Incident
Killed when thrown from his trap returning from duties at Liverpool.
Killed when he was thrown from his trap as he returned from his duties at Liverpool.
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166 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Superintendent Sellers served with the Lancashire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Superintendent John Sellers 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 Lancashire Constabulary, 52 of 122 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Sellers's cause is highlighted.
How John Sellers Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Sellers is highlighted in Mar.
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