Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Keepence and three other officers were in a van returning to Trowbridge from Marlborough Sessions when the harness to the horse drawing the vehicle broke and caused the animal to bolt, such that two officers and another man decided to jump from the van.
Jasper died instantly after dislocating his neck while the second other officer was bruised and shaken and the other man was seriously injured.
Another two officers who were riding at the front of the vehicle were thrown into the van and they and the civilian passengers who remained in the vehicle all escaped unharmed.
PC Keepence who was buried in his native Wilsford, near Devizes, left a young wife.
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Police Constable Keepence served with the Wiltshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Constable Jasper Keepence 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 Wiltshire Constabulary, 16 of 28 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jasper Keepence's cause is highlighted.
How Jasper Keepence Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jasper Keepence is highlighted in Oct.
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