RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    As for most members who join the Force, they were attracted to the organization for an opportunity to travel and experience some adventure.  One such individual was Orrin Evans. During his 29 years in the Force, Orrin had the opportunity to apply his skills and abilities to carry out a mammoth logistical challenge […]

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

      Thinking back to arriving at Peace River S/D (Sub-Divisions remember them?) right out of training, one of the characters, those of us that were there in the mid-1960s, we would remember was the S/D Admin NCO S/Sgt. Howie Shannon (Reg.#14564).       Fairly robust in stature, cigarette dangling from his mouth […]

      While going through his old Force papers, Veteran Ric Hall came across an information booklet published by the RCMP in 1960 and with the title of  “Depot Division Past And Present.”         We have included the details and photographs from the booklet for your reading pleasure. On May 23, […]

      Recently I was contacted by e-mail the great granddaughter of a former member of the Force who lives on Vancouver Island. She had some of her great grandfather’s uniform pieces stored in a box.       She wanted to dispose of the kit and was looking for the best way to […]

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

      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 […]

      For this week, Ric Hall has provided us some recent and old photographs of Force Sergeant Majors.           Throughout the history of the Force, the rank of Sergeant Major as served as the most senior non-commissioned officer position.  Traditionally, these rank positions have the responsibility of ensuring of […]

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

    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 […]