Bruce Lister
Police Constable

Bruce Lister

Hertfordshire Constabulary — Welwyn, ENG
Illness
End of Watch January 30, 2023
Age 57
The Vigil Panel 190 ›
Gender Male

Incident

He was found deceased at his desk in Stevenage police station having suffered a fatal medical episode after reporting for late shift the previous evening.

PC Lister was a forensic collision investigator with the Beds, Cambs and Herts Road Policing Unit.

He is survived by his partner and two step-children

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
BO-GB-HEC-5161ECDA
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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Location Welwyn, ENG
Platform Identity hco.hrt.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 30, 2023
Age 57
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Bruce Lister 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
4
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

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Bruce Lister'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 Bruce Lister Compares

Age at End of Watch
57
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Bruce Lister is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285