

Arthur Wood

Illness
End of Watch January 22, 1963
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident

Found dead in a police box having collapsed on top of an electric fire.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Wood served with the Northampton Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Wood.

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

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Location ENG
Platform Identity nbpd.nth.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1963
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Arthur 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 1963, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

Arthur was 42. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

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When

January holds 10.3% of these deaths in United Kingdom, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 15.3%.

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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

Northampton Borough Police has 3 officers remembered here, Arthur among them.

Police Constable Arthur Wood

Northampton Borough Police · End of Watch January 22, 1963

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