Augustus Crocker
Police Constable

Augustus Crocker

Accident
End of Watch June 8, 1874
Age 59
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Gender Male

Incident

Died when he was struck by a passing train at Swindon Railway Station.

Died when he was struck by a passing train at Swindon Railway Station.

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July 23, 2026

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152 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Crocker served with the Great Western Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity gwpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 8, 1874
Age 59
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Train

Police Constable Augustus Crocker 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 Great Western Railway Police, 11 of 14 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 78.6% of this agency's fallen.

Great Western Railway Police
11
of 14 officers
78.6% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

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

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Augustus Crocker Compares

Age at End of Watch
59
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Augustus Crocker is highlighted in Jun.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897