RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

        Retired Staff Rick Winslow of North Vancouver Detachment has retired from the Force and joined the North Vancouver Koffee Klatch.         Rick passed on some old photographs from North Vancouver Detachment. Douglas Forrest retired from the Force on November 7, 1967 at the rank of Assistant Commissioner.  In […]

      With the exception of his first two years in the Force, John Stolarski spent his entire career as a RCMP Police Dog Services handler (1961 – 1988).           Throughout this career, John clipped newspaper articles about members who he had worked with. Despite the fact that John has […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us the images and narrative below.           Before I retired I started to do up wooden character pieces for friends when they were retiring. It did take on a life of it’s own as other’s wanted one. I tried to make them to suit […]

      Ric Hall received from Marv Ukraineitz an old 1963 photograph of the RCMP motorcycle course held at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds in Surrey, B.C.           According to Marv “RCMP Cpl. Bill Hulgaard and Cpl. William Todd were the instructors. There were motorcycles Cloverdale, and Burnaby. The training was required […]

      Surrey Detachment recently put up a wall honouring the former Officers in Charge of the detachment.           Surrey Detachment has occupied many buildings in Surrey BC since it took over policing responsibilities from the Surrey Municipal Police in 1951. The following are photographs of these buildings from 1952 […]

    I was recently contacted by a member working out of “E” Division Headquarters with regard to a photograph he obtained from the US Border Patrol.           The picture is of a member in Review Order and a US Border Patrol officer, their names are written on the back of […]

    Veteran Bob Henderson would like the assistance of other Veterans to identify the two RCMP members photographed with three World War II German prisoners-of-war.           Photograph was probably taken in 1946 at Medicine Hat Alberta. The three Germans (left to right): Adolf Kratz, Werner Schwalb and Johannes Wittinger.  They […]

      On Friday June 5, 2015, an anonymous person left a 8×10 glossy picture in an envelope at the front counter of Surrey Detachment for Ric Hall.         According to Ric “it is a great picture, unfortunately, there is no name of who left it and no identity of the member […]

      Veteran Ric Hall sent us this photograph and asking Veterans to help identify the two RCMP members in the photograph.           I received the attached photograph from Dan Lemiuex. Based on the fur coat and hat found in other photos this was probably then “Princess Elizabeth” on her […]

      For this week, Ric Hall has provided us some recent and old photographs of Force Sergeant Majors.           Throughout the history of the Force, the rank of Sergeant Major as served as the most senior non-commissioned officer position.  Traditionally, these rank positions have the responsibility of ensuring of […]