RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

        Ric Hall submitted the details of a solved mystery over a bronze maple leaf clasp on a RCMP Long Service Medal.         Sergeant Dave Strachan, a member of Surrey Detachment, is also a member of the Seaforth Highlanders and assists with their museum. He came across two sets […]

      Ric Hall has submitted the following story of how policing runs in the family.           Way back in the day when I was the Drill Instructor in “Depot” Division, I had the occasion to meet  Constable Al Malcomson (Reg # 33667)  while he was in basic training.  After I […]

      The following details were forwarded to us by Veteran Joe Collinson.           George Arundel CUTTING was born to Percy and Ruby CUTTING in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Detachment at Gull Lake, Sask. on the 12 of August 1914.  His father’s regimental number was #3149 and was a […]

        An old friend from “K” Division days, Veteran Mike Weightman (Reg # 34172) introduced me in  July 2013, to Kay Rawlings, 91 years of age, who is the daughter of a former member of the RCMP.  Her father was Corporal Sidney Floyd, Reg. # 9254.     Kay lives in a […]

    Each Force Veteran is entitled to have the RCMP crest on their grave marker.   With this crest, it is easy for visitors to pinpoint the location of a RCMP Veteran. The early Force Veterans were concerned that the graves sites of past Veterans should be inspected regularly and repaired if required.   […]

      Many individuals develop interests and hobbies.  Hobbies usually range from stamps to coins or other notable items. One such collector is RCMP Veteran Bob Henderson.  Approximately 40 years ago, Bob decided by chance to start collecting World War II Prisoner Of War artifacts.     In his 70s, Bob has decided to […]

      Veteran Jim Bramhill (Reg. No. 17848) submitted a story which he entitled “Just An Indian.”           In 1991, some of you may recall watching the TV movie “Conspiracy of Silence”  about the rape and murder of a native school girl, Helen Betty Osborne, by four joyriding teenage males in a small […]

      The following story was submitted by RCMP Veteran  Jim Bramhill (Reg. #17848). “I must preface this story by stating I love dogs.                   In the summer of 1967, I was transferred for two weeks to Fort McMurray Town  Detachment while the N.C.O. i/c was A.O.D.  At Edmonton another senior […]

          Based on the two recent webpages on the top of Force trumpeters, Ric Hall received the following message from Veteran Joe Collinson:         “I read your previous article and it tweeked my interest in that my friend, George Cutting (Reg. #10980), joined the Force in 1931 as […]

    With Sheldon’s recent article on Force Trumpeters another former trumpeter has surfaced.    Veteran Perry Edwards whose hobby is photography has met a former member of the Force while they both stroll through the Maplewood bird sanctuary east of the 2nd Narrows bridge in North Vancouver.     One of the other regulars there […]