Roll of Honor
Incident
Collapsed and died while on foot patrol in Chesterfield.
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- August 2, 2026
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Police Constable Wharton served with the Derby 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
Police Constable John Wharton is one of 1 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 25.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Wharton's cause is highlighted.
How John Wharton Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Wharton is highlighted in Dec.
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