Weymouth T. Lockridge
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Policeman

Weymouth T. Lockridge

Los Angeles Police Department — Los Angeles, CA
Accident
End of Watch September 9, 1938
Age 26
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 2 mo
Gender Male

Incident

Policeman Weymouth Lockridge was killed in a motorcycle crash while on patrol at Temple Street and Bonnie Brae Street. The vehicle in front of him turned left without signaling and cut off Policeman Lockridge. He was transported to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, where he succumbed to a skull fracture the next day. The driver was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, but the results of the trial are not known. Policeman Lockridge had served with the Los Angeles Police Department for over two years.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Policeman Lockridge gave the Los Angeles Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Policeman Lockridge.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
Platform Identity lapd.losangeles.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 9, 1938
Tour of Duty 2 yrs 2 mo
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Weymouth is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1938, 89 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 15th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Weymouth was 26. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Weymouth had served 2.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

September holds 9.2% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Fridays: 15.1%.

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By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
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His people

Los Angeles Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Weymouth among them.

Across the years
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Where

Policeman Weymouth T. Lockridge

Los Angeles Police Department · End of Watch September 9, 1938

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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