Roll of Honor
Incident
Died shortly after arriving at St. Thomas’ Hospital having sustained a fracture at the base of his skull after falling about forty feet.
Earlier, about 6:00am, the burglar alarm outside a shop on Westminster Bridge Road, London, was activated. The shop was quickly surrounded by police and a search of the premises found a man on the roof. PC Ford went in pursuit and had crossed the roofs of four adjacent shops when he accidentally stepped on a glass skylight and fell into the yard of the London Necropolis.
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- July 23, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Ford served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Ford.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable David Fleming Ford 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 Metropolitan Police, 306 of 729 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David Fleming Ford's cause is highlighted.
How David Fleming Ford Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. David Fleming Ford is highlighted in Mar.
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