Roll of Honor
Incident
In his role as the Plain Clothes and Licensing Sergeant for Oldham Borough, Sergeant Prendergast was viewing the remains of the Majestic Club, in Bloom Street, which had been destroyed by fire, when, due to high winds, a wall collapsed onto him.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Prendergast served with the Oldham Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Prendergast.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Francis Prendergast 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 Oldham Borough Police, 2 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Francis Prendergast's cause is highlighted.
How Francis Prendergast Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Francis Prendergast is highlighted in Dec.
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