Donald McKinnon Anderson
Police Constable

Donald McKinnon Anderson

Accident
End of Watch December 14, 1875
Age 38
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Gender Male

Incident

About three weeks earlier, PC Anderson had slipped and fallen while on duty in Mill Street, Alloa, causing a compound fracture of his left leg.

He left a wife and several young children.

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BO-GB-ABP-B724D0C1
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July 23, 2026

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151 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Anderson served with the Alloa Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Alloa Burgh Police
Location SCT
Platform Identity abpd.clk.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 14, 1875
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable Donald McKinnon Anderson 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

Alloa Burgh Police
1
of 1 officers
100% Accident
SCT — Statewide
149
of 308 officers
48.4% 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. Donald McKinnon Anderson'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 Donald McKinnon Anderson Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Donald McKinnon Anderson is highlighted in Dec.

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