John Beynon
Special Constable

John Beynon

Accident
End of Watch January 22, 1944
Age 47
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Gender Male

Incident

Killed during the controlled explosion of a mine that had washed ashore.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Beynon served with the Glamorganshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Beynon.

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

Agency

Location WLS
Platform Identity gco.crf.wls.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 22, 1944
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Special Constable John Beynon is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In WLS, 70 of 106 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66% of this state's fallen. That is 35 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Glamorganshire Constabulary, 8 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.1% of this agency's fallen.

Glamorganshire Constabulary
8
of 17 officers
47.1% Accident
WLS — Statewide
70
of 106 officers
66% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Beynon's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How John Beynon Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Beynon is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897