Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Skirving was helping to extinguish a fire among the gorse bushes on Calton Hill when he fell and broke his leg. He was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where, a week later, his leg had to be amputated. Infection set in and he died a few days later.
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- July 23, 2026
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157 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Skirving 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 Peter Skirving 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. Peter Skirving's cause is highlighted.
How Peter Skirving Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Peter Skirving is highlighted in Jun.
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