John Glavin
Sub-Constable

John Glavin

Illness
End of Watch December 9, 1857
Age 54
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Gender Male

Incident

Died as a result of a head wound after being struck by a stone.

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169 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sub-Constable Glavin served with the Constabulary of Ireland.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location L
Platform Identity cico.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 9, 1857
Age 54
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Sub-Constable John Glavin 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 L, 49 of 749 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Constabulary of Ireland, 7 of 22 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 31.8% of this agency's fallen.

Constabulary of Ireland
7
of 22 officers
31.8% Illness
L — Statewide
49
of 749 officers
6.5% 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. John Glavin'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 John Glavin Compares

Age at End of Watch
54
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Glavin 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