William Richard Longridge

River Wear Police — ENG

Accident

End of Watch December 23, 1911

Age 61

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Died from the internal injuries he sustained in a fall while working on a fireboat.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Longridge served with the River Wear Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Longridge.

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

Agency

Department River Wear Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity rwpd.snd.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 23, 1911

Age 61

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Accident

Police Constable William Richard Longridge 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%.

At River Wear Police, 7 of 8 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 87.5% of this agency's fallen.

River Wear Police

of 8 officers

87.5% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident