Robert Bamborough

Essex Constabulary — ENG

Felonious

End of Watch November 30, 1850

Age 43

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Fatally injured when he was beaten by a prisoner he was escorting to gaol.

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176 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Bamborough served with the Essex Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Essex Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity eco.ess.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 30, 1850

Age 43

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Homicide - Beaten

Police Constable Robert Bamborough 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 Essex Constabulary, 6 of 20 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 30% of this agency's fallen.

Essex Constabulary

of 20 officers

30% Felonious

ENG — Statewide

702

of 2,827 officers

24.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious