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New Book: Mounties On The Cover

      RCMP Veteran Al Lund has published a new book entitled “Mounties On The Cover.”  Check out the details below.           Over the course of fifty years, distinguished Staff Sergeant (retired) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alert Henry Lund amassed the largest ever collection of Mountie books, magazines, […]

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A Story Of The RCMP Reserve: “E” Division 1950s

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us this article and a reflection of the Force’s history.           Under the RCMP Act there is provision for a RCMP Reserve.   One the Reserve was first put in the RCMP Act I could not find. The current Regulations under the Act are laid […]

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Larry Burden’s This Day In The RCMP

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.           Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements […]

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Larry Burden’s This Day In The RCMP

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.         Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by […]

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Pattullo Bridge Detachment

        Veteran Ric Hall developed and sent us this story about Surrey Detachment.         I was once asked by a member of Surrey Detachment “what is the story of Pattullo Bridge Detachment?”   I thought the answer was pretty simple, it was a Sub-Office of Surrey Detachment (or the old […]

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Larry Burden’s This Day In The RCMP

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten. Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every […]

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Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society

  The Vancouver Division supports the Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society and some members serve as couriers. The Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society is a registered charity and was founded in 1988 with a mandate to help build the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry. We educate the public about the need for bone marrow donors, […]

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Larry Burden’s This Day In The RCMP

      The achievements and contributions of the Force have been built upon the individual contributions of many past Veterans. These contributions have largely been forgotten.           Veteran Sgt. Larry Burden ( #35982) served in “E” Division for 20 years has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements […]

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Major General Edward Hilliam (NWMP Reg.#2983)

        To few men who at one time wore the uniform of the North West Mounted Police has come greater honours for service than those awarded to Edward Hilliam.  Edward was an example of the old school of soldiering in the British Army.     By the end of World War I, […]

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