Roll of Honor
Incident
On the morning of Monday 29th December 1845, PC Maguire was opening the great gates at the Nine Elms Terminus, London, for a horse-drawn carriage to pass through, when he was struck by the carriage’s pole and thrown under the wheels, sustaining an extensive head wound and other severe injuries to his body.
He died in St. Thomas’ hospital later that same day.
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181 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Maguire served with the London & South Western Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Maguire 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 London & South Western Railway Police, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Maguire's cause is highlighted.
How Maguire Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Maguire is highlighted in Dec.
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