Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Benjamin Irey was struck and killed by a train while en route to serve a warrant.
He was struck as he crossed a set of tracks while switching trains.
Sheriff Irey had started his first term as sheriff on the previous day.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sheriff Irey served with the Chester County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the West Chester community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Benjamin F. Irey 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Benjamin F. Irey's cause is highlighted.
How Benjamin F. Irey Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Benjamin F. Irey is highlighted in Jan.