Edmund Richard Norris MC
Chief Inspector

Edmund Richard Norris MC

Wiltshire Constabulary — Devizes, ENG
Accident
End of Watch January 19, 1955
Age 41
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when his car crashed as he was returning from a police conference.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Inspector MC served with the Wiltshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Inspector MC.

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

Agency

Location Devizes, ENG
Platform Identity wco.wil.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 19, 1955
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Chief Inspector Edmund Richard Norris MC 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 Wiltshire Constabulary, 16 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Wiltshire Constabulary
16
of 28 officers
57.1% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edmund Richard Norris MC'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 Edmund Richard Norris MC Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Edmund Richard Norris MC is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897