Reginald Cyril Phelps

Bristol Constabulary — ENG

Illness

End of Watch June 1, 1944

Age 48

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 21

Incident

Collapsed and died at the wheel of a police car which then crashed.

Died of injuries he sustained the previous day when he collapsed at the wheel of a police car which then crashed.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Phelps served with the Bristol Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Phelps.

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

Agency

Department Bristol Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity bco.bst.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 1, 1944

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Special Constable Reginald Cyril Phelps 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 Bristol Constabulary, 4 of 22 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 18.2% of this agency's fallen.

Bristol Constabulary

of 22 officers

18.2% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness