Adam Mather

St Helens Borough Police — ENG

Illness

End of Watch June 19, 1915

Age 50

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Collapsed and died after assisting in the violent arrest of two men at night.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Constable Mather served with the St Helens Borough Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Constable Mather.

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

Agency

Department St Helens Borough Police

Location ENG

Platform Identity shbpd.shn.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 19, 1915

Age 50

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Adam Mather 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%.

At St Helens Borough Police, 3 of 6 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 50% of this agency's fallen.

St Helens Borough Police

of 6 officers

50% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness