Douglas Hugh Van-Den-Bossche

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG

Accident

End of Watch November 3, 1940

Age 37

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 728

Incident

Fatally injured in a collision with a car while cycling home after night duty.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
War Reserve Constable Van-Den-Bossche served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, War Reserve Constable Van-Den-Bossche.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police

Location London, ENG

Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1940

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

War Reserve Constable Douglas Hugh Van-Den-Bossche 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.

Metropolitan Police

306

of 729 officers

42% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers