Edmund Sleigh Frost

Essex Constabulary — ENG

Illness

End of Watch April 8, 1948

Age 41

The Vigil Panel 188 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 19

Incident

Died as a result of injuries received in an assault by a deserter in 1946.

Died as a result of injuries he sustained after being assaulted by a deserter in 1946.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Frost served with the Essex Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Frost.

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

Agency

Department Essex Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity eco.ess.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 8, 1948

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Edmund Sleigh Frost 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 ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Essex Constabulary, 3 of 20 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 15% of this agency's fallen.

Essex Constabulary

of 20 officers

15% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness