Roll of Honor
Incident
Died from the burns he sustained three months earlier while fighting a fire at a hospital in November 1930.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Cornish served with the Sheffield Police Fire Brigade.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Cornish.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Inspector Archie Cornish 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 Sheffield Police Fire Brigade, 2 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Archie Cornish's cause is highlighted.
How Archie Cornish Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Archie Cornish is highlighted in Feb.
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