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Born in Coxton, Gartly, he was the fourth child in the household. He followed in the footsteps of two of his elder brothers and moved to Edinburgh in 1861 and shortly thereafter joined the Police. Diligent and well respected he later became a Detective and then a Sergeant, before being promoted to Inspector in 1882.
Attached to Central Division, Inspector Christie was based at West Port Police Station. He was given a full Police funeral, with his coffin taken from his home in Johnston Terrace to Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. It was reported at the time that there were over 200 members of the police force in attendance.
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Inspector Christie 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
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector James Christie 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Christie's cause is highlighted.
How James Christie Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. James Christie is highlighted in Mar.
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