George Gorringe
Police Constable

George Gorringe

Accident
End of Watch November 3, 1842
Age 25
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured on 12 October 1842 when he became giddy and fell onto the track in the path of a train at Clayton Tunnel, Brighton.

Died after being fatally injured three weeks earlier, on 12th October, when he became giddy and fell onto the railway track into the path of an oncoming train at Clayton Tunnel, Brighton.

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184 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Gorringe served with the London & Brighton Railway 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 londpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 3, 1842
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Train

Police Constable George Gorringe 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 London, Midland & Scottish Railway Police, 13 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 68.4% of this agency's fallen.

London, Midland & Scottish Railway Police
13
of 19 officers
68.4% 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 Gorringe'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 Gorringe Compares

Age at End of Watch
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Gorringe is highlighted in Nov.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897