Robert Lake Jordan

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG

Illness

End of Watch May 13, 1882

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 728

Incident

Found dead on his beat having suffered heart failure while on night duty, after previously feeling unwell and resting in private premises.

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144 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Jordan served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 May 13, 1882

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Robert Lake Jordan is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 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 25.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police, 215 of 729 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.5% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police

215

of 729 officers

29.5% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Illness