Roll of Honor
Incident
Drowned when he fell into Regent's Dock while on patrol in the early hours.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Coates served with the Grand Union Canal Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Coates.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant William Herbert Coates 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Herbert Coates's cause is highlighted.
How William Herbert Coates Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Herbert Coates is highlighted in Dec.