Arthur Edwin Fletcher
Police Constable

Arthur Edwin Fletcher

Accident
End of Watch January 29, 1928
Age 44
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Gender Male

Incident

Died in hospital eleven weeks after being struck by a passing vehicle while on night-time foot patrol on 15th November 1927.

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

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

Agency

Location ENG
Platform Identity sco.sts.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 29, 1928
Age 44
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Arthur Edwin Fletcher 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 Staffordshire Constabulary, 7 of 18 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 38.9% of this agency's fallen.

Staffordshire Constabulary
7
of 18 officers
38.9% Accident
ENG — Statewide
1,349
of 2,827 officers
47.7% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur Edwin Fletcher's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Arthur Edwin Fletcher Compares

Age at End of Watch
44
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur Edwin Fletcher is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897