RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      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 interest of Veterans and their families. For […]

      This tribute is to a young Royal Military College of Canada graduate who was attracted to the North West Mounted Police.  He served 30 years in the Force and later went on to become the 5th Lt. Governor of Alberta.       EARLY YEARS Philip Carteret Hill Primrose was born on […]

      For this week’s Photo Corner, Ric has selected the theme of “firearms training and Force Shooting Teams.”           Firearms training and annual qualifications has been the cornerstone of the Force since its creation in 1873.  This tradition continues today. Ric has included the photographs below of firearms training […]

        Commissioner A. B. Perry had created a small manual so that “each member will make himself fully conversant with the details of the manual in conjunction with the Criminal Code and other Statutes of Canada.”       Some excerpts from the Royal North West Mounted Police Constables’ Manual – 1907: […]

      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 interest of Veterans and their families.  For […]

        It has now been 40 years since the first female members joined the RCMP. Many female members have distinguished themselves both within and outside the Force.       Veteran Jane Hall has developed the following article which highlights some of the struggles in accepting female members in the Force. Jane […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapbook 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 November 26, 2013 at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, it was a proud day for the members of the Edmonton Division of the RCMP Veterans’ Association.         It was on this day that Mayor Gale Katchur unveiled and dedicated the life sized bronze statue of  Inspector William D. Jarvis seated on a […]

      For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photograph theme of “Frederick Augustus Bagley – Reg. #247.”           Frederick Augustus Bagley was born September 22, 1858 on the island of St. Lucia in the British West Indies.  At the age of 10, he came to Canada with his […]

          George Jennings made significant contributions to the Force and was in key positions to assist with the development of the Force and its contributions to Canada.     He was born at Toronto Ontario on May 3rd 1875 to the son of Robert Cummings Jennings.  George graduated from Woodstock College […]