William Smeed

Dover Borough Police — ENG

Accident

End of Watch July 16, 1836

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Fell into the harbour and drowned whilst patrolling his beat at night.

Fell into the harbour and drowned while patrolling his beat at night.

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190 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Smeed served with the Dover Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 July 16, 1836

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Drowned

Police Constable William Smeed 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 Dover Borough Police, 3 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.9% of this agency's fallen.

Dover Borough Police

of 7 officers

42.9% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident