Reserve Constable

Geoffrey K Campbell

Felonious
End of Watch February 28, 1985
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident

Killed alongside eight other officers when Newry RUC Station came under heavy mortar attack by terrorists and the canteen was destroyed by a direct hit.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Constable Campbell served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Constable Campbell.

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

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Location NIR
Platform Identity ruc.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 28, 1985
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Bomb

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Geoffrey is one of 1,170 officers killed feloniously in United Kingdom, 30.9% 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 1985, 26 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 5th heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

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Who

Geoffrey was 24. Of the 1,048 killed feloniously in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 44; the middle age was 36.

Age at death
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When

February holds 6.4% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Thursdays: 14.1%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 30.9% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC has at least 120 officers remembered here, Geoffrey among them.

Across the years

Reserve Constable Geoffrey K Campbell

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC · End of Watch February 28, 1985

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