Hugh Welsh

City of Glasgow Police — SCT

Illness

End of Watch January 5, 1938

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 65

Incident

Died as a result of an infection to a minor cut from broken glass that he sustained while investigating a housebreaking.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Welsh served with the City of Glasgow Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Welsh.

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

Agency

Department City of Glasgow Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity gpd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 1938

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Hugh Welsh is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 35.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At City of Glasgow Police, 23 of 66 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 34.8% of this agency's fallen.

City of Glasgow Police

of 66 officers

34.8% Illness

SCT — Statewide

109

of 308 officers

35.4% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Illness