William Pangbourne
Superintendent

William Pangbourne

Hertfordshire Constabulary — Welwyn, ENG
Accident
End of Watch March 6, 1867
Age 51
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Gender Male

Incident

Died after fracturing his skull when the cart in which he and another officer were travelling overturned on Offley Hill as they returned from a call-out in the early hours.

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July 23, 2026

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159 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Superintendent Pangbourne served with the Hertfordshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location Welwyn, ENG
Platform Identity hco.hrt.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 6, 1867
Age 51
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Superintendent William Pangbourne 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 Hertfordshire Constabulary, 14 of 23 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 60.9% of this agency's fallen.

Hertfordshire Constabulary
14
of 23 officers
60.9% 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. William Pangbourne'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 William Pangbourne Compares

Age at End of Watch
51
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Pangbourne 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