Roll of Honor
Incident
Died from disease caused by the injuries he sustained in the execution of his duty some months earlier.
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- July 23, 2026
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150 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Gourlay served with the Roxburghshire Constabulary.
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 Robert Gourlay 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Gourlay's cause is highlighted.
How Robert Gourlay Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Gourlay is highlighted in Dec.