Harold John Thomas

Portsmouth City Police — ENG

Accident

End of Watch October 25, 1933

Age 27

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Killed in a road traffic collision while travelling home from night duty.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Thomas served with the Portsmouth City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Thomas.

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

Agency

Department Portsmouth City Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity ppd.por.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 25, 1933

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Sergeant Harold John Thomas 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 Portsmouth City Police, 3 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.3% of this agency's fallen.

Portsmouth City Police

of 11 officers

27.3% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident