Fitzroy Frederick Taylor
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Police Inspector

Fitzroy Frederick Taylor

Gloucestershire Constabulary — Cheltenham, ENG
Illness
End of Watch May 23, 1942
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident

Inspector Taylor collapsed and died while on duty in Dursley Police Station, probably as a result of a brain haemorrhage.

He had received numerous commendations throughout his police career, including a police silver braid for conspicuous gallantry and a medal from The Society of Protection of Life from Fire, for his part in the rescue of six of the seven occupants trapped by fire in Duncan Cottage, Victoria Street, Coleford, on 22nd October 1939.

He captained Lydney Rugby Team and played for Gloucestershire County. He also represented both Cheltenham Police Rugby Team and the British Police Rugby Union Team.

Prior to joining Gloucestershire Constabulary, Fitzroy served in the Royal Marines and was on board HMS Marlborough when, in April 1919, it arrived in Yalta, on the Crimean Peninsular, to evacuate members of the Russian Imperial Family to safety in Malta.

Approximately two hundred police officers attended Inspector Taylor’s funeral, held at Blakeney.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Inspector Taylor served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Inspector Taylor.

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

Agency

Type State Police
Location Cheltenham, ENG
Platform Identity gco.gls.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1942
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Fitzroy 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 1942, 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

Fitzroy was 41. 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%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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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

Gloucestershire Constabulary has 18 officers remembered here, Fitzroy among them.

Police Inspector Fitzroy Frederick Taylor

Gloucestershire Constabulary · End of Watch May 23, 1942

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