Incident
Collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty at the Guildhall.
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137 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Smith served with the Nottingham County Borough Police.
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 William Frederick Smith 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Frederick Smith's cause is highlighted.
How William Frederick Smith Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. William Frederick Smith is highlighted in Jul.