John Bloomfield

City of London — ENG

Illness

End of Watch January 5, 1812

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Died from natural causes while on patrol.

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214 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Watchman Bloomfield served with the City of London.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department City of London

Location ENG

Platform Identity l.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 5, 1812

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Watchman John Bloomfield 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 ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At City of London, 2 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

City of London

of 6 officers

33.3% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness