Roll of Honor
Incident
PC Welch died in the North Staffordshire Infirmary, between 11:00pm and midnight, after sustaining a fractured skull and other injuries when, just a few hours earlier, he was struck and knocked down by a tramcar while on patrol near Nelson Square.
John had served nearly seventeen-and-a-half years with the force, having joined on 26th August 1897, and had an exemplary record.
In his younger days he served two years with the Voluntary Artillery.
He left a wife and an adult daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Welch served with the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Welch.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable John Welch 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 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 16.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Police, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Welch's cause is highlighted.
How John Welch Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Welch is highlighted in Jan.
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