Thomas Fyfe

Edinburgh City Police — SCT

Illness

End of Watch March 27, 1897

Age 36

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 17

Incident

Collapsed and died in McLeod Street as he returned from policing a football match at Tynecastle.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Fyfe served with the Edinburgh City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Edinburgh City Police

Location SCT

Platform Identity epd.edh.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 27, 1897

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Thomas Fyfe 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Edinburgh City Police, 5 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 27.8% of this agency's fallen.

Edinburgh City Police

of 18 officers

27.8% Illness

SCT — Statewide

109

of 308 officers

35.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness