Roll of Honor
Incident
Found dead on the railway line between Forres and Dunphail, Morayshire, having sustained fatal injuries while on night duty, when he was struck by an early morning train after taking up a position to keep watch on a factory near Forres that had been suffering a spate of thefts.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Shearer served with the Moray & Nairn Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Shearer.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Robert Kennedy Shearer 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Kennedy Shearer's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Kennedy Shearer Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Kennedy Shearer is highlighted in Sep.