Roll of Honor
Incident
While travelling extensively on duty in the U.K. due to exhaustion contracted pneumonia dying six days on the 12th June.
Died six days after he contracted pneumonia while travelling extensively on duty in the U.K.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Chief Superintendent Helden served with the Birmingham City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Chief Superintendent Helden.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Chief Superintendent Gerard Jacob Van Helden 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 Birmingham City Police, 26 of 61 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 42.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gerard Jacob Van Helden's cause is highlighted.
How Gerard Jacob Van Helden Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Gerard Jacob Van Helden is highlighted in Jun.
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