Jesse Alfred Durman

Dover Borough Police — ENG

Illness

End of Watch May 23, 1942

Age 37

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty at the police station.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
War Reserve Constable Durman served with the Dover Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, War Reserve Constable Durman.

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

Agency

Department Dover Borough Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity dovepd.ken.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1942

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

War Reserve Constable Jesse Alfred Durman 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 Dover Borough Police, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Dover Borough Police

of 7 officers

14.3% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness