James Ritchie

Northumberland County Constabulary — ENG

Illness

End of Watch September 30, 1896

Age 40

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 22

Incident

Died from a burst blood vessel while on his way home from a training course after becoming unwell and leaving early.

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130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Ritchie served with the Northumberland County Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Northumberland County Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity ncco.nbl.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 1896

Age 40

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable James Ritchie 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 Northumberland County Constabulary, 3 of 23 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 13% of this agency's fallen.

Northumberland County Constabulary

of 23 officers

13% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness