Bernard Beggin

Wiltshire Constabulary — Devizes, ENG

Illness

End of Watch July 2, 1897

Age 36

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Gender Male

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Incident

Died following a ceremonial Royal Review by HM Queen Victoria at Aldershot where he was engaged on an extended tour of duty during which he suffered sunstroke and heat exhaustion.

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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Police Constable Beggin served with the Wiltshire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

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

Agency

Department Wiltshire Constabulary

Location Devizes, ENG

Platform Identity wco.wil.eng.gb.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 2, 1897

Age 36

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

Cause Detail Medical

Police Constable Bernard Beggin 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 ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.

At Wiltshire Constabulary, 8 of 28 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 28.6% of this agency's fallen.

Wiltshire Constabulary

of 28 officers

28.6% Illness

ENG — Statewide

719

of 2,827 officers

25.4% Illness

Nationwide

2,974

of 32,508 officers

9.1% Illness