Roll of Honor
Incident
Died of lockjaw caused by wounds he sustained on 26th February when he was assaulted by a man with a knife while trying to arrest a burglar.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
196 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Watchman Joy served with the Leeds Nightwatch.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Watchman John Joy is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Joy's cause is highlighted.
How John Joy Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Joy is highlighted in Mar.