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 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 by […]

    Recently we wrote about Inspector Francis Dickens, NWMP.   A friend of the Force from England, Windy Gale, made reference to a book called “Kent 1800-1899 A Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century”(published 2003) and is one of a series by Bob Ogley (a local historian) that mentions Insp. Dickens. CHECK OUR WEBPAGE HISTORICAL ERROR […]

      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 […]

        Veteran Bill Sedler spent us the following details and photographs of the first Force members to the Kootenays.           Since the March West in 1874, the well-being of the First Nations people has been the primary concern for the North West Mounted Police. In 1887, a dispute […]

    In the past we have done stories on the lances and different colours used on the RCMP Musical Ride pennons. In the days before the permanent Musical Ride there were Rides in Ottawa, “Depot” and Vancouver, pulled together for special events and it appears for a time they used different coloured pennons in […]

      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 by […]

        Windy Gale from England sent us the following message and sought our thoughts.         I bought a book yesterday at a garden centre that my wife and I visited as the subject interested me, being about our local county, Kent.  It had obviously been in the wars and […]

      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 #35982 Sgt. Larry Burden who served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by […]