Roll of Honor
Incident
Died from the injuries he sustained fifteen months earlier, on 8th May 1918, while rescuing a lunatic armed with a razor blade who had jumped into the River Boding at Ilford and nearly drowned. Due to being repeatedly forced under the water and the foul nature of the river the officer never recovered. Awarded the King’s Police Medal for Gallantry for the rescue.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Bryant served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Bryant.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Frank Bryant 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 Metropolitan Police, 215 of 729 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 29.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Frank Bryant's cause is highlighted.
How Frank Bryant Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Frank Bryant is highlighted in Aug.
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