Hugh Lindsay McCracken

Ulster Special Constabulary — NIR

Illness

End of Watch April 4, 1940

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 98

Incident

Collapsed and died on the rifle range while on a firearms course.

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

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

Agency

Department Ulster Special Constabulary

Location NIR

Platform Identity usco.bfs.nir.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 4, 1940

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Special Sergeant Hugh Lindsay McCracken 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 Special Constabulary, 11 of 99 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 11.1% of this agency's fallen.

Ulster Special Constabulary

of 99 officers

11.1% Illness

NIR — Statewide

of 599 officers

8.3% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness