Roll of Honor
Incident
About 3:00pm on Tuesday 14th November 1876, PC Waters was unloading his horse-drawn cart at the police station in Bridge Street, Newport, when the horse bolted.
The weights and measures inspector chased after the horse and cart but as he caught up with them in Caxton Place, he fell and one of the cart’s wheels passed over his body.
He was taken to the local infirmary where he died two hours later.
Charles had served in the Constabulary for nineteen years and left a wife and several children.
He was buried in Llanvihangel Churchyard, Pontypool.
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Police Constable Waters served with the Monmouthshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable Charles Waters 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 WLS, 70 of 106 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66% of this state's fallen. That is 35 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Monmouthshire Constabulary, 3 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Waters's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Waters Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Waters is highlighted in Nov.
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