Roll of Honor
Incident
Died eleven days after sustaining severe damage to his lungs, due to smoke inhalation, while alerting the occupants, and rescuing many of them, from a large fire that had broken out and consumed a number of buildings in Allison Street, Crosshill.
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- July 23, 2026
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Police Sergeant Taylor served with the Lanarkshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Sergeant James Taylor 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 Lanarkshire Constabulary, 8 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How James Taylor Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Taylor is highlighted in Mar.
Others Who Wore This Badge
16 officers from Lanarkshire Constabulary are honored on badge.nw.
