Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Marsh died in Fleetwood Cottage Hospital from the injuries he sustained five months earlier, on 23rd August 1897 when, after being drafted in from Salford during the Fleetwood Docks Strike, he was thrown down the ship’s hold while tackling a disorderly male onboard the SS Ormesby.
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128 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Marsh served with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Police.
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 Constable Alfred Marsh 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%.
At Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Police, 1 of 5 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 20% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alfred Marsh's cause is highlighted.
How Alfred Marsh Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Alfred Marsh is highlighted in Jan.
Others Who Wore This Badge
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