Roll of Honor
Incident
During the New Year’s Eve Hogmanay Riots of 1811, in The Tron Kirk area of Edinburgh, organised gangs of youths formed a plan to attack the police and drive them from the streets in order to assault and rob revellers celebrating the New Year.
Watchman Campbell was attacked and savagely beaten and died three days later in the Royal Infirmary.
A sixteen year old was later convicted of the murder and, on 22nd April 1812, he and two others aged eighteen years, were hanged in Stamp Office Close, where Dugald had been attacked.
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214 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Watchman Campbell 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
Watchman Dugald Campbell is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In SCT, 46 of 308 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 14.9% of this state's fallen. That is 39.3 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
At Edinburgh City Police, 5 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 27.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Dugald Campbell's cause is highlighted.
How Dugald Campbell Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Dugald Campbell is highlighted in Jan.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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