John Redfearn
Police Constable

John Redfearn

Accident
End of Watch October 19, 1862
Age 40
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Gender Male

Incident

Died from the crush injuries that he sustained when a wall collapsed on him as he and others were fighting an extensive fire at a wholesale grocers in the city.

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July 23, 2026

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164 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Redfearn served with the Hull Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Hull Borough Police
Location ENG
Platform Identity hbpd.wil.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1862
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable John Redfearn 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 ENG, 1,349 of 2,827 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Hull Borough Police, 6 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Hull Borough Police
6
of 8 officers
75% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% 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 Redfearn'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 Redfearn Compares

Age at End of Watch
40
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Redfearn is highlighted in Oct.

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