James Goodwin

Birkenhead Borough Police — ENG

Illness

End of Watch November 11, 1879

Age 28

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 10

Incident

Died as a result of the internal injuries he sustained three years earlier while making an arrest in 1876.

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147 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Goodwin served with the Birkenhead Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Birkenhead Borough Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity bbpd.wrl.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 11, 1879

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable James Goodwin 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 Birkenhead Borough Police, 2 of 11 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.

Birkenhead Borough Police

of 11 officers

18.2% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness