Robert Edward Charles Reynolds
Police Constable

Robert Edward Charles Reynolds

Cambridgeshire Constabulary — Huntingdon, ENG
Illness
End of Watch November 28, 1984
Age 47
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Gender Male

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure while on standby in a police van, as part of an extended tour of duty with a Police Support Unit, during the national miners’ strike, at Tilmastone Colliery in Kent.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Huntingdon, ENG
Platform Identity cco.cam.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 28, 1984
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Robert Edward Charles Reynolds 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 Cambridgeshire Constabulary, 1 of 9 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary
1
of 9 officers
11.1% Illness
ENG — Statewide
719
of 2,827 officers
25.4% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Edward Charles Reynolds's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Robert Edward Charles Reynolds Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Edward Charles Reynolds is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285