Roll of Honor
Incident
Drowned when he fell into the Union Canal at Fountainbridge while on duty during the hours of darkness.
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- July 23, 2026
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156 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Swanson 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable William Swanson 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Edinburgh City Police, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Swanson's cause is highlighted.
How William Swanson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Swanson is highlighted in Nov.
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