RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

        Ric Hall has selected the photo theme of “single member living accommodation in the Force.”         From 1873 and for the next 100 years, the Force discouraged members from getting married.  In so doing, single members could be transferred to isolated locations for the term of their engagement […]

      On Saturday (June 21, 2014), the Cloverdale Branch 6 of the Royal Canadian Legion had their open house to promote interest in the Legion.           The open house included 40-50 different operational and historical military vehicles for the public to view. Vehicles included: Russian T-55 tank; American M4A2E8 […]

        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 of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their families. […]

        For this week, Ric Hall has selected the theme of this webpage as “the RCMP Riding Crop.”         Ric outlined “I was sitting around with a bunch of young pups at Surrey Detachment and we got to discussing the RCMP’s riding crops – of course – most had […]

      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 of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their families. […]

        The tragic death of three RCMP members and the wounding of two others, shocked the Canadian people.         For the funeral service of the three fallen members on June 10, 2014, both the CBC and CTV provided three hour live national coverage. Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and […]

      For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photo theme of “Force Group Photographs.”           Since the introduction of the camera, Force members have grouped together to capture the moment.  Despite the passing of time, it is these old group photographs which provide a glimpse at the individual […]

    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 of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and their families. […]

        On June 4, 2014 at Moncton New Brunswick members responded to a call of a male walking down the street in military fatiques carrying two rifles.         The ensuing exchange of gunfire left three RCMP members dead and two wounded. The news reports below provide the initial reports […]

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