RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    For the RCMP Centennial in 1973, RCMP Veteran Thomas Grant Galloway Raisbeck provided an account of his time in the RCMP to the Edmonton Journal newspaper. Tom’s story is provided below for your reading pleasure.         Background Details: Tom was born on June 14, 1910 at Taber Alberta and joined […]

    Recently I did an article for the Vancouver Veterans’ web site in response to a query from retired Staff Sergeant Doug Buchta regarding the changes to the wearing of Sam Browne equipment by Officers and Sergeants Major.         His question was as a result of seeing pictures of the trophy […]

        For this week, Ric Hall is providing a bit of “Depot” Drill Instructor history and the creation of the “Short-Box.”         This short story goes back in time, it started in 1975 and took on a life again in 2000. In view of this being the 40th Anniversary […]

  Regardless on where a current RCMP member or RCMP Veteran came from or where they ended up serving, they all have one thing in common.  They all completed the basic training at “Depot” Division in Regina – home of the RCMP. This tradition has continued endlessly since “Depot” Division was established in 1882.  While […]

      Most recently, RCMP Veteran Ric Hall received a bundle of photograph, documents and newspaper clipping belowing to the late and great Corps Sergeant Major Tim Griffin. Ric has provided some of the details below for the viewing enjoyment of others.       While coordinating many RCMP Musical Ride demonstrations in the […]

        The following submission was received from RCMP Veteran Ric Hall: For Bob Boyd, a member of “K” 65/66 Troop, my troop mate, a walk down nostalgia lane!   We all remember that we had boards to shine our Sam Brownes on while living in barracks at “Depot.”   Those boards, along with the […]

      Inspector William Angus Cunning has the distinction of being one of the longest serving members in the Force – 45 days short of completing 45 years of continuous service.  He joined as a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) member and retired as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) member. He was born on […]

    One of the most colourful and noteable Corps Sergeant Majors was ‘Tim’ George Frederick  Griffin. He was born on February 3 1883 at Everton England. At the age of 16,  he joined the Imperial 18th Hussar and served in this regiment for 12 years.  At the time of his discharge, he had gained the […]

  Constable John Vincent Stinson joined the Force in September 1914 and was assigned the Regimental Number 6256. His basic training took place at the Regina Indian School barracks and he was a member of Troop #3 (1914-1915).  At the time, this temporary training barracks was established to train 120 new recruits. After the graduation […]

The Musical Ride that we are all familiar with started off as displays of horsemanship in 1876 and the first official Musical Ride was held in 1887.  In subsequent years, the Force would put on public displays of horsemenship and were well received.  In those early days, Force members were not known as the “Mounties” […]