Roll of Honor
Incident
Inspector Walker was killed when his police car overturned after sliding on ice and striking a lamp-post and a tree on Cop Lane, Penwortham, near Preston, as he returned home from duty.
Thomas had served twenty years with the force at Wigan, Leigh, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Manchester and with the Traffic Communications Branch at Police Headquarters in Hutton.
He was survived by his wife and three children.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Inspector Walker served with the Lancashire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Inspector Walker.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Inspector Thomas Clifford Walker 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. Thomas Clifford Walker's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Clifford Walker Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Clifford Walker is highlighted in Dec.
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