Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Sergeant Apps died in Sittingbourne from the severe injuries he sustained when he and two fellow officers were struck by a car while on duty on 22nd September 1915. The car carried George for fifty yards before it came to a halt.
He was immediately taken to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in Rochester and subsequently underwent treatment at other hospitals but the incident rendered him practically bed-ridden for more than eight months prior to his death.
George was born in Ivychurch and joined Kent Constabulary in 1901. He was stationed in Sittingbourne for his entire police career.
DS Apps left a wife and four children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sergeant Apps served with the Kent County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Apps.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Sergeant George Henry Apps 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 Kent County Constabulary, 24 of 52 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 46.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Henry Apps's cause is highlighted.
How George Henry Apps Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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