George Bailey
Detective Constable

George Bailey

Accident
End of Watch July 3, 1880
Age 32
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Gender Male

Incident

Drowned trying to save his young son when their boat capsized.

Drowned while trying to save his young son when their boat capsized soon after leaving Bangor, North Wales, to sail to Liverpool.

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146 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Detective Constable Bailey served with the Liverpool Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity lbpd.liv.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 3, 1880
Age 32
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Drowned

Detective Constable George Bailey 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 Liverpool Borough Police, 2 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Liverpool Borough Police
2
of 7 officers
28.6% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% 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. George Bailey'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 George Bailey Compares

Age at End of Watch
32
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Bailey 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