Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed when he attempted to alight from a mail train as it moved off, crushing him between the platform and carriage.
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144 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Waldren served with the Basingstoke Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant James Waldren 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Waldren's cause is highlighted.
How James Waldren Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Waldren is highlighted in Oct.