Incident
Collapsed and died while on foot patrol.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Thomas served with the Camarthenshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Thomas.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector John Thomas 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 WLS, 22 of 106 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 20.8% of this state's fallen. That is 11.7 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. John Thomas's cause is highlighted.
How John Thomas Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Thomas is highlighted in Nov.