Roll of Honor
Incident
Drowned alongside his colleague, DS David John Evan Lumsden, both of whom were members of the force’s Sub-Aqua Unit, when they became trapped in a sluice at the bottom of the fifteen-feet-deep lock gate, while searching the Caledonian Canal at Corpach for a missing youth.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Ritchie served with the Inverness Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Ritchie.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Iain Peter Ritchie 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Inverness Burgh Police, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Iain Peter Ritchie's cause is highlighted.
How Iain Peter Ritchie Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Iain Peter Ritchie is highlighted in Nov.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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