Incident
Killed when he was struck by a goods wagon which had broken loose from a train at Newton junction, between Liverpool and Manchester.
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188 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Fazakerley served with the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Constable James Fazakerley 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Fazakerley's cause is highlighted.
How James Fazakerley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Fazakerley is highlighted in Sep.