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Collapsed on duty and died in hospital of heart failure.
Collapsed on duty and died in hospital of heart failure.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Wilkie served with the Strathclyde Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Wilkie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Illness
Strathclyde Police has lost 35 officers; 12 of them lost to illness.
Kenneth is one of 109 officers lost to illness in SCT, 35.4% of the 308 remembered there.
Kenneth is one of 884 officers lost to illness in United Kingdom, 23.3% of the 3,791 remembered there.
Kenneth 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 1994, 1 officer at Strathclyde Police was lost to illness, the 3rd heaviest of 9 years on record. The heaviest was 1976, with 3.
In 1994, 1 officer in SCT was lost to illness, the 24th heaviest of 77 years on record. The heaviest was 1896, with 5.
In 1994, 4 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 83rd heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.
In 1994, 4 officers worldwide were lost to illness, the 134th heaviest of 197 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 566.
Who
Kenneth was 39. Of the 12 lost to illness at Strathclyde Police whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 49; the middle age was 46.
Kenneth was 39. Of the 108 lost to illness in SCT whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 51; the middle age was 46.
Kenneth was 39. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.
Kenneth was 39. Of the 2,916 lost to illness worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 39 and 56; the middle age was 49.
When
May holds 8.3% of these deaths at Strathclyde Police; October holds the most, 16.7%. Wednesdays: 25%.
May holds 6.4% of these deaths in SCT; December holds the most, 11.9%. Wednesdays: 13.8%.
May holds 8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.
May holds 6.7% of these deaths worldwide; October holds the most, 12.6%. Wednesdays: 13.6%.
How
Illness deaths account for 34.3% of all 35 deaths at Strathclyde Police, the 2nd most common cause.
Illness deaths account for 35.4% of all 308 deaths in SCT, 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
Strathclyde Police has 35 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.
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William Robertson
Apr 6, 1976
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Duncan MacFarlane Jul 20, 1976
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Thomas Cringles Aug 26, 1976
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George William Chree Taylor
Nov 30, 1976
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Edward James Mollison Aug 26, 1977
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Neil Murdoch Caskie Nov 5, 1977
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David Barrie May 22, 1978
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George Hillier Garrott Mar 5, 1980
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Roger MacPhail Feb 2, 1982
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Joseph Doris Jul 5, 1982
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David Grant MacKenzie Sep 26, 1982
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Edward Williams Thomson
Nov 13, 1982
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William Ross Hunt
Jun 5, 1983
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John Houston Nov 3, 1983
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John Gerard Doherty Oct 22, 1985
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John Forrest Jan 23, 1989
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Malcolm Calder Herd Jan 24, 1990
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Callum Simon Chisholm Mar 15, 1994
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Stuart Simpson
Mar 28, 1994
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Kenneth Samuel Meney Wilkie May 25, 1994
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Lewis George Fulton
Jun 17, 1994
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Melanie Igoe
May 30, 1995
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James Robert E Hughes Jun 9, 1996
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John Boyle Oct 28, 1998
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Jacqueline Ann Haswell
Aug 7, 2000
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Hugh Davidson
Jun 4, 2002
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James Liddell Clarke Aug 16, 2002
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Joseph Gerard Taggart
Aug 27, 2004
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Barrie Lawson
Sep 19, 2005
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Kevin Lowe Oct 20, 2006
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Derek Andrew Leitch Jun 21, 2007
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Diane Christine Donald
Jan 21, 2009
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Neil McCover
Oct 8, 2010
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Neil Jeffrys
Nov 2, 2011
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Roderick Gellatly
Nov 5, 2012
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