John McRae Williamson
Incident
Died of heart failure while on duty driving to a conference.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Chief Superintendent Williamson served with the Avon & Somerset Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Chief Superintendent Williamson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Chief Superintendent John McRae Williamson 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%.
At Avon and Somerset Constabulary, 4 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 22.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John McRae Williamson's cause is highlighted.
How John McRae Williamson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John McRae Williamson is highlighted in Mar.
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