RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      For this week’s Ric Hall’s Photo Corner, Ric has selected the photo theme of “Isolated Member’s Best Friend – the police dog.”         With the Force, expanding their duties and responsibilities into northern Canada, the horse was replaced with the dogsled as the primary model of transportation. According to […]

      For this week’s Photo Corner, Ric has selected the theme of “firearms training and Force Shooting Teams.”           Firearms training and annual qualifications has been the cornerstone of the Force since its creation in 1873.  This tradition continues today. Ric has included the photographs below of firearms training […]

      Throughout the history of the Force, sports activities have been encouraged to promote team spirit and to keep the members in top physical condition.           One of the sports that Force members have and continue to enjoy is ice hockey. As an avid hockey player and referee, Veteran […]

      Photography was just coming into use with the creation of the Force back in 1873.           Since that time, Force members have been photographed in different locations and situations. Photographs on paper are items that don’t wear well with time.  So many photographs have been discarded and the […]

        For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photograph theme of “Royal North West Mounted Police postcards at Depot.”         Early commercial photographs were taken and sold as postcards.  The Force was a popular topic for being photographed.  These photographs provide a valuable insight to the early times […]

        For this week, Ric’s photography theme is “cameras captured images of members at their outpost or on detachment.”       Since the creation of the Force in 1873, cameras have been able to capture the images of members stationed at various locations in Canada.  The following images are provided for your […]

      On November 26, 2013 at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, it was a proud day for the members of the Edmonton Division of the RCMP Veterans’ Association.         It was on this day that Mayor Gale Katchur unveiled and dedicated the life sized bronze statue of  Inspector William D. Jarvis seated on a […]

      This tribute article is in recognition of the patriotic services made by Burnett Laws.  He  joined the North West Mounted Police then volunteered for the Boer War, World War I & II.       Burnett Laws was born on March 3, 1877 at Prudhoe Northumberland England and his father was J.B.E. […]

      For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photograph theme of “Frederick Augustus Bagley – Reg. #247.”           Frederick Augustus Bagley was born September 22, 1858 on the island of St. Lucia in the British West Indies.  At the age of 10, he came to Canada with his […]

      The life and times of Teddy Bryan is what Victorian adventure stories were written about and what young boys growing up in Europe dreamed of becoming.         EARLY BEGINNING     Willoughby Charles Bryan was born in 1867 at Rockenford county Devon England.  His parents were Adam and Jane Bryan. […]