Roll of Honor
Incident
Collapsed and died of syncope at Errill RIC Station, Queens County, while processing a prisoner he had arrested.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
139 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Cantwell served with the Royal Irish Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Joseph Cantwell is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In L, 49 of 749 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 6.5% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.
At Royal Irish Constabulary, 32 of 642 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Cantwell's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Cantwell Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Cantwell is highlighted in Dec.
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