Alfred Barton

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG

Accident

End of Watch August 31, 1908

Age 47

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 728

Incident

Found drowned while conducting enquiries at Portsmouth Dockyard.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Sergeant Barton served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Sergeant Barton.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police

Type Police

Location London, ENG

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

Service Record

End of Watch August 31, 1908

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Drowned

Detective Sergeant Alfred Barton is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 47.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Metropolitan Police, 306 of 729 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 42% of this agency's fallen.

Metropolitan Police

306

of 729 officers

42% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident