Gail Doreen Pirnie
Woman Police Constable

Gail Doreen Pirnie

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Illness
End of Watch October 26, 1994
Age 42
Gender Female

Incident

Collapsed and died from heart failure, having just completed an exercise, while undergoing a Baton Training course at the Peel Centre, Hendon.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Woman Police Constable Pirnie served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Woman Police Constable Pirnie.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Type Police Department
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 26, 1994
Age 42
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

The Sacrifice · Illness

Gail 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 1994, 4 officers in United Kingdom were lost to illness, the 83rd heaviest of 185 years on record. The heaviest was 1915, with 18.

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Who

Gail was 42. Of the 858 lost to illness in United Kingdom whose age is recorded, half were between 36 and 50; the middle age was 43.

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When

October holds 7.9% of these deaths in United Kingdom; January holds the most, 10.3%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

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

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Her people

Metropolitan Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Gail among them.

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Woman Police Constable Gail Doreen Pirnie

Metropolitan Police · End of Watch October 26, 1994

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