Roll of Honor
Incident
Having been disciplined for failure to work his beat on night duty, he left to start his beat at Limehouse but disappeared and was never seen alive again. One month later his body was found in the river Thames, the circumstances of his death being unexplained.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Stedman served with the Metropolitan Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Stedman.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Edwin Stedman is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 18 of 2,827 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 0.6% of this state's fallen.
At Metropolitan Police, 8 of 729 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 1.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Edwin Stedman's cause is highlighted.
How Edwin Stedman Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Edwin Stedman is highlighted in Feb.
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