Donald McMillan
Police Constable

Donald McMillan

Illness
End of Watch August 27, 1867
Age 26
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Gender Male

Incident

Died of exhaustion while on his beat.

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159 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable McMillan served with the Greenock Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity gbpd.ivc.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 27, 1867
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Donald McMillan 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Greenock Burgh Police, 4 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 36.4% of this agency's fallen.

Greenock Burgh Police
4
of 11 officers
36.4% Illness
SCT — Statewide
109
of 308 officers
35.4% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Donald McMillan'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 Donald McMillan Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Donald McMillan is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285