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Sergeant

George Tubbs

London & South Western Railway Police — ENG

Accident

End of Watch April 8, 1890

Age 59

The Vigil Panel 185 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 2

Incident

Found fatally injured at Nine Elms Railway Station, London by another company employee to whom he explained that while mounting a carriage his coat caught on a mechanism, pulling him to the ground and into the path of the moving train.

Found fatally injured at Nine Elms Railway Station, London, by another company employee to whom he explained that while mounting a carriage his coat had caught on a mechanism and pulled him to the ground and into the path of the moving train.

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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Tubbs served with the London & South Western Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department London & South Western Railway Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity lswpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 8, 1890

Age 59

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Train

Sergeant George Tubbs 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 & South Western Railway Police, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

London & South Western Railway Police

of 3 officers

66.7% 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. George Tubbs'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 George Tubbs Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Tubbs is highlighted in Apr.

Jan

820

Feb

730

Mar

748

Apr

707

May

847

Jun

795

Jul

897

Aug

937

Sep

913

Oct

925

Nov

872

Dec

897

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