James Wolfe McNeill
Chief Constable

James Wolfe McNeill

Illness
End of Watch January 1, 1827
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Gender Male

Incident

Died almost seven months after being fatally wounded, in June 1826, while on election duty in County Monaghan.

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199 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Chief Constable McNeill served with the Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Ulster Constabulary
Location NIR
Platform Identity uco.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 1, 1827
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness
Cause Detail Medical

Chief Constable James Wolfe McNeill 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 NIR, 50 of 599 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 8.3% of this state's fallen. That is 0.8 percentage points below the national rate of 9.1%.

At Ulster Constabulary, 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

Ulster Constabulary
1
of 7 officers
14.3% Illness
NIR — Statewide
50
of 599 officers
8.3% Illness
Nationwide
2,974
of 32,508 officers
9.1% Illness

National Cause Distribution

How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. James Wolfe McNeill'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 James Wolfe McNeill Compares

When Illness Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. James Wolfe McNeill is highlighted in Jan.

Jan
294
Feb
198
Mar
185
Apr
226
May
201
Jun
181
Jul
217
Aug
281
Sep
291
Oct
376
Nov
239
Dec
285