John Milne Duff
Police Constable

John Milne Duff

Accident
End of Watch August 7, 1932
Age 27
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Gender Male

Incident

Died in the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, the day after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage following a tug-of-war match against Derby Borough Police, as part of an inter-force sports event.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Duff served with the Manchester City Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Duff.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity mpd.man.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 7, 1932
Age 27
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Sport

Police Constable John Milne Duff 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 Manchester City Police, 8 of 17 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.1% of this agency's fallen.

Manchester City Police
8
of 17 officers
47.1% 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. John Milne Duff'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 John Milne Duff Compares

Age at End of Watch
27
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Milne Duff is highlighted in Aug.

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