William Temple

South Wales Railway Police — WLS

Accident

End of Watch January 9, 1867

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Found dead at the Newton Crossing, Cardiff, with injuries consistent with having been struck by a train.

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159 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Temple served with the South Wales Railway Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 January 9, 1867

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Cause Detail Train

Police Constable William Temple 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