Hugh Campbell
Police Sergeant

Hugh Campbell

Suicide Honored
End of Watch May 6, 1885
Age 36
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Gender Male

Incident

Took his own life by hanging, when the balance of his mind was disturbed, while under detention in Glasgow Prison, pending trial for assaulting a prisoner.

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Permanent identifier
BO-GB-PBP-39B72BDB
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Police Sergeant Hugh Campbell served with the Partick Burgh Police.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity pbpd.glg.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 6, 1885
Age 36
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Suicide
Cause Detail Suicide

Police Sergeant Hugh Campbell is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In SCT, 3 of 308 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 1% of this state's fallen. That is 0.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.

At Partick Burgh Police, 1 of 2 officers on record were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Partick Burgh Police
1
of 2 officers
50% Suicide
SCT — Statewide
3
of 308 officers
1% Suicide
Nationwide
256
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Suicide

National Cause Distribution

How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hugh Campbell'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 Hugh Campbell Compares

Age at End of Watch
36
This officer
Avg for Suicide: 41.7 years

When Suicide Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Hugh Campbell is highlighted in May.

Jan
24
Feb
22
Mar
15
Apr
18
May
30
Jun
28
Jul
18
Aug
15
Sep
21
Oct
24
Nov
21
Dec
18

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