Alexander Halliday

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC — NIR

Illness

End of Watch June 10, 1987

Age 60

The Vigil Panel 208 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 468

Incident

Collapsed and died while on guard duty in an RUC station sanger.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Royal Ulster Constabulary GC

Location NIR

Platform Identity ruc.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 10, 1987

Age 60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Constable Alexander Halliday is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NIR, 50 of 599 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, 35 of 469 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 7.5% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Ulster Constabulary GC

of 469 officers

7.5% Illness

NIR — Statewide

of 599 officers

8.3% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness