Roll of Honor
Incident
Found dead from the cold while on duty near Taunton, Somerset.
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- April 8, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
177 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable King served with the Great Western Railway 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 John King 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 Great Western Railway Police, 1 of 14 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 7.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John King's cause is highlighted.
How John King Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John King is highlighted in Jan.
Others Who Wore This Badge
13 officers from Great Western Railway Police are honored on badge.nw.
