John Henderson Brown
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Police Constable

John Henderson Brown

Accident
End of Watch July 30, 1938
Age 21
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured when struck by a vehicle at the scene of an accident.

Fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle while attending the scene of an earlier accident on the outskirts of Inverness.

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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch July 30, 1938
Age 21
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable John Henderson Brown 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-shire Constabulary, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Inverness-shire Constabulary
1
of 2 officers
50% 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. John Henderson Brown'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 Henderson Brown Compares

Age at End of Watch
21
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Henderson Brown 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

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