Roll of Honor
Joshua Bromwell
Incident
Captain Joshua Bromwell drowned after being thrown into the Little Choptank River while on patrol. His leg got caught in a sail and he was thrown overboard from the schooner Julia Hamilton in the rough waters.
His body was not recovered until the following day.
Captain Bromwell had served with the State Fishery Force for 10 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and four children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Captain Bromwell gave the Maryland Board of Public Works 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Annapolis community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Joshua Bromwell 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 MD, 140 of 377 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37.1% of this state's fallen. That is 6.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joshua Bromwell's cause is highlighted.
How Joshua Bromwell Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Joshua Bromwell is highlighted in Sep.