Incident
Died as a result of injury sustained removing obstacles from the road.
Died as a result of injury sustained while removing obstacles from the road.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
War Reserve Constable Hughes served with the St Albans Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, War Reserve Constable Hughes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
War Reserve Constable William Patrick Hughes 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 ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 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. William Patrick Hughes's cause is highlighted.
How William Patrick Hughes Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. William Patrick Hughes is highlighted in Apr.