Alexander Compton MC
Special Head Constable

Alexander Compton MC

Accident
End of Watch April 6, 1922
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Gender Male

Incident

Fatally injured in a fall from a vehicle when it was ambushed by terrorist gunmen at Roughlan’s Cross, County Armagh, on the road between Keady and Monaghan.

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BO-GB-USC-3625BF68
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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Head Constable MC served with the Ulster Special Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Head Constable MC.

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

Agency

Location NIR
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Service Record

End of Watch April 6, 1922
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident
Cause Detail Accident

Special Head Constable Alexander Compton MC 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 NIR, 126 of 599 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 21% of this state's fallen. That is 10 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Ulster Special Constabulary, 32 of 99 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32.3% of this agency's fallen.

Ulster Special Constabulary
32
of 99 officers
32.3% Accident
NIR — Statewide
126
of 599 officers
21% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Alexander Compton MC'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 Alexander Compton MC Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Alexander Compton MC is highlighted in Apr.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897