Thomas Barrett
Police Constable

Thomas Barrett

Accident
End of Watch October 19, 1877
Age 24
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Gender Male

Incident

PC Barrett was returning from the Quarter Sessions at Northampton with two colleagues, Superintendent Lewis Poole who died the previous day and PS Isaac Wilson who died on 14th November.

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BO-GB-NOC-151D5906
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July 23, 2026

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

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity nco.nth.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 19, 1877
Age 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Train

Police Constable Thomas Barrett 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 Northamptonshire Constabulary, 5 of 7 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 71.4% of this agency's fallen.

Northamptonshire Constabulary
5
of 7 officers
71.4% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Barrett's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Thomas Barrett Compares

Age at End of Watch
24
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Barrett is highlighted in Oct.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897