John Armstrong
Constable

John Armstrong

Illness
End of Watch January 21, 1821
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Gender Male

Incident

Died from the injuries he sustained a few days earlier while on duty in Spitalfields when he remonstrated with a riotous group of men who responded by mercilessly beating him.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-GB-OOT-4AA40F6C
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Tributes

205 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Armstrong served with the Officer of the Worship Street Public Office, Middlesex.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity owspom.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 21, 1821
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Constable John Armstrong is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 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 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

Officer of the Worship Street Public Office, Middlesex
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
ENG — Statewide
719
of 2,827 officers
25.4% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Armstrong's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How John Armstrong Compares

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Armstrong is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285