Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed in his barracks in Tipperary when a revolver that was thought to have been unloaded was fired.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Denham served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Denham.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable John Allen Denham 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 L, 90 of 749 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 12% of this state's fallen. That is 19 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Royal Irish Constabulary, 74 of 642 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 11.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Allen Denham's cause is highlighted.
How John Allen Denham Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Allen Denham is highlighted in Sep.
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