Roll of Honor
Incident
Declared dead at St Batholomew’s Hospital, having suffered a fractured skull, after striking his head on the stone ground when he and another officer fell from a ladder that broke in two as they were demonstrating new equipment in the workhouse yard.
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- July 23, 2026
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186 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Smith served with the Parish of St Leonards.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Constable William Smith 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Smith's cause is highlighted.
How William Smith Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. William Smith is highlighted in Jun.