Samuel McGowan
Police Constable

Samuel McGowan

Accident
End of Watch June 16, 1940
Age 34
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Gender Male

Incident

Found drowned in the River Tummel after being on night duty.

Found drowned in the River Tummel after being on night duty.

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Permanent identifier
BO-GB-PKC-6B328730
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable McGowan served with the Perthshire & Kinross-shire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable McGowan.

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

Agency

Location SCT
Platform Identity pertco.pkn.sct.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 16, 1940
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Drowned

Police Constable Samuel McGowan 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 SCT, 149 of 308 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 17.4 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Perth & Kinross Constabulary, 6 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 75% of this agency's fallen.

Perth & Kinross Constabulary
6
of 8 officers
75% Accident
SCT — Statewide
149
of 308 officers
48.4% 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. Samuel McGowan'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 Samuel McGowan Compares

Age at End of Watch
34
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel McGowan is highlighted in Jun.

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