Albert James Cordery

City of London Police — London, ENG

Accident

End of Watch April 27, 1924

Age 43

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 30

Incident

Drowned in the River Thames as he attempted to retrieve his helmet which had blown into the water.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Cordery served with the City of London Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Cordery.

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

Agency

Department City of London Police

Location London, ENG

Platform Identity colp.lnd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 27, 1924

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Drowned

Police Constable Albert James Cordery is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At City of London Police, 7 of 31 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 22.6% of this agency's fallen.

City of London Police

of 31 officers

22.6% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident