Nathanael Edgar
Police Constable

Nathanael Edgar

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Felonious
End of Watch February 13, 1948
Age 33
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally shot by a man who, earlier, had run off when PC Edgar and a colleague approached him after becoming suspicious of him while on plain clothes duty investigating burglaries in Wades Hill and Winchmore Hill, North London.

After separating from his colleague PC Edgar located the man who then shot him. The man was wanted by the Military Police, having deserted from the Army two years earlier.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Edgar served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Edgar.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Type Police Department
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 13, 1948
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

Police Constable Nathanael Edgar is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In ENG, 702 of 2,827 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police, 185 of 729 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 25.4% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police
185
of 729 officers
25.4% Felonious
ENG — Statewide
702
of 2,827 officers
24.8% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nathanael Edgar's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Nathanael Edgar Compares

Age at Death
33
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Nathanael Edgar is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909