Police Constable

Alonzo Green

Illness
End of Watch June 25, 1887
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure after detaining an aggressive prisoner in the Moseley Street lock-up.

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139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Green served with the Birmingham City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Location ENG
Platform Identity bpd.bir.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 25, 1887
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Alonzo 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 1887, 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

Alonzo was 28. 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

June holds 8.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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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

Birmingham City Police has 61 officers remembered here, Alonzo among them.

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Police Constable Alonzo Green

Birmingham City Police · End of Watch June 25, 1887

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