John Mathews

Leinster Constabulary — L

Felonious

End of Watch March 21, 1828

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Killed while quelling a riot in a public house at Walderstown, County Westmeath.

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198 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Mathews served with the Leinster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Leinster Constabulary

Location L

Platform Identity lco.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 21, 1828

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Homicide

Constable John Mathews is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In L, 592 of 749 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 79% of this state's fallen. That is 24.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Leinster Constabulary, 22 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 95.7% of this agency's fallen.

Leinster Constabulary

of 23 officers

95.7% Felonious

L — Statewide

592

of 749 officers

79% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious