David Thomson
Police Constable

David Thomson

Accident
End of Watch July 11, 1899
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Gender Male

Incident

Died in hospital after suffering a head injury when, returning home from duty in the dark, he slipped and fell on the steep stairs, with no handrail, leading to his lodgings.

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BO-GB-IBP-61EBD5F7
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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127 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Thomson served with the Inverness Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity ibpd.hld.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 11, 1899
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable David Thomson 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Inverness Burgh Police, 4 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Inverness Burgh Police
4
of 5 officers
80% Accident
SCT — Statewide
149
of 308 officers
48.4% 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. David Thomson'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 David Thomson Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. David Thomson is highlighted in Jul.

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