Police Constable

Kenneth Samuel Meney Wilkie

Illness
End of Watch May 25, 1994
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident

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

Agency

Department Strathclyde Police
Location SCT
Platform Identity spd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 25, 1994
Age 39
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Kenneth 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 1994, 4 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 83rd heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

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.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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

Strathclyde Police has 35 officers remembered here, Kenneth among them.

Police Constable Kenneth Samuel Meney Wilkie

Strathclyde Police · End of Watch May 25, 1994

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