Thomas Sevior

Somerset Constabulary — ENG

Illness

End of Watch October 1, 1875

Age 21

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Gender Male

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Incident

Died after contracting typhoid through living in insanitary conditions at Taunton Police Station.

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151 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Sevior served with the Somerset Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Somerset Constabulary

Location ENG

Platform Identity sco.som.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 1, 1875

Age 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Thomas Sevior 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 Somerset Constabulary, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.

Somerset Constabulary

of 18 officers

44.4% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness