Albert Ernest Picken
Night Constable

Albert Ernest Picken

Accident
End of Watch March 12, 1911
Age 26
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Gender Male

Incident

Died twenty minutes after being found seriously injured the morning after he was struck by a train at Felling station while taking a short cut as he walked back along the line having taken the last train home following his evening duty at Newcastle Central Station.

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BO-GB-NER-0125EAFD
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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Night Constable Picken served with the North Eastern Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Night Constable Picken.

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity nepd.yor.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 12, 1911
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Train

Night Constable Albert Ernest Picken is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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 47.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At North Eastern Railway Police, 11 of 13 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 84.6% of this agency's fallen.

North Eastern Railway Police
11
of 13 officers
84.6% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Albert Ernest Picken's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Albert Ernest Picken Compares

Age at Death
26
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Ernest Picken is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
708
May
848
Jun
797
Jul
899
Aug
938
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897