Ralph Halford Thompson

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary — ENG

Illness

End of Watch December 8, 1930

Age 55

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Found dead at home having returned there after becoming ill while on his way to his office.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Chief Constable Thompson served with the Devon County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Chief Constable Thompson.

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

Agency

Department Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity devoco.dev.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 8, 1930

Age 55

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Deputy Chief Constable Ralph Halford Thompson is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Devon & Cornwall Constabulary, 7 of 23 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 30.4% of this agency's fallen.

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

of 23 officers

30.4% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness