Ian Charles Godfrey

South Wales Railway Police — WLS

Accident

End of Watch June 20, 1999

Age 30

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Killed in a road traffic accident while observer in a patrol car.

Killed in a road traffic accident while on duty as the observer in a patrol car.

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

Department South Wales Railway Police

Location WLS

Platform Identity soutpd.crf.wls.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 20, 1999

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Police Constable Ian Charles Godfrey 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 WLS, 70 of 106 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 66% of this state's fallen. That is 35 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At South Wales Railway Police, 9 of 10 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 90% of this agency's fallen.

South Wales Railway Police

of 10 officers

90% Accident

WLS — Statewide

of 106 officers

66% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident