Talk:War reserve constable

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There's a statement that three War Reserve Constables (WRCs) were killed in the line of duty, and then the three are listed. But just for the Metropolitan Police alone by my count there's about 44 WRC 'deaths from enemy action' so this really isn't right, and somehow needs fixing in a respectful way (given they are wartime deaths of volunteers).

(At https://www.policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/england/metropolitan/metropolitan_roll_1940-1945.htm for instance they also list a few others, and the page doesn't just have WRCs) - although not always clear if they were on or off duty at the time ... also noting the Metropolitan Police WRC listed in the artcile is NOT one of the 'deaths from enemy action' but most definitely was on duty (stabbed by a suspect).

Essentially I can see multiple divisions to this - on duty and killed by enemy action; off duty and killed by enemy action; on duty and killed in the line of duty but not enemy action (but marginal sometimes - an example, 'Killed in a fall from a wall trying to extinguish a light during an air raid' ... it's an accident, but wouldn't have happended without the war); plus those who died in other circumstances e.g. (Kent Police on the same website) 'Collapsed and died of heart failure while on duty at the police station'. Rhillman (talk) 18:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The list should be removed or replaced with sourced information. It was added here on 21 February 2020 with the edit summary Took information from the wiki-link, instead of simply linking to it, so it is based on unsourced information in an old version of a Wikipedia page here. TSventon (talk) 18:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]