Joseph Edward Kershaw
Police Constable

Joseph Edward Kershaw

Accident
End of Watch September 27, 1889
Age 23
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when he tried to stop a runaway horse and coal wagon.

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137 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Kershaw served with the Bradford City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity bpd.brd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 27, 1889
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable Joseph Edward Kershaw 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 Bradford City Police, 5 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Bradford City Police
5
of 9 officers
55.6% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Edward Kershaw'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 Joseph Edward Kershaw Compares

Age at End of Watch
23
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Edward Kershaw is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897