Incident
Died in hospital having been taken ill a few hours earlier while on duty undertaking clerical work.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Allen served with the Leamington Spa Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Allen.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant William Charles Allen is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Charles Allen's cause is highlighted.
How William Charles Allen Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. William Charles Allen is highlighted in Oct.