Robert Matthew Boyce MC
Assistant Staff Officer

Robert Matthew Boyce MC

Illness
End of Watch April 15, 1953
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Gender Male

Incident

Died after taking ill at the USC HQ where he was Assistant Staff Officer.

Died after being taken ill at the USC HQ where he was Assistant Staff Officer.

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-GB-USC-BF8A121A
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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Assistant Staff Officer MC served with the Ulster Special Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Assistant Staff Officer MC.

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

Agency

Location NIR
Platform Identity usco.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 15, 1953
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Assistant Staff Officer Robert Matthew Boyce MC 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 NIR, 50 of 599 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Ulster Special Constabulary, 11 of 99 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Ulster Special Constabulary
11
of 99 officers
11.1% Illness
NIR — Statewide
50
of 599 officers
8.3% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Matthew Boyce MC's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Robert Matthew Boyce MC Compares

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Matthew Boyce MC is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285