George Washington Lloyd
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Police Officer

George Washington Lloyd

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA
Accident Veteran
End of Watch March 30, 1938
Age 47
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer George Lloyd succumbed to injuries sustained three weeks earlier when he fell from the running board of a vehicle near the intersection of Pratt Street and Roosevelt Boulevard.

Officer Lloyd had been summoned by a local doctor who was in his vehicle and needed to get to a local hospital to see a patient. While using his whistle to get the vehicle through traffic he lost his balance and fell to the street after the vehicle struck a rut in the roadway. He was taken to the Frankford Hospital where he succumbed to his head injury.

Police Officer Lloyd was a U.S Navy veteran of WWI and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 16 years.

Police Officer Lloyd was a U.S Navy veteran of WWI and served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 16 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife

Police Officer Lloyd was a U. He was survived by his wife

Officer Lloyd, On today, the 81st anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the USN during WW I.

In Our Keeping

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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Lloyd gave the Philadelphia Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location Philadelphia, PA
Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 30, 1938
Tour of Duty 13 yrs 6 mo
Age 47
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

George Washington Lloyd served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Police Officer George Washington Lloyd 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 PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 110 of 378 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.1% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department
110
of 378 officers
29.1% Accident
PA — Statewide
417
of 1,261 officers
33.1% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Washington Lloyd's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How George Washington Lloyd Compares

Age at End of Watch
47
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
13.5
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George Washington Lloyd is highlighted in Mar.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897

Incident Location