Police Constable

John Keir Bennie

Illness
End of Watch February 21, 1980
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident

Pronounced dead on arrival at Falkirk Royal Infirmary after suffering a heart attack and collapsing at the ambulance depot, Windsor Hospital, Falkirk.

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

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

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Location SCT
Platform Identity cspd.stg.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 21, 1980
Age 45
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

John 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 1980, 7 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 33rd heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

John was 45. 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

February holds 7.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Thursdays: 13.7%.

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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

Central Scotland Police has 5 officers remembered here, John among them.

Police Constable John Keir Bennie

Central Scotland Police · End of Watch February 21, 1980

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