RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      Many Veterans have submitted, to Veteran Ric Hall, photographs of their downtime and free time in the Force.  According to Ric “it seems casting the fish line in the water as part of ones duties has been a tradition over the years.”       As outlined by Ric, “for those of […]

        Veteran Ric Hall sent us the following details and photographs.         “Our friend Veteran Fred Stark continues to go through his old photos and sent along these two taken in 1964 taken in Stanley Park. Three members, including yours truly, were assigned to ride with the VPD Mounted […]

      Over the past week, we have received several old RCMP photographs from various Veterans.           These photographs are provided below for your viewing pleasure. If you have any old photographs that you would like to have posted on one of forthcoming photo webpages, please email Ric Hall at […]

        Retired Staff Rick Winslow of North Vancouver Detachment has retired from the Force and joined the North Vancouver Koffee Klatch.         Rick passed on some old photographs from North Vancouver Detachment. Douglas Forrest retired from the Force on November 7, 1967 at the rank of Assistant Commissioner.  In […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).           Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us the images and narrative below.           Before I retired I started to do up wooden character pieces for friends when they were retiring. It did take on a life of it’s own as other’s wanted one. I tried to make them to suit […]

      Ric Hall received from Marv Ukraineitz an old 1963 photograph of the RCMP motorcycle course held at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Surrey, B.C.           According to Marv “RCMP Cpl. Bill Hulgaard and Cpl. William Todd were the instructors. There were motorcycles Cloverdale, and Burnaby. The training was required […]

      Surrey Detachment recently put up a wall honouring the former Officers in Charge of the detachment.           Surrey Detachment has occupied many buildings in Surrey BC since it took over policing responsibilities from the Surrey Municipal Police in 1951. The following are photographs of these buildings from 1952 […]

    I was recently contacted by a member working out of “E” Division Headquarters with regard to a photograph he obtained from the US Border Patrol.           The picture is of a member in Review Order and a US Border Patrol officer, their names are written on the back of […]

    Veteran Bob Henderson would like the assistance of other Veterans to identify the two RCMP members photographed with three World War II German prisoners-of-war.           Photograph was probably taken in 1946 at Medicine Hat Alberta. The three Germans (left to right): Adolf Kratz, Werner Schwalb and Johannes Wittinger.  They […]