RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      The early female members in the Force didn’t care for their unique RCMP uniform and argued many years for change.         The Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1971 specifically outlined that the RCMP’s hiring practises should be changes to include the hiring of […]

      Veteran Ric Hall discovered the photograph of a Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) member on the RCMP Heritage Centre website.  Only indication of who this member was  is a notation of his Force regimental number was 7226.       Based on this limited information, a quick historical research was undertaken. […]

        Ric Hall explores the old Reports of the North West Mounted Police and discovers some interesting historical perspectives.  We have included some of Ric’s discoveries in this webpage.       More skimming through some of the Commissioner’s annual reports from 1874-1886….not much has changed, transpose horses for cars, kit and […]

        To celebrate the 40th anniversary of women in the Force, the RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division’s 2014 levee theme has been designated as “Celebrating Women in the RCMP.”     For this levee, the Vancouver Division has extended an invitation to all serving and past members of the Force.  Posters […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us the following information and is seeking to identify the unknown RCMP member.  Photograph was taken in 1956 in Vancouver, B.C.         Many of us growing up in Vancouver can remember walking down Granville Street, when it was a family outing, and having your picture […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

      Veteran Ric Hall forwarded to us the following photograph which he discovered in the Alberta Archives.  Noted photograph was taken in the RCMP Chapel at “Depot” Division in 1960.       There is no indication of the names of the member or chaplain. The following is a magnified image of these […]

      For this week, Ric Hall’s Photo Corner theme is Surrey Detachment’s “Fallen Members’ Memorial.”           The first member to be killed on duty at Surrey Detachment was Constable Archie Lepine (Reg.# 21512) – July 15, 1960.  Then in the mid-1970, three members were killed in the line of […]

      In a member’s spare time or as a retirement hobby, RCMP Veterans develop a passion for a particular interest.  Some decide upon photography or travel or model trains. Veteran Phil Juby developed an interest in Rose Garden Shows.  The following article was forwarded to us by Phil and for the benefit of […]

        There are many amazing stories of heroism with the ranks of the Force.  Here is the story of young Norman Conradi.       At 20, Norman Conradi had probably led a more adventurous life than many men twice his age.  He left his native New-Castle-on-Tyne, England, shortly before his 16th […]