Special Constable

John Fluke

Felonious
End of Watch April 10, 1921
Gender Male

Incident

Killed by a bomb in an IRA ambush investigating suspicious activity.

Killed by a bomb in a terrorist ambush while investigating suspicious activity.

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

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch April 10, 1921
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Bomb

The Sacrifice · Felonious

John 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 1921, 17 officers in United Kingdom were killed feloniously, the 15th heaviest of 216 years on record. The heaviest was 1941, with 167.

Every year on record · United Kingdom
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When

April holds 9.8% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. 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, John among them.

Across the years

Special Constable John Fluke

Ulster Special Constabulary · End of Watch April 10, 1921

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