Thomas Arthur Benn
Police Constable

Thomas Arthur Benn

Accident
End of Watch March 29, 1941
Age 25
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Gender Male

Incident

Having entered a burning house with a colleague and rescued two members of a family trapped inside, he reached a woman and two children but perished in the flames with the two children in his arms.

Posthumously awarded the King’s Police and Fire Services Medal for Gallantry.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Benn served with the Liverpool City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Benn.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity lpd.liv.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 29, 1941
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Fire

Police Constable Thomas Arthur Benn 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 Liverpool City Police, 27 of 54 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Liverpool City Police
27
of 54 officers
50% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Arthur Benn's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Thomas Arthur Benn Compares

Age at End of Watch
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Arthur Benn is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897