Special Constable

Albert Thomas Rickerby

Felonious
End of Watch May 28, 1922
Gender Male

Incident

Shot dead while on patrol in an ambush by IRA gunmen.

Shot dead when his patrol of four or five vehicles from Garrison, County Tyrone, sent to relieve sixty-four USC men besieged at Magherameenagh Castle, was ambushed by terrorists at Belleek on the Donegal-Tyrone border.

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

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

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Service Record

End of Watch May 28, 1922
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Albert 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 1922, 38 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 3rd heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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When

May holds 12.6% of these deaths in United Kingdom, more than any other month. Sundays: 15.1%.

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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

Ulster Special Constabulary has 99 officers remembered here, Albert among them.

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Special Constable Albert Thomas Rickerby

Ulster Special Constabulary · End of Watch May 28, 1922

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