Samuel Barber
Constable

Samuel Barber

Illness
End of Watch August 30, 1849
Age 41
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Gender Male

Incident

Died as a result of a bayonet wound that he sustained while on duty four years earlier, in 1845.

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BO-GB-COI-B3914FBB
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177 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Barber served with the Constabulary of Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location L
Platform Identity cico.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 30, 1849
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Constable Samuel Barber 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 L, 49 of 749 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Constabulary of Ireland, 7 of 22 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.

Constabulary of Ireland
7
of 22 officers
31.8% Illness
L — Statewide
49
of 749 officers
6.5% Illness
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Barber's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Samuel Barber Compares

Age at Death
41
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.7 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Barber is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
186
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
182
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
353
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285