RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.           Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements […]

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.         Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by […]

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.           Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements […]

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.         Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by […]

        To few men who at one time wore the uniform of the North West Mounted Police has come greater honours for service than those awarded to Edward Hilliam.  Edward was an example of the old school of soldiering in the British Army.     By the end of World War I, […]

  One of the things that has been a real pleasure for me since I began submitting articles and photographs to the Vancouver Division of the RCMP Veterans’ Association web site is being re-connected with names and faces from the past and people who are on the outside of the Force but have an interest […]

        Veteran Windy Gale transcribed and sent to us this article which first appeared in the 1933 edition of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.         RCMP Veteran Corporal Robert Gordon Mathews submitted the following information to the editor of the Scarlet & Gold Magazine: OLD ACQUAINTANCES RENEWED […]

      Our current officer rank badges were first issued around 1876 based on the British Army rank system for officers.  Did you know that the diamond, some call it a star and others refer to it as a “pip”, used with the Supt., C/Supt., Ass’t Comm’r and Comm’r rank is a representation of the Military […]

    Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out an email message with a selection from his work in progress manuscript “This Day In The RCMP” to individuals interested in […]

        Recently, we received the following question from David Colitis:           I recently came across a question dated January 2015 regarding Sam Browne belts and the wearing of them – namely, should the strap be over the right or the left shoulder. I was a commissioned officer in […]