Roll of Honor
Incident
Killed in an early morning road accident while travelling to duty at police headquarters , when a car, the driver of which also died, swerved across the carriageway and struck his vehicle head on near Fenwick, Ayrshire.
Hugh worked in the Complaints and Discipline branch at Strathclyde Police Headquarters in Glasgow having previously been based at Ayr. He had joined Ayrshire Constabulary as a Cadet in 1973 and was appointed Constable in R Division in 1976.
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Inspector Davidson served with the Strathclyde Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Inspector Davidson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Inspector Hugh Davidson 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 SCT, 109 of 308 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 35.4% of this state's fallen. That is 26.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Strathclyde Police, 12 of 35 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 34.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hugh Davidson's cause is highlighted.
How Hugh Davidson Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Hugh Davidson is highlighted in Jun.
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