Thomas Lynch

Hertfordshire Constabulary — Welwyn, ENG

Illness

End of Watch September 4, 1940

Age 58

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Collapsed and died while on duty at Baldock Police Station.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Hertfordshire Constabulary

Location Welwyn, ENG

Platform Identity hco.hrt.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1940

Age 58

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

War Reserve Sergeant Thomas Lynch 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 Hertfordshire Constabulary, 4 of 23 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 17.4% of this agency's fallen.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

of 23 officers

17.4% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness