Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed when he fell three hundred feet from a precipice after becoming lost in the mountains as he returned to Keswick in darkness having, the previous day, made an extended journey of twenty-five miles on foot to obtain and execute an arrest warrant for non-payment of fines.
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- July 23, 2026
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179 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Armstrong served with the Derwent Police Division.
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 James Armstrong 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Armstrong's cause is highlighted.
How James Armstrong Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Armstrong is highlighted in Sep.