Roll of Honor
Incident
On duty at Longford Station on the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway he was standing on the line observing a train when he was struck by a train coming in from Liverpool. He was taken to hospital but later died.
Died in Coventry Hospital after being struck by a train from Liverpool, as he stood on the line observing another train from London, while on duty at Longford Station on the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway, earlier that day.
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Police Constable Capers served with the Warwickshire Constabulary.
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
Police Constable John Henry Capers 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 Warwickshire Constabulary, 11 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Henry Capers's cause is highlighted.
How John Henry Capers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Henry Capers is highlighted in Jun.
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