James Dogget
Police Constable

James Dogget

Accident
End of Watch September 29, 1852
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Gender Male

Incident

Found dead on one of the railway lines approximately forty yards into Kilsby tunnel having earlier been stationed at the south end of the tunnel. It is believed he had been caught between an express train entering the tunnel and a coal train emerging.

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BO-GB-LNW-46345524
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July 23, 2026

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174 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Dogget served with the London & North Western 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 lnwpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 29, 1852
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Train

Police Constable James Dogget 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 & North Western Railway Police, 7 of 11 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 63.6% of this agency's fallen.

London & North Western Railway Police
7
of 11 officers
63.6% 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. James Dogget'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 James Dogget Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. James Dogget is highlighted in Sep.

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