RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

    Howard Cronkhite spent most of career in the Yukon and participated in many long and extreme cold dog sled patrols as did many other members. Most recently, RCMP Veteran Bob Boyd discovered a report Howard Cronkhite submitted to his Officer Commanding in 1924 outlining the hardships that he and other members experienced while […]

    Richard Nicholson left his mark on the RCMP and this tribute highlights his life and notable milestones:      – first Force chauffeur;      – provides an example of the financial strains placed on members with a family and the lack of universal health care; and     – being the 49th […]

        The following submission was received from RCMP Veteran Ric Hall: For Bob Boyd, a member of “K” 65/66 Troop, my troop mate, a walk down nostalgia lane!   We all remember that we had boards to shine our Sam Brownes on while living in barracks at “Depot.”   Those boards, along with the […]

    Brian Neville (webmaster) continues to manage our national website and many Division webpages. Neville updates these sites on a constant basis.  The National website banner has been amended to add NATIONAL which was previously hidden within DIVISIONS.  This banner item contains all contact information for the National President, Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, Directors, […]

    We received the following details from Gale from England.  He is a retired London Metropolitan policeman. Windy receives our RCMP Veteran Communique and decided to submit the following.       When I was a London Metropolitan Police Constable and even later as a “civvy” there were always colleagues who seemed to be […]

        John ‘Taffy’ Jones was recruited to the Force and sworn in as a Master Tailor then immediately promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. With superior skills and organizational abilities, he was instrumental in upgrading the uniform for all members of the Force. His contribution to a better uniform for Force […]

  On August 23, 2013, we sought RCMP Veterans assistance in identifying a Force members illustrated in a painting entitled “Corporal A.J. Wilson & Flicker his horse.”  The artist was Robert Elmer Lougheed.     This painting mystery was brought to us by one of our Vancouver Division sponsors – Al Merriman of Remax Realty […]

    Corporal John Poyntz French’s uncle was George French (first Commissioner of the Force) and his father was Inspector Jack French (Reg. O.19) who display gallantry and bravery on the last day of the Battle of Batoche. Young John French endeavoured to follow in the family’s military tradition. Although his service in the Force […]

        Fred Bagley’s musical talents and leadership provided a major contribution to the Force and to the communities he served in.               With regarding setting records, he was first in the  following areas: a) being the youngest member to be sworn into the Force; b) first […]

        We have received another article developed by Bob Cooper (retired VPD) which has recently been published on the PRIME TIME CRIME website. The most recent article is entitled “In Need Of Correction” and was posted on November 1, 2012:   I’ll start this with the usual caveat whenever I write about […]