Samuel Green
Temporary Cadet

Samuel Green

Felonious
End of Watch February 3, 1921
Age 22
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Gender Male

Incident

Shot and fatally wounded, about 9:00pm, while off duty in Fagan’s public house in Balbriggan, County Dublin. He was assisted to the nearby RIC barracks and then taken to Steevens’s Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin, where he died the following day.

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BO-GB-RIC-69E056AE
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Temporary Cadet Green served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Temporary Cadet Green.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch February 3, 1921
Age 22
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Homicide - Shot

Temporary Cadet Samuel Green is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In L, 592 of 749 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 79% of this state's fallen. That is 79 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Royal Irish Constabulary, 519 of 642 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80.8% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Irish Constabulary
519
of 642 officers
80.8% Felonious
L — Statewide
592
of 749 officers
79% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

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

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

How Samuel Green Compares

Age at Death
22
This officer
Avg for Felonious: 39.0 years

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Green is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909