Sergeant

John Hickey

Accident
End of Watch May 29, 1897
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident

One of three officers, stationed in Castletownbere, who drowned when their boat took on water as a gale developed while returning from Bere Island, where there had been reports of a suspicious death. It was believed their heavy police uniforms and boots contributed to their drowning.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Hickey served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

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Service Record

End of Watch May 29, 1897
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Drowned

The Sacrifice · Accident

John is one of 92 officers lost to accidents in Ireland, 12% of the 765 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1897, 3 officers in Ireland were lost to accidents, the 4th heaviest of 41 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 22.

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Who

John was 44. Of the 86 lost to accidents in Ireland whose age is recorded, half were between 25 and 38.8; the middle age was 30.

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When

May holds 12% of these deaths in Ireland; December holds the most, 14.1%. Saturdays: 21.7%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 12% of all 765 deaths in Ireland, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Royal Irish Constabulary has at least 120 officers remembered here, John among them.

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Sergeant John Hickey

Royal Irish Constabulary · End of Watch May 29, 1897

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