Herbert George Smeed

Surrey Constabulary — ENG

Accident

End of Watch March 18, 1934

Age 21

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 20

Incident

Fatally injured in a road traffic accident while on bicycle patrol.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department Surrey Constabulary

Location ENG

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

Service Record

End of Watch March 18, 1934

Age 21

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Herbert George Smeed 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 Surrey Constabulary, 14 of 21 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66.7% of this agency's fallen.

Surrey Constabulary

of 21 officers

66.7% Accident

ENG — Statewide

1,349

of 2,827 officers

47.7% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident