Leslie Spence
Sergeant

Leslie Spence

Illness
End of Watch March 29, 1962
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident

Died within minutes of collapsing having been driven home after becoming ill and struggling to breathe while on duty at Ladywood Police Station.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Spence served with the Birmingham City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Spence.

— 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 March 29, 1962
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Leslie 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 1962, 6 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 46th heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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Who

Leslie was 47. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.2% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Thursdays: 13.7%.

By month
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How

Illness deaths account for 23.3% of all 3,791 deaths in United Kingdom, the 3rd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years

Sergeant Leslie Spence

Birmingham City Police · End of Watch March 29, 1962

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