Herbert John Lee

Northamptonshire Constabulary — ENG

Accident

End of Watch March 28, 1920

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Fatally injured in the early hours, when he was struck by a passing train on the Great Central Railway at Woodford Halse, where he had been patrolling the goods yard with his dog during a stormy night.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Lee served with the Northamptonshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Lee.

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

Agency

Department Northamptonshire Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity nco.nth.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 28, 1920

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Train

Police Constable Herbert John Lee 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 Northamptonshire Constabulary, 5 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Northamptonshire Constabulary

of 7 officers

71.4% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident