Roll of Honor
Incident
While fighting a warehouse fire on Juniper Street, and after becoming aware that a wall was about to collapse, Police Fireman Charles John Watts and his colleague and best friend, Police Fireman John Beer, attempted to escape the danger, but Charles stumbled and fell. As John attempted to rescue him the wall collapsed on to them and both men were killed.
Charles joined the force on on 30th April 1891.
Both officers are buried at Smithdown Cemetery (now known as Toxteth Park Cemetery).
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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Fireman Watts served with the Liverpool Police Fire Brigade.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Fireman Charles John Watts 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 Liverpool Police Fire Brigade, 21 of 24 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles John Watts's cause is highlighted.
How Charles John Watts Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charles John Watts is highlighted in Jan.
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