Motorcycle Officer

C. F. Thomas

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Accident
End of Watch December 17, 1929
Age 23
The Vigil Panel 58 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Thomas was killed in a motorcycle accident involving a fire engine responding to a two-alarm fire. Officer Thomas heard the fire engine approaching and was attempting to get to the intersection to stop oncoming traffic. He entered the intersection of Caroline Street and Texas Street at the same time as the fire engine and struck the back of it. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ten hours later the next day.

Survivors

Officer Thomas was survived by his wife, parents, three brothers and sister.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Motorcycle Officer Thomas served with the Houston Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Motorcycle Officer Thomas.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 17, 1929
Age 23
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

C. 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 1929, 118 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

C. was 23. 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.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

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

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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, C. among them.

Across the years
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Where

Motorcycle Officer C. F. Thomas

Houston Police Department · End of Watch December 17, 1929

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 62-W

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