Incident
Found dead down a stair on his beat by a fall or blow on the head.
Died after he was found on his beat with serious head injuries having fallen down a narrow stairwell in George Street.
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165 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable McArthur served with the City of Glasgow Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Undetermined
City of Glasgow Police has lost 66 officers; 1 of them lost to causes not yet determined.
John is one of 1 officer lost to causes not yet determined in SCT, 0.3% of the 308 remembered there.
John is one of 19 officers lost to causes not yet determined in United Kingdom, 0.5% of the 3,791 remembered there.
John is one of 333 officers lost to causes not yet determined worldwide, 1% of the 34,103 remembered here.
34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1861, 1 officer in United Kingdom was lost to causes not yet determined, the 2nd heaviest of 18 years on record. The heaviest was 1899, with 2.
In 1861, 1 officer worldwide was lost to causes not yet determined, the 79th heaviest of 121 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.
Who
John was 30. Of the 18 lost to causes not yet determined in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 30 and 36; the middle age was 34.
John was 30. Of the 308 lost to causes not yet determined worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 40; the middle age was 32.5.
When
May holds 15.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 15.8%. Thursdays: 10.5%.
May holds 9% of these deaths worldwide; June holds the most, 10.5%. Thursdays: 8.7%.
How
Undetermined deaths account for 1.5% of all 66 deaths at City of Glasgow Police, the 4th most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 0.3% of all 308 deaths in SCT, the 5th most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 0.5% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 5th most common cause.
Undetermined deaths account for 1% of all 34,103 deaths worldwide, the 5th most common cause.
His people
City of Glasgow Police has 66 officers remembered here, John among them.
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John Colquhoun Apr 4, 1847
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James Alexander Mar 8, 1848
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Duncan Cameron Oct 24, 1860
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John McArthur May 2, 1861
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Alexander McLachlan Aug 31, 1861
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James Fitzgerald Mar 28, 1862
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Robert Campbell Nov 5, 1863
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Joseph Little May 7, 1871
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Robert Dickson Jul 1, 1877
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Finlay McAulay Apr 21, 1878
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William Gordon Mar 17, 1882
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George Cumming Oct 23, 1882
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Thomas Henry McCulloch Nov 29, 1884
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George Riddall Aug 16, 1888
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Donald McLean Sep 21, 1889
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John McDonald Feb 21, 1890
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John Carruthers McNaught May 28, 1892
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Alexander J McMahon Dec 18, 1893
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Wilson Charles Nov 22, 1894
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Frederick McLellan May 7, 1895
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Robert Murray Dec 9, 1895
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Robert Cruickshanks Aug 20, 1896
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Andrew Urquhart Oct 24, 1897
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William Reid Jan 14, 1900
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George Hebbington Dec 19, 1900
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James Stewart May 18, 1901
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William Wilson C Cumming Sep 15, 1903
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Robert Caughey Dec 31, 1905
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John Robinson Oct 26, 1907
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Hugh Savage Dec 18, 1910
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Robert Smith Jul 16, 1912
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George Miller Jul 6, 1916
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James Campbell Jan 20, 1919
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William McGregor Jun 1, 1919
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James Paterson May 2, 1920
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Robert Johnston May 4, 1921
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John Burr Dec 6, 1929
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Donald Kenneth Fraser Jun 4, 1932
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Harry Ellis Wilkinson Aug 5, 1937
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Hugh Welsh Jan 5, 1938
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William James Curry Dec 15, 1938
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William Steven Dickson Mar 13, 1941
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Donald MacDonald Mar 13, 1941
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John Morton Gray Mar 13, 1941
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Thomas Hamilton Mar 14, 1941
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James Williamson Mar 14, 1941
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John Gerard MacKrell Mar 14, 1941
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Ernest Walker Jun 29, 1944
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Stewart Cameron MacDonald Nov 22, 1948
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John Macleod Sep 4, 1952
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Robert Crane Gunnis Sep 12, 1957
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James Milroy Mar 27, 1958
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Patrick Moulds Aug 9, 1958
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Robert Gillies Sep 28, 1958
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Charles Main McNeill Jun 15, 1962
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George Brownlie Gates Sep 23, 1969
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Angus MacLeod MacKenzie
Dec 30, 1969
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Edward Alexander Barnett
Jan 4, 1970
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Robert Belford Mar 15, 1970
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John Stewart Duff Robertson Nov 15, 1970
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James Cuthell Fairbrother Jun 26, 1971
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David Robert Peterson Sep 9, 1972
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James Hay Apr 20, 1973
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Colin MacDuff Jun 27, 1973
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David Dunsmuir Jun 2, 1974
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William Wright Dec 20, 1986
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