Roll of Honor
Incident
Collapsed and died in a fit following an altercation with a number of rowdy, drunken men.
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- July 23, 2026
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175 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable McBurney served with the Bradford Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable David McBurney 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David McBurney's cause is highlighted.
How David McBurney Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. David McBurney is highlighted in Apr.