William Baines

Plymouth Borough Police — ENG

Accident

End of Watch January 19, 1893

Age 33

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 3

Incident

Drowned after falling from an unprotected quayside while on night patrol.

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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Baines served with the Plymouth Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Plymouth Borough Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity pbpd.ply.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 19, 1893

Age 33

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Drowned

Police Constable William Baines 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 Plymouth Borough Police, 2 of 4 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Plymouth Borough Police

of 4 officers

50% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident