Robert D. Stewart

Metropolitan Police Department — Boston, MA

Accident

End of Watch February 8, 1913

Age 36

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 11

Incident

Patrolman Robert Stewart succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier when he was thrown from his horse on Hillside Street in Milton. He was patrolling the Blue Hill Reservation at approximately 4:30 pm when the incident occurred.

Another patrolman found Patrolman Stewart against a stone wall suffering from a fractured skull. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he remained until succumbing to his injuries.

Patrolman Stewart had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for three years and had previously served as a member of the Boston Fire Department.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, seven children, parents, and several siblings.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Stewart gave the Metropolitan Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Boston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Stewart.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police Department

Location Boston, MA

Platform Identity mpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 8, 1913

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrolman Robert D. Stewart 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Metropolitan Police Department, 7 of 12 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 58.3% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police Department

of 12 officers

58.3% Accident

MA — Statewide

158

of 469 officers

33.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident