Alexander Lamont
Police Constable

Alexander Lamont

Illness
End of Watch December 20, 1888
Age 41
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Gender Male

Incident

Found dead on Main Street, Coatbridge, after suffering a stroke while on his beat in the early hours.

In Our Keeping

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BO-GB-CBP-2F6F21ED
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Tributes

138 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Lamont served with the Coatbridge Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity cbpd.nlk.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 1888
Age 41
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Alexander Lamont 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

Coatbridge Burgh Police
1
of 1 officers
100% Illness
SCT — Statewide
109
of 308 officers
35.4% 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. Alexander Lamont'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 Alexander Lamont Compares

Age at End of Watch
41
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Alexander Lamont is highlighted in Dec.

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