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1953 Fairmount Barracks

Veteran Ric Hall submitted an extract from the Vancouver Province newspaper dated June 27, 1953. The article summarizes how the Fairmount Barracks was used to train the ex-BC Provincial Police members to the procedures and practices of the RCMP. Interesting pictures.  If you have attended a class at Fairmount Barracks, you may wish to check […]

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First Person Hung By NWMP

      The first person to be hanged by the NWMP, Swift Runner, was a Cree Indian who lived during the last century in what is now central Alberta. His background seemed not unusual. As a young man he received a solid useful Cree education; he married and had a family of five children; […]

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NWMP – Boer War

      Veteran Ric Hall discovered an excellent historical article on the involvement and achievements contributed by members of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) in the Boer War.     The article is entitled “Effective Leadership In Counter-Insurgency: The North-West Mounted Police in South Africa – 1899 – 1902” and was written by […]

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Veterans Wearing Red Serge

  A questions has been raised about retired RCMP Veterans being permitted to wear their Red Serge for specific events. Veteran Dan Lemieux has researched the matter and the information he obtained is as follows: Section 68 of the RCMP Regulations effective 88-06-30 permits the Commissioner to authorize members who retire or who are medically […]

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Part 5 – “B” Squadron RNWMP

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there. The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How […]

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Part #4 – “B” Squadron RNWMP

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How the […]

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Coppermine River Murder

    Inspector Charles La Nauze, Corporal Dennis Withers and Sgt. James Freeman make a fourteen month patrol by dog team from Fort Norman to the mouth of the Coppermine River to arrest tow Inuit – Uloqsaq and Sinisiak for the murder of two priests.         BACKGROUND In late 1913, Jean-Baptiste Rouvière […]

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Part 3 – “B” Squadron RNWMP

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How the […]

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Part 2 – “B” Squadron RNWMP

The activities of “B” Squadron RNWMP and their activities are provided below and includes of members who were there.  The history of the Squadron is provided in this comprehensive historical account of the Squadron’s  creation, deployment, activities, challenges and return to Canada, their story is being broken down into six parts: Part 1 – How […]

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Cst. John Allen

    George Arthur Allen joined the NWMP March 19, 1892 at Regina and was issued the regimental number of  2783. After service in ‘K’ and ‘M’ Divisions he took his discharge in 1900. As part of the WWII effort, Allen rejoined the Force as a Special Constable, March 11, 1940, and served as a […]

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