Duncan Grant
Captain

Duncan Grant

Felonious
End of Watch January 25, 1799
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Gender Male

Incident

Bow Street Officer Grant died in St. George’s Hospital, London, from the injuries he sustained a month earlier, on 26th December 1798, when he was assaulted by a mob while attempting to quell a disturbance in a public house in St. Giles.

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227 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Captain Grant served with the Bow Street Public Office.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch January 25, 1799
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Beaten

Captain Duncan Grant is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In ENG, 702 of 2,827 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Bow Street Public Office, 2 of 3 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Bow Street Public Office
2
of 3 officers
66.7% Felonious
ENG — Statewide
702
of 2,827 officers
24.8% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Duncan Grant's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Duncan Grant Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Duncan Grant is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909

Others Who Wore This Badge

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