Incident
Found dead at 5:30am while on duty in the porter’s lodge at Coventry Station and was presumed to have died of apoplexy.
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- August 2, 2026
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- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
165 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Poole served with the London & North Western Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable James Poole is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 25.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At London & North Western Railway Police, 2 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Poole's cause is highlighted.
How James Poole Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. James Poole is highlighted in Sep.
Others Who Wore This Badge
10 officers from London & North Western Railway Police are honored on badge.nw.
