Archie Cornish
Inspector

Archie Cornish

Accident
End of Watch February 18, 1931
Age 47
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Gender Male

Incident

Died from the burns he sustained three months earlier while fighting a fire at a hospital in November 1930.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Cornish served with the Sheffield Police Fire Brigade.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Cornish.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity spfbpd.shf.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 18, 1931
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Fire

Inspector Archie Cornish is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 47.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Sheffield Police Fire Brigade, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Sheffield Police Fire Brigade
2
of 2 officers
100% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Archie Cornish's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Archie Cornish Compares

Age at Death
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Archie Cornish is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

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