Roll of Honor
Ronald Walter Clement Smith
Incident
Shot by mistake at a Home Guard checkpoint following guard duty.
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- April 8, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Smith served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Smith.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Constable Ronald Walter Clement Smith 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 ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Gloucestershire Constabulary, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Ronald Walter Clement Smith's cause is highlighted.
How Ronald Walter Clement Smith Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Ronald Walter Clement Smith is highlighted in Aug.
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