Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed at 2:05am when he lost control of his crime car on a bend in Sutton Way and hit a tree while responding to an emergency call to a suspected burglary taking place at the Royal British Legion Club in Ellesmere Port.
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- April 8, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Heathcote served with the Cheshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Heathcote.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Nigel Anthony Heathcote 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Nigel Anthony Heathcote's cause is highlighted.
How Nigel Anthony Heathcote Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Nigel Anthony Heathcote is highlighted in May.
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