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Incident
On the evening of 5th February 1874, PC Selby left Cheltenham police station about 9:45pm to undertake his foot patrol in the Park Gate area of the town.
It was an exceptionally foggy night and while proceeding towards Shurdington the officer, who had been suffering from a cold, became unwell and accepted a lift on a wagon being driven by two brothers.
On arrival at the New Inn, the brothers spoke to Maurice but received no reply and on being lifted from the wagon he was found to have died, through his cold being aggravated by the dense fog.
A verdict of death due to natural causes was returned.
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Police Constable Selby served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
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Police Constable Maurice Selby 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 Gloucestershire Constabulary, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Maurice Selby's cause is highlighted.
How Maurice Selby Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Maurice Selby is highlighted in Feb.
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