Special Constable

John Cummings

Felonious
End of Watch February 7, 1921
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident

Constable Cummings died from an internal haemorrhage in Aghnamoira, County Down, the day after being fatally wounded by shrapnel when, on a very dark night, a bomb was thrown at his patrol as it walked along Seaview Road in Warrenpoint.

Two other Constables were seriously wounded by the explosion.

John was survived by his wife and his parents.

Survivors

John was survived by his wife and his parents.

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

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

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Service Record

End of Watch February 7, 1921
Age 23
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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Who

John was 23. 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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Age by years of service
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When

February holds 6.4% of these deaths in United Kingdom; May holds the most, 12.6%. Mondays: 14%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

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

Across the years

Special Constable John Cummings

Ulster Special Constabulary · End of Watch February 7, 1921

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