Roll of Honor
Incident
Died from the head injury he sustained when he fell on stairs while attending the house of a former constable to collect his uniform.
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- April 8, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
Honored here by 1 sentinel - 1 tribute.
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Tributes
138 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Walton served with the Durham County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Silvester Walton 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 Durham County Constabulary, 12 of 29 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Silvester Walton's cause is highlighted.
How Silvester Walton Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Silvester Walton is highlighted in Jan.
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