James Davies
Police Constable

James Davies

Cheshire Constabulary — Chester, ENG
Accident
End of Watch December 11, 1887
Age 44
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Gender Male

Incident

Found drowned in suspicious circumstances the day after being on 'night protection duty' on a boat on the Bridgewater Canal.

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139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Davies served with the Cheshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location Chester, ENG
Platform Identity cco.chw.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1887
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Drowned

Police Constable James Davies 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%.

At Cheshire Constabulary, 21 of 30 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 70% of this agency's fallen.

Cheshire Constabulary
21
of 30 officers
70% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Davies'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 James Davies Compares

Age at End of Watch
44
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Davies is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897