Roll of Honor
Incident
Accidentally drowned on duty while swimming from his patrol boat.
Accidentally drowned on duty while swimming from his patrol boat.
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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Wright served with the Colchester Borough River Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Constable Henry Ernest Wright is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Ernest Wright's cause is highlighted.
How Henry Ernest Wright Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Ernest Wright is highlighted in Aug.