Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Pursehouse was killed and another officer was seriously injured when their police car struck the grass verge, crashed through a fence and overturned in a field at Woolaston near Lydney, while travelling towards Chepstow, on the main A48 Gloucester to South Wales road.
Both Paul, who was acting as the observer, and the driver were thrown from the car as it overturned after swerving to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming car that was overtaking a lorry.
PC Pursehouse was a single man from Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Pursehouse served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Pursehouse.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Paul James Pursehouse 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 Gloucestershire Constabulary, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Paul James Pursehouse's cause is highlighted.
How Paul James Pursehouse Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Paul James Pursehouse is highlighted in Mar.
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