Roll of Honor
Incident
Fatally injured when he fell into the dry dock at Woolwich Arsenal while on duty in fog.
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- April 8, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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180 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Parsons served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Fitz Henry Parsons 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. Fitz Henry Parsons's cause is highlighted.
How Fitz Henry Parsons Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Fitz Henry Parsons is highlighted in Jan.
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