Incident
Collapsed and died of heart failure while at the door of his barracks.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Irwin served with the Ulster Special Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Irwin.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Constable Joseph Irwin 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Irwin's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Irwin Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Irwin is highlighted in Nov.
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