RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      One thing is for certain when dealing with the history of the Force, when you write a story of interest there is always someone out there who can add more to it.         The following is just one example. Recently, I wrote an article on the mysterious white horse […]

      Veteran Larry Burden sent us the following article for the information of other Veterans.           A United States Air Force C-47 en route to Frobisher Bay, NWT, January 18, transporting 12 people encountered engine problems and was forced to crash land on the ice. The pilot managed to […]

      Windy Gale sent us this article which was originally written by RCMP Veteran Henry Vernon Joseph LaCHANCE (Reg.#9245) and appeared in the 16th edition (1935) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.  Noted articles was transcript for us by Windy Gale who resides in England and a long-time supporter of the […]

      Veteran Ric Hall is seeking the assistance of Veterans to identify the sign and the unknown RCMP member as outlined below.           Picture of Interest A member found this sign in a junk shop and gave it to me.   She asked me the question; “Have I ever seen […]

          Over the past few weeks, we have received many submitted photographs from various Veterans.         Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the following as being the top ten.  Our Association does not support any products contained within these photos. 1) Veteran Harold Feiertag […]

      The Yukon’s most northerly detachment was on a windswept island in the Beaufort Sea. The detachment at Herschel Island originally opened to monitor American whalers.           In its final years, the detachment was a dog-breeding station, supplying dogs to various RCMP detachments across the North. The detachment operated […]

      On June 3, 2016, Burnaby Detachment commenced a new tradition to honour their retiring Detachment Commander – C/Supt. Dave Critchley.  According to S/S/Major John Buis, “this new honouring tradition is regularly used by many Fire Department.”       On this date, Chief Superintendent Dave Critchley departed the Detachment to commence his […]

      Veteran Ric Hall developed and provided us the following article for your reading pleasure.           Right off the top you are probably asking yourself what is a “The Caparisoned Horse”.   It is the practice of having a horse of a deceased military officer led in the funeral procession […]

        Veteran Ric Hall has sent us some more historical photographs and bit of information for your viewing pleasure.         Many who have served in “E” Division will have seen, or have a copy of, the panoramic picture of the members on horseback in front of the stables at […]

      Over the past few weeks, we have received many photographs submitted to us by RCMP Veterans across Canada.           Based on our review of these images, we have selected the following as being the best. 1) Veteran Al MacIntyre photographed and submitted “Depot Division and RCMP Heritage Centre New […]