James Christie

Died

21 March 1896

Age

Rank

Inspector

Force

Edinburgh City Police

Cause

Medical

Duty Status

Travelling From

Roll of Honour Citation

Collapsed and died of heart failure during an altercation, when he intervened to disperse a group of persons causing a disturbance as he walked home through the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh.

Roll of Honour Citation

Collapsed and died of heart failure during an altercation, when he intervened to disperse a group of persons causing a disturbance as he walked home through the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh.

Circumstances

Born in Coxton, Gartly he was one of While walking home in Grassmarket, he was the fourth child in the household. He followed in the footsteps of two of his elder brothers and moved in Edinburgh in 1861 and shortly thereafter joined the Police. Diligent and well respected he later became a Detective then a Sergeant before promoting to Inspector in 1882. Attached to Central Division, Inspector Christie was at West Port Police Station and after dismissing the day shift he himself went home. His route home took him through the Grassmarket area where he came across a brawl in the street. As he intervened to disperse a the those causing the disturbance he collapsed and died of heart failure. Inspector Christie had a full Police funeral, his coffin was taken from his home in Johnston Terrace to Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. It was reported at the time to have had over 200 members of the police force in attendance.

Collapsed and died of heart failure during an altercation, when he intervened to disperse a group of persons causing a disturbance as he walked home through the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh.

Born in Coxton, Gartly, he was the fourth child in the household. He followed in the footsteps of two of his elder brothers and moved to Edinburgh in 1861 and shortly thereafter joined the Police. Diligent and well respected he later became a Detective and then a Sergeant, before being promoted to Inspector in 1882.

Attached to Central Division, Inspector Christie was based at West Port Police Station. He was given a full Police funeral, with his coffin taken from his home in Johnston Terrace to Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh. It was reported at the time that there were over 200 members of the police force in attendance.