True and Fascinating Canadian History

RCMP Crest

In Memory of RCMP Members on The Honour Roll
They died while serving Canada.
Photo courtesy of Sheldon Boles. RCMP Veterans Vancouver, BC

The first RCMP Vet of the Month story was released on the 135th anniversary of the Force which was May 23, 2008. A memorable story of a different RCMP Veteran will be released every month thereafter.

RCMP Vet of the Month

2024

November RNWMP Volunteers Killed in WWI	December
September Corporal J. F. Nelson. Reg.#12398. WWII. KIA	October Constable John H. Kingscote. Reg.#3011
July Staff Sergeant Percival R. Lupton. Reg.#6553	August Constable J. Buchanan. Reg.#13675. WWII. KIA
May Constable Willliam & baby Douglas. Reg.#5862	June Gracie : 2012 to 2024
March Corporal Derek John Flanagan. Reg.#31162	April Constable Henry Albert Wilson. Reg.#3604
January Constable G. A. Campbell Reg.#11764. WWII	February Constable Harry Woolfe. Reg.#6607. WWI

RCMP Vet of the Month

2023

November Constable R. A. MacNeil. Reg.#14546. WWII	December Staff Sergeant A. Hobbs. DVM. Reg.#2655
September Corporal R. M. MacKenzie. Reg.#4746. WWI	October Corporal John de R. Allen. Reg.#4945. WWI
July Sergeant George W. Ball. Reg.#11507. OBE	August Assistant Comm'r A. J. Cawdron. Reg.#O.198
May Assistant Commissioner E. H. Stevenson. O.390	June Corporal George Campbell Isnor. Reg.#9169
March NWMP Inspector Robert Belcher. O.101	April Wilfred George Lloyd. OBE. Reg.#11144

January

NWMP Inspector William Parker. O.132

February

Commissioner Robert H. Simmonds. O.600

2022

November Corporal Arthur J. H. Gahagan. Reg.#10111	December Constable Frederick L. Hitchman. Reg.#9812
September Inspector James Lorne Sampson. O.281	October Constable Arthur W. 'Daddy' Oaks. Reg.#1426
July NWMP Constable Martin McIntosh. Reg.#41	August Chief Superintendent John 'Jack' Hunter. O.660
May The RCMP National Memorial Cemetery	June Staff Sergeant Des Harrison. Reg.#15080
March Constable Orlando Worthington. Reg.#788	April Constable William Willison. WWII. Reg.#12795
January The Band Family	February L/Corporal C. B. Tiny' Hermann. Reg.#11675

2021

November Assistant Commissioner L. N. F. Crozier. O.10	December Corporal William Andrew Doak. Reg.#4396
September The NWMP and Recruit Readiness	October Lieutenant Colonel George A. French. O.1
July The NWMP: In Sickness and in Health	August The NWMP and Their Migration to the USA
May CSM George Frederick 'Tim' Griffin. Reg.#5426	June NWMP Members of the March West
March Chief Superintendent Kenneth W. N. Hall. O.372	April Marine Engineer Charles O'Leary. Reg.#12155
January Constable William Douglas. Reg.#5862	February Sergeant David Johnstone Brims. Reg.#11458

2020

November Constable Joanne Gale Horn. Reg.#32394	December Constable David James Cochrane. Reg.#22
September Staff Sergeant Charles Richardson. Reg.#5111	October Staff Sergeant J. A. Armstrong. Reg.#19103
July NWMP Constable William Perrin. Reg.#992	August Sergeant Glenn Alvin Bassett. Reg.#16534
May Constable Heidi Stevenson. Reg.#45161	June Spanish Pandemic 1918 & the NWMP
March The NWMP And Prairie Cold As A Foe	April Superintendent John Leopold. O.333
January Constable John P. S. Thomson. Reg.#18577	February NWMP: Early Police Drowning Victims

2019

November Honourable George Springate. C.M., LL.D.	December Constable Alex Dyball. Reg.#23675
September Superintendent Philip C. H. Primrose. O.56	October Sub-Constable John Lindsay. Reg.#o126
July Inspector Montague H. White-Fraser. O.50A	August S/Sgt. Edward Cornelius Hill. Reg.#14813
May Sub Constable James Halpenny. Reg.#o185	June Inspector George Stevens. O.134
March Constable William Henry Kirby. Reg.#8940	April Superintendent Howard H. Cronkhite. O.322
January Commissioner Sir James MacBrien. O.240	February Inspector Thomas Edward Foster. O.212

2018

November RNWMP Soldiers of WWI	December NWMP Inspector Ernest Charles Camies. O.144
September Staff Sergeant R. J. E. Dobson. Reg.#11036	October Vets Who Ran, Walked or Rode Away
July Sergeant Blaine Wardlow Price. Reg.#23678	August Inspector Walter Malcolm Taylor. O.397
May Constable Jean Joseph M. Arbour. Reg.#13654	June Constable Beverley Price Davies. Reg.#14227
March Constable Athelstan F. Ditch. Reg.#6955	April Corporal Kenneth D. Curry. Reg.#15580
January Constable William A. Willison. Reg.#12795	February Reg.#10834, Constable Rudolph C. Peterson

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2017

November Constable William G. Boorman. Reg.#12093	December William Harold McLaughlin. Reg.#7547
September Constable David Ross. Reg.#54868	October Corporal Patrick Joseph Ryan. Reg.#2223
July Staff Sergeant Garnet M. Mowatt. Reg.#19583	August Commendations Justly Awarded
May Corporal Randell Scott Leamen. Reg.#35186	June Commissioner Maurice Jean Nadon. O.484
March Staff Sergeant Kenn W. Barker. Reg.#14375	April Corporal George Maxwell Bailey. Reg.#4978
January Commissioner Stuart Taylor Wood. O.171	February Superintendent Gilbert Edward Sanders. O.52

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2016

November Constable Arthur Raymond Vincent. Reg.#4888	December Sergeant Reginald Waldo James. Reg.#12613
September RCMP Vets as Canadian Volunteers	October Superintendent Richard Burton Deane. O.49
July Constable Leo Francis Cox. Reg.#9818	August Superintendent Charles Constantine. O.79
May Constable Malcolm Morrison. Reg.#3819	June Sergeant Mark Charles Gallagher. Reg.#46470
March Chief Superintendent Eric Porter. O.381	April Superintendent Daniel G. Thompson. O.646
January Constable Dereck Danells. Reg.#47041	February Sergeant-Major Harold A. Hunter. Reg.#12088

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2015

November Vets of a Golden Age	December Superintendent Alexander S. McNeil. O.425
September Sergeant James Lumb. Reg.#12851	October Sergeant H. R. 'Rick' Parken. Reg.#24361
July Corporal Leonard George Thacker. Reg.#10895	August Chief, Robert M. Brent Crowhurst. Reg.#24968
May Sergeant Major Edward Hilliam. Reg.#2983	June Constable Charles H. O. Lloyd. Reg.#13023
March Staff Sergeant Fred Rasmussen. Reg.#20113	April Superintendent Richard Burton Deane. O.49
January Assistant Comm'r. R. C. G. Williamson. O.532	February Corporal Charles George Fairman. Reg.#9520

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2014

November Constable Basil C. Conroy Warde. Reg.#4989	December Assistant Commissioner R. M. Culligan. O.731
September Constable Lewis James Byers. Reg.#4574	October Cst. Gordon Frederick Counsell. Reg.#11298
July Sergeant Thomas W. Foster. Reg.#16602	August Constable John Newton Murray. Reg.#12036
May RCMP Chaplain Archbishop M. C. O'Neill	June Sergeant Harold George Searle. Reg.#14011
March Superintendent W. F. MacRae. O.645	April Assistant Commissioner H. P. Tadeson. O.515
January Deputy Comm'r. George L. Jennings. O.147	February Sergeant Jimmy Coughlin. Reg.#12511

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2013

January Staff Sergeant E. J. Ruttan. Reg.#14040	February Constable Gregory J. Pichler. Reg.#45032
March Constable Archilles Rouleau. Reg.#497	April Special Constable Stanley Kubin
May The RCMP Celebrates its 140th Anniversary	June Staff Sergeant James R. McFarland. Reg.#12402
July A CSM Passes Away	August Sergeant F. C. Douglas. WWI. Reg.#11322
September A WWII Vet Passes Away	October Constable G. R. Pearkes, VC. Reg.#5529
November Sergeant Major Harry Henry Lett. Reg.#3156	December Corporal Donald M. Gavin. Reg.#23693

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2012

January Constable John Edey. Reg.#3883	February No Ordinary Tailor
March Those Who Lie In Unmarked Graves	April Sergeant W. J. MacLellan Reg.#20576
May Sergeant D. G. Holmes. Reg.#23464	June Chief Superintendent Doug Coates. O.1875
July Constable George Ernest Willmett. Reg.#4584	August Vets of a Very Memorable Variety
September A Memorable Vet With Legs	October Great Apples in an Orchard of Inspiration
November Constable Adrian Oliver. Reg.#57673	December A Very Dear Troopmate, Christmas And A Baby

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2011

January Constable John Kidd. Reg.#9221	February Corporal Ernest Henderson, Reg.#11912
March The Mad Trapper Part I : A Long Awaited Parcel Arrives	April The Mad Trapper Part II : RCMP Inspector A. N. Eames
May The Mad Trapper Part III : An Ottawa Memorial Service	June Lt. Col. René A. de la Bruere Girouard
July Staff Sergeant 'Sandy' Alexander. Reg.#1361	August Vet Month August
September Constable Grenville Ingle. Reg.#9639	October S/Constable Edwin Jefferey Bowen. S/0107
November Civilian Member Elsie M. Ernest-Nesbitt. C/580	December Staff Sergeant Bruno 'Bud' Toews, Reg.#15594

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2010

January Ordinary Seaman Norman Terrio. Reg.#12556.	February Staff Sergeant R. Robertson. Reg.#11901
March Constable William Bennett Holtsbaum. Reg.#5953	April Staff Sergeant William Haslett. Reg.#1649
May Constable William John Henderson. Reg.#7501	June Corporal Robert Gordon Teather. Reg.#26112
July Constable George Henderson. Reg.#1032	August Staff Sergeant William G. Morley. Reg.#7700
September Staff Sergeant James 'Patsy' Carroll. Reg.#515	October Sergeant Samuel Wrigglesworth. Reg.#11079
November Constable Amos Gordon Ferguson. Reg.#5905	December Constable Samuel Leys Dustan. Reg.#10217

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2009

January Constable Joseph Russell. Reg.#4173	February S/Sgt. S. G. & Mrs. Agnes Clay. Reg.#4279
March Constable John D. Mawhinney. Reg.#17452	April Police Service Dog. Klia
May Inspector W. Piercy. 0.62	June S/S/M George F. Kent. Reg.#16666
July Staff Sergeant James Colvin. Reg.#32	August S/Constable Jerry Potts. Scout & Translator
September Commissioner A. B. Perry. 0.44	October Constable Willis Rhodenizer. Reg.#12690
November Constable Charles J. Lennox. Reg.#1683	December Constable Robert 'Bob' Kitchen. Reg.#20857

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2008

November Sergeant John Lindsay Wilson. Reg.#6020	December Troop 17. 1974/1975
September Constable George Saunder. Reg.#2112	October Corporal Steven H. G. Margetts. Reg. #9826
July Constable Frederick Rhodes. Reg.#9951	August Sergeant Louis Romeo Dubuc. Reg.#10982
May Sub Constable John T. Cherry. Reg.#o165	June Superintendent Bramwell Smith. 0.657

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Constable Basil C. Conroy Warde. Reg.#4989

Assistant Commissioner R. M. Culligan. O.731

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