Roll of Honor
Incident
On 5th February 1905, while attending a fire at the North Eastern Railway Station, Police Fireman Burdett was paralysed after breaking his back when he fell down a chute in the darkness while carrying a hose on the coal drop.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Fireman Burdett served with the York Police Fire Brigade.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Fireman Burdett.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Fireman John Henry Burdett 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Henry Burdett's cause is highlighted.
How John Henry Burdett Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. John Henry Burdett is highlighted in Oct.