Thomas Henry Biggs
Sergeant

Thomas Henry Biggs

Metropolitan Police — London, ENG
Illness
End of Watch December 22, 1891
Age 42
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Gender Male

Incident

Collapsed and died from syncope while on office duty at Dalston Police Station.

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135 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Biggs served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Metropolitan Police
Location London, ENG
Platform Identity mpd.wsm.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 22, 1891
Age 42
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Sergeant Thomas Henry Biggs 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.

Metropolitan Police
215
of 729 officers
29.5% Illness
ENG — Statewide
719
of 2,827 officers
25.4% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Henry Biggs'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 Thomas Henry Biggs Compares

Age at End of Watch
42
This officer
Avg for Illness: 47.8 years

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Henry Biggs is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285