Name and rank |
Agency |
Location |
Date |
Details
|
Constable William Boyd
|
Constable of York County
|
Aurora, Illinois
|
June 4, 1901
|
While transporting prisoners to Chicago, a stranger threw 3 revolvers in the cab, leading to a gunfight that resulted in the death of Cst. Boyd.[15]
|
Constable Norman Malcolm Campbell
|
NWMP
|
Stikine River, District of Alaska
|
December 26, 1901
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Constable Spencer Gilbert Heathcote
|
NWMP
|
Stikine River, District of Alaska
|
December 26, 1901
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Special Constable Stick Sam
|
NWMP
|
Kaskawulsh River, Yukon
|
July 29, 1903
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Staff Sergeant Arthur F.M. Brooke
|
NWMP
|
Siksika 146, N.W.T. (present-day Alberta)
|
September 26, 1903
|
Drowned while fording the Bow River on the Blackfoot Reserve
|
Constable James Barron
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
October 27, 1903
|
Attacked by three men while inspecting a disturbance in a backyard. Fatally shot below the heart.
|
Provincial Constable William Irving Jr.
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Sudbury District)
|
Webbwood, Ontario
|
June 17, 1904
|
Shot by a concealed gun while escorting a suspect off a train
|
Constable Joseph Russell
|
NWMP
|
Near Cape Fullerton, N.W.T. (present-day Nunavut)
|
July 5, 1905
|
Drowned while on duty
|
Constable Thomas Robert Jackson
|
NWMP
|
Near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
|
June 8, 1906
|
Drowned while fording Six Mile Creek
|
Corporal Alexander Gardner Haddock
|
NWMP
|
Yukon River near Ogilvie, Yukon
|
June 14, 1906
|
Drowned while on patrol
|
Assistant Surgeon Walter Stafford Flood
|
NWMP
|
Churchill, Manitoba
|
November 29, 1906
|
Died from exposure
|
High County Constable Archibald Pow
|
Woodstock Police Service
|
Beachville, Ontario
|
March 13, 1907
|
Died of a heart attack during a buggy crash
|
Constable John Acton
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
March 27, 1908
|
Jumped by thugs behind a hotel. Died of complications.
|
Constable George Ernest Willmett
|
NWMP
|
Frank, Alberta
|
April 12, 1908
|
Murdered by burglar duo Fritz Ebert and Mathias Jasbec[16]
|
Sergeant Ralph Morton L. Donaldson
|
NWMP
|
Marble Island, N.W.T. (present-day Nunavut)
|
August 14, 1908
|
Drowned during a walrus attack on his police boat
|
Constable John Hallworth Jr.
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Fort William, Ontario
|
August 12, 1909
|
Shot with buckshot during a railroad strike. Died during an operation to remove it.[17]
|
Special Constable Samuel Carter
|
NWMP
|
55 miles west of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
|
February 14, 1911
|
Part of the Dawson-McPherson Lost Patrol, died of exposure, starvation and exhaustion
|
Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald
|
NWMP
|
55 miles west of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
|
February 14, 1911
|
Part of the Dawson-McPherson Lost Patrol, died of exposure, starvation and exhaustion
|
Constable George Frances Kinney
|
NWMP
|
55 miles west of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
|
February 14, 1911
|
Part of the Dawson-McPherson Lost Patrol, died of exposure, starvation and exhaustion
|
Constable Richard O'Hara Taylor
|
NWMP
|
55 miles west of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
|
February 14, 1911
|
Part of the Dawson-McPherson Lost Patrol, died of exposure, starvation and exhaustion
|
Constable Francis Walter Davies
|
NWMP
|
Brooks, Alberta
|
June 3, 1912
|
Killed while attempting an arrest
|
Constable Robert George MacIntosh
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
September 4, 1912
|
Shot while inspecting rail boxes, suspect was never found[17]
|
Constable Lewis Byers
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
March 25, 1912
|
Killed by a gunshot to the heart[18]
|
Lance Corporal John Baker
|
Canadian Forces Military Police
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
December 1, 1912
|
Struck by a vehicle
|
Corporal Maxwell George Bailey
|
NWMP
|
Grassy Lake, Alberta
|
April 23, 1913
|
Killed while apprehending a suspect[19]
|
Constable Mathew Hamilton
|
Stratford Police Service
|
Stratford, Ontario
|
May 13, 1913
|
Killed by a falling piece of timber while responding to a church fire.
|
Chief John A. McCarthy Jr.
|
Stratford Police Service
|
Stratford, Ontario
|
May 13, 1913
|
Killed by the same falling piece of timber.
|
Constable James Archibald
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
May 28, 1913
|
Found by police after failing to return to station with 3 gunshots in a vacant lot.[20]
|
Acting Sergeant Paul Smith
|
Lethbridge Police Service
|
Lethbridge, Alberta
|
June 10, 1913
|
Accidentally electrocuted[21]
|
Constable Michael James Fitzgerald
|
NWMP
|
Near the head of the White River, Yukon
|
August 27, 1913
|
Drowned while travelling to his new post[22]
|
Constable John McMenomy
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
November 1, 1913
|
Died by accidental electrocution
|
Detective Richard Levis
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
August 27, 1914
|
Shot point-blank with a sawed-off shotgun by stabbing suspect T.T. McKillarney while searching his house
|
Chief Constable Malcolm MacLennan
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
March 20, 1917
|
During a nearly two-day siege, cocaine addict Robert Tait shot his landlord, permanently blinded two police officers, and killed Chief Constable Malcolm MacLennan and eight-year-old George Robb before killing himself after hours of an intense stand-off.
|
Constable Arthur Duncan
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
July 2, 1917
|
Surprised a burglar during his night patrol and was shot. His killer was never found.[23]
|
Constable Alexander Lamont
|
NWMP
|
Herschel Island, Yukon
|
February 16, 1918
|
Died of typhoid fever contracted while helping a sick arctic explorer
|
Lance Corporal Joseph Tatum
|
Canadian Forces Military Police
|
Regina, Saskatchewan
|
April 30, 1918
|
on-duty automobile accident
|
Acting Sergeant Robert McGregor Stewart
|
Canadian Forces Military Police
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
July 25, 1918
|
Died in a horse accident
|
Constable Frank Beevers
|
Edmonton Police Service
|
Edmonton, Alberta
|
October 17, 1918
|
Killed while attempting to arrest a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder[24]
|
Detective Frank A. Williams
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
November 19, 1918
|
Shot twice through the heart by Frank McCullough, who was later hanged for his murder.[25]
|
Sergeant Samuel James Arniel
|
Kingston Police Force
|
Kingston, Ontario
|
April 19, 1919
|
Died of a heart attack during a struggle with a prisoner
|
Staff Sergeant George H.L. Bossange
|
NWMP
|
Spirit River, Alberta
|
June 21, 1919
|
Struck by lightning while on patrol
|
Constable George Armstrong
|
Nipigon Police Service
|
West of Nipigon, Ontario
|
July 18, 1919
|
Ambushed and shot while investigating a break-and-enter
|
Constable William Nixon
|
Edmonton Police Service
|
Edmonton, Alberta
|
August 31, 1919
|
Shot and killed in the line of duty
|
County Constable Albert C. Springstead
|
Constable of Wentworth County
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
November 29, 1919
|
Beaten to death by prisoner while keeping deathwatch
|
Corporal Ernest Usher
|
RCMP
|
Bellevue, Alberta
|
August 7, 1920
|
Killed while trying to apprehend train bandits
|
Constable Frederick W.E. Bailey
|
Alberta Provincial Police
|
Bellevue, Alberta
|
August 7, 1920
|
Killed while trying to apprehend train bandits
|
Special Constable Nick Kyslik
|
Alberta Provincial Police
|
Bellevue, Alberta
|
August 8, 1920
|
Shot while trying to apprehend train bandits, died the day after
|
Sergeant Arthur George Searle
|
RCMP
|
near Creston, British Columbia
|
May 15, 1921
|
Drowned while chasing bootleggers
|
Constable Richard A. Beard
|
Napanee Police
|
Napanee, Ontario
|
August 28, 1921
|
Shot and killed by a trio of brothers while on a patrol at night
|
Constable Frank Henry Sissons
|
Alberta Provincial Police
|
Alberta
|
September 6, 1921
|
Accidentally shot and killed by fellow police officer
|
Constable Reginald Pryer
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
September 12, 1921
|
Died in a motorcycle accident
|
Constable George Edward Osgoode
|
Alberta Provincial Police
|
Kinuso, Alberta
|
January 25, 1922
|
Shot and killed by a bootlegger
|
Corporal William Andrew Doak
|
RCMP
|
Tree River, N.W.T. (present-day Nunavut)
|
April 1, 1922
|
Doak was shot and killed in his sleep by 18-year-old Alikomiak, who had escaped his jail cell after being arrested for his involvement in the killing of five natives. After killing Doak, Alikomiak also went on to shoot and kill Hudson Bay Company worker Otto Binder. Alikomiak was hanged in 1924 for the seven total murders.[26]
|
Constable Anthony Tierney
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
|
April 8, 1922
|
Shot while trying to apprehend a person breaking into a rail car[17]
|
County Constable William Lorenzo Pickard
|
Constable for Kent County
|
Chatham, Ontario
|
April 17, 1922
|
Died in the hospital from complications after being shot in the foot by a suspect
|
Constable William M. Holloway
|
Guelph Police Service
|
Guelph, Ontario
|
May 2, 1922
|
Died after being struck by a vehicle while on bicycle patrol
|
Constable Stephen O. Lawson
|
Alberta Provincial Police
|
Coleman, Alberta
|
September 21, 1922
|
Shot and killed by bootleggers Emilio Picariello and Florence Lassandro as revenge for shooting and injuring Steve Picariello, their son.
|
Constable Robert McBeath
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
October 9, 1922
|
Shot and killed while arresting Fred Deal for erratic driving
|
Constable John Robert Smythe
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Fort Erie)
|
near Fort Erie, Ontario
|
December 9, 1922
|
Died in a car accident
|
Constable Joseph Trueman
|
Thorold Police
|
Thorold, Ontario
|
December 17, 1922
|
Cst. Trueman was killed while on night patrol after bootleggers placed a $100 bounty on his head
|
Constable Charles Nicolay Paris
|
Drumheller Police Service
|
Drumheller, Alberta
|
May 3, 1923
|
Died in crash while struggling for control of a vehicle with bootlegger Elmo E. Trider.[27]
|
Constable Fred LeFebvre
|
North Bay Police Service
|
west of North Bay, Ontario
|
May 18, 1923
|
Cst. LeFebvre was killed by criminal Leo Rogers in a gun battle at the mouth of Mosquito Creek, ~20 km west of North Bay
|
Sergeant John Urquhart
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Cobalt)
|
North Bay, Ontario
|
May 30, 1923
|
Killed by criminal Leo Rogers through the door of his house. Rogers was killed by police the following day.
|
Constable Charles R. Fulton
|
Halifax Regional Police
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
July 14, 1924
|
The only fatality in a day-long gunfight with bandits[28]
|
Constable Ian M. MacDonald
|
RCMP
|
Indian River east of the Herschel Island detachment
|
August 18, 1924
|
Drowned
|
Park Warden Andrew Bower
|
Parks Canada Park Warden
|
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
|
June 6, 1925
|
Died in a horse accident
|
Constable Leo Francis Cox
|
RCMP
|
La Sarre, Quebec
|
June 28, 1925
|
Drowned while on duty
|
Traffic Officer John E. Waddell
|
Department of Highways
|
London, Ontario
|
September 12, 1925
|
Shot by chicken thief George Edward Harlton while attempting to arrest him. Harlton was executed in 1929.
|
Constable Frederick Raynes
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
November 21, 1925
|
Died from injuries received in a motorcycle accident
|
Ontario Temperance Act Inspector Thomas H. Constable
|
Cochrane Police
|
Haileybury, Ontario
|
October 15, 1926
|
Shot outside his home by a bootlegger.
|
Constable Frederick Rhodes
|
RCMP
|
Rae, Northwest Territories
|
December 16, 1926
|
Died from injuries received during a fire at the RCMP detachment
|
Constable Charles W. St. Charles
|
Madoc Police
|
near Eldorado, Ontario
|
December 22, 1926
|
Died from injuries received after being ambushed by Abraham Robinson and shot in the chest
|
Traffic Officer William O.K. McGillivary
|
Department of Highways
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
October 1, 1927
|
Died in the hospital after a motorcycle accident
|
Traffic Officer Andrew McKay
|
Department of Highways
|
Holland Landing, Ontario
|
October 11, 1927
|
Killed in a motorcycle accident
|
Traffic Officer Leigh W. Metcalfe
|
Department of Highways
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
October 17, 1927
|
Died in the hospital after a motorcycle accident
|
Constable Ernest Sargent
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
November 5, 1927
|
Shot in the stomach by a .38 calibre automatic pistol by well known criminal Leong Chung[29]
|
Traffic Officer Hiram F. O'Callaghan
|
Department of Highways
|
Between Ottawa and Kemptville, Ontario
|
January 12, 1928
|
Killed in a motorcycle accident
|
Constable Norman F. Maker
|
Peterborough Police
|
Peterborough, Ontario
|
May 3, 1928
|
Shot and killed by David Montgomery point blank with a revolver. Montgomery was later killed by police.
|
Constable Albert E. Fisher
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
November 11, 1928
|
Died in a motorcycle accident
|
Chief of Police Edward Lavery
|
Prescott Police
|
Brockville, Ontario
|
November 16, 1928
|
Lavery passed away in the hospital following a collision that occurred during a pursuit
|
Sergeant Richard Henry Nicholson
|
RCMP
|
near Molson, Manitoba
|
December 31, 1928
|
Killed by William Eppinger while investigating an illegal still operation[30]
|
Traffic Officer Miles Campbell
|
Department of Highways
|
Gloucester, Ontario
|
June 9, 1929
|
Died after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop
|
Detective William Clark
|
Hamilton Police Service
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
June 27, 1929
|
After a robbery, Charles L. Long holed himself up in the basement of a house armed with a shotgun after a foot pursuit with police. When tear gas and asphyxiating chemicals failed to push Long from his hiding place, Clark and another detective donned gas masks and entered the basement. A fight between Clark and Long ensued in which both were killed.[31]
|
Constable Thomas I. Kehoe
|
Bancroft Police
|
Bancroft, Ontario
|
July 13, 1929
|
Died after being struck by a vehicle while on foot patrol
|
Traffic Officer Almer F.H. Wilson
|
Department of Highways
|
Windsor, Ontario
|
August 26, 1929
|
Died in the hospital after a motorcycle accident
|
Park Warden Percy Hamilton Goodair
|
Parks Canada Park Warden
|
Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park, Alberta
|
September 12, 1929
|
Died in a Grizzly bear attack[32]
|
Traffic Officer Fred Bingley
|
Department of Highways
|
near Caledonia, Ontario
|
October 4, 1929
|
Died in a motorcycle accident while on duty
|
Sergeant Thomas Kirk
|
York County Police
|
Near Thornhill, Ontario
|
April 17, 1930
|
Died in a car accident while on duty
|
Constable James Urquhart
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
April 21, 1930
|
Hit by a freight train
|
Constable James A. McNicoll
|
Crowland Township Police
|
Welland, Ontario
|
September 2, 1930
|
Shot and killed with a double-barreled shotgun in an ambush after responding to a call about a gun being fired
|
Constable Roy McQuillin
|
Toronto Police Service
|
York, Toronto, Ontario
|
December 11, 1930
|
Died after being shot by thieves in a stolen car. John Brockenshire was executed for the murder in 1931.
|
Constable Donald Ross Macdonell
|
RCMP
|
Roughly 12 km east of York Factory, Manitoba
|
April 19, 1931
|
Drowned in the Fourteen River while trying to swim to shore after having the ice thaw underneath their tent on the river during the warming spring
|
Special Constable Norman Massan
|
RCMP
|
Roughly 12 km east of York Factory, Manitoba
|
April 19, 1931
|
Drowned in the Fourteen River while trying to swim to shore after having the ice thaw underneath their tent on the river during the warming spring
|
Constable Blair C. Brown
|
Trenton Police
|
Between Trenton and Peterborough, Ontario
|
June 27, 1931
|
Killed in a car crash while on duty
|
Constable John F. Montgomery
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Westboro)
|
near Ottawa, Ontario
|
July 31, 1931
|
Killed in a car crash
|
Game Warden A. Harrison Eisenhauer
|
Nova Scotia Game Warden
|
Kearney Lake, Nova Scotia
|
December 2, 1931
|
Beaten to death by men while trying to make an arrest[33]
|
Chief John W. Burdon
|
Strathroy Police
|
near Strathroy, Ontario
|
December 5, 1931
|
Died after missing a jump onto a moving truck
|
Constable Albert J. Nault
|
Sudbury Police
|
Sudbury, Ontario
|
December 21, 1931
|
Cst. Nault was shot and killed near the railway in a murder that was never solved
|
Constable Edgar Millen
|
RCMP
|
Eagle River, Yukon
|
January 30, 1932
|
Killed by Albert Johnson, also known as the Mad Trapper of Rat River
|
Constable Charles Hefferon
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Brampton)
|
Brampton, Ontario
|
May 12, 1932
|
Killed in a car collision
|
Corporal Leonard Victor Ralls
|
RCMP
|
Foam Lake, Saskatchewan
|
July 5, 1932
|
Killed while attempting to apprehend thieves
|
Constable Joseph Reilly
|
Vancouver Police Department
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
November 27, 1932
|
Struck and killed in his police car by another vehicle
|
Constable Joseph De Ferrari
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
December 31, 1932
|
Died after being hit by an car while on his motorcycle
|
Inspector Lorne James Sampson
|
RCMP
|
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
|
May 8, 1933
|
Died after falling of his horse while suppressing a riot
|
Inspector Joe Carruthers
|
Calgary Police Service
|
Calgary, Alberta
|
June 13, 1933
|
Shot in the chest after confronting a burglary suspect in an alley. No one has ever been charged for the killing.[23]
|
Constable Russell Lemon
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Kitchener)
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
March 12, 1934
|
Struck by a vehicle
|
Constable Colin C. McGregor
|
St. Thomas Police
|
St. Thomas, Ontario
|
May 7, 1934
|
Shot while trying to arrest Frank Temple
|
Constable Edward McMaster
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
April 24, 1935
|
Died in the hospital after an collision with his motorcycle and a van
|
Constable Edward Knox
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
May 10, 1935
|
Drowned after driving off of the sea wall while patrolling at night during heavy fog
|
Constable George E.J. Lewis
|
Sarnia Police
|
Sarnia, Ontario
|
May 23, 1936
|
Shot and killed by armed robber Norman Ryan at a liquor store
|
Constable Orval E. Storey
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Owen Sound)
|
near Owen Sound, Ontario
|
July 25, 1936
|
Killed in a motorcycle collision
|
Sergeant Joseph Blocksidge
|
Lethbridge Police Service
|
near Fort Macleod, Alberta
|
August 27, 1933
|
Killed in a car crash
|
Constable Joseph Farrell
|
Lethbridge Police Service
|
near Fort Macleod, Alberta
|
August 27, 1933
|
Killed in a crash
|
Constable James Reid Mackie
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Lanoraie, Quebec
|
September 8, 1933
|
Mackie was shot five times by 28-year-old Paul Thouin while attempting to arrest him for breaking in to a rail car[17]
|
Constable Joseph Lafleur
|
Sûreté du Québec (Traffic Service)
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
October 9, 1933
|
Died in a patrol motorcycle accident
|
Constable Daniel Miller
|
RCMP
|
Newcastle, New Brunswick
|
October 14, 1934
|
Died in a car accident
|
Corporal Michael Moriarty
|
RCMP (Lethbridge)
|
near Rosebud, Alberta
|
April 25, 1935
|
Murdered by a farmer, who later died after being pinned by a police car
|
Constable William Wainwright
|
RCMP (Benito)
|
Benito, Manitoba
|
October 5, 1935
|
Killed by John Kalmakoff, Joseph Posnikoff, and Peter Woiken[34]
|
Constable John G. Shaw
|
RCMP (Swan River)
|
Benito, Manitoba
|
October 5, 1935
|
Killed by John Kalmakoff, Joseph Posnikoff, and Peter Woiken[34]
|
Constable George Campbell Harrison
|
RCMP (Banff)
|
Banff National Park East Gate, Alberta
|
October 8, 1935
|
Killed by John Kalmakoff, Joseph Posnikoff, and Peter Woiken[34]
|
Sergeant Thomas Sellar Wallace
|
RCMP (Banff)
|
Banff National Park East Gate, Alberta
|
October 8, 1935
|
Killed by John Kalmakoff, Joseph Posnikoff, and Peter Woiken[34]
|
Constable Bernard Juneau
|
Sûreté du Québec (Traffic service)
|
Sherbrooke, Quebec
|
September 17, 1936
|
Died in a patrol motorcycle accident
|
Constable George Henry Howard
|
Canadian Pacific Police Service
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
December 23, 1936
|
Hit by a train while searching for a package[17]
|
Constable Robert Mahlig
|
Canadian National Police Service
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
January 6, 1937
|
Cst. Mahlig was punched in the head, fracturing his skull and killing him, while escorting a loiterer out of Union Station
|
J. Léopold Châteauneuf
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
Quebec City, Quebec
|
January 24, 1937
|
Shot and killed by a criminal
|
Constable George Edward Horan
|
RCMP
|
Near Deseronto, Ontario
|
March 10, 1937
|
Hit by a service oil truck in his police car and killed. The driver was fined $6.00
|
Constable William George Boorman
|
RCMP
|
Port Harrison, Quebec
|
May 26, 1937
|
Accidentally shot
|
Sergeant Frederick Davidson
|
Sudbury Police
|
Sudbury, Ontario
|
July 20, 1937
|
Died in the hospital nine days after being shot six times by duo Victor Gray and Tom Ponomanenko after trying to question them about switching license plates. Gray was later shot and killed by police, and Pononmanenko was hanged in 1938.[35]
|
Constable Émile Perras
|
Sûreté du Québec
|
L'Assomption, Quebec
|
October 7, 1937
|
Died after being ran over by a criminal while on his patrol motorcycle
|
Constable David D. Beckett
|
Windsor Police Service
|
Windsor, Ontario
|
November 3, 1937
|
Died after being ran over by his police wagon when a vehicle that had run a red light ran into it
|
Constable Bartlett Smith
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Stamford Centre)
|
near St. David's, Ontario
|
December 22, 1937
|
Died in a motorcycle accident
|
Constable Robert D. Eddington
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Warren)
|
Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
|
January 21, 1938
|
Died in the hospital after being hit by a truck
|
Constable Donald C. Shervill
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Hamilton)
|
Hamilton, Ontario
|
February 13, 1938
|
Died from injuries received in a shooting seven days prior
|
Detective James Watson
|
Toronto Police Service
|
Toronto, Ontario
|
April 30, 1938
|
Died from injuries received in a car accident
|
Constable Elmer A. Shepard
|
Ontario Provincial Police (Kirkland Lake)
|
Between Matheson and Ramore
|
July 24, 1938
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Died in a car accident while on duty
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Detective Sergeant Thomas A. Whitelaw
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Toronto Police Service
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Toronto, Ontario
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November 17, 1938
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Died from complications relating to an injury received during a foot chase
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Constable Willis Edward Rhodeniser
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RCMP
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Carlyle, Saskatchewan
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August 26, 1939
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Killed while pursuing a murder suspect
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Constable Frederick R.T. Blucher
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Ontario Provincial Police (Port Credit)
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Port Credit, Ontario
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September 30, 1939
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Killed in a motorcycle accident
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Constable Norman Alfred Gleadow
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RCMP
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Esterhazy, Saskatchewan
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October 11, 1939
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Killed by 24-year-old Ernest Flook while trying to arrest him at his home for stealing multiple items from a store near Bredenbury. Flook then took Cst. Gleadow's police car and fled, later being cornered by an RCMP posse near Langenburg where he used Gleadow's revolver to kill himself[36]
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Sergeant Arthur Julian Barker
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RCMP
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Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
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March 16, 1940
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Shot and killed by his friend Victor Richard Greenlay, who was later diagnosed with Schizophrenia[37]
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Constable Frederick Gordon Frank Counsell
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RCMP (Lethbridge)
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Parkland, Alberta
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May 22, 1940
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Shot and killed by a man who was suspected in shooting his son.[38]
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Constable Harry G. Rapeer
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RCMP
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Regina, Saskatchewan
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May 23, 1940
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Died after being ran over by a wagon while trying to calm the horses down
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Constable Alfred J. Ferguson
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Ontario Provincial Police (Rockland)
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near Vankleek Hill, Ontario
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May 23, 1940
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Killed in a motorcycle accident
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Constable Gérard Bouchard
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Sûreté du Québec
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Rimouski, Quebec
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June 13, 1940
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Killed in a patrol motorcycle accident
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Constable Harold H. Dent
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Ontario Provincial Police (Rockland)
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Navan, Ontario
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June 20, 1940
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Shot and killed by Finnish transient John Miki
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Constable Donald L. Pickell
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Ontario Provincial Police (Mimico)
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Queen Elizabeth Way, Ontario
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July 2, 1940
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Died in a motorcycle accident
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Sub Inspector Gérard Bourgeault
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Sûreté du Québec
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Montreal, Quebec
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September 11, 1940
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Killed in a patrol motorcycle accident
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Constable Roland W.J. Allen
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Sûreté du Québec
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Montreal, Quebec
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December 1, 1940
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Killed in a car accident while on duty
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Constable Charles James Johnstone
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RCMP
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Atlantic Ocean
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May 1, 1941
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Killed when the British passenger ship SS Nerissa was torpedoed by a German U-boat
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Constable Wilf Cox
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Calgary Police Service
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Calgary, Alberta
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May 23, 1941
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Motorcycle accident[23]
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Special Constable Henry Clare Jarvis
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RCMP
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Iroquois, Ontario
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July 15, 1941
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Drowned in the Cornwall Canal while on duty
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Constable Ovila Roy
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Sûreté du Québec
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Lévis, Quebec
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September 20, 1941
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Died in a patrol motorcycle accident
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County Constable Harry Fordham
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Constable for Elgin County
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near Fingal, Ontario
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February 2, 1942
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Struck and killed by a speeding vehicle
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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RCMP
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Pasley Bay, N.W.T. (present-day Nunavut)
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February 13, 1942
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Died of a heart attack on board RCMPV St. Roch while it was stuck in ice
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Constable John W. Scott
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Toronto Police Service
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Toronto, Ontario
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August 12, 1942
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Killed in a traffic accident while on duty
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Constable John Moyes
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Peterborough Police
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Peterborough, Ontario
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September 2, 1942
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Died after being struck by a speeding vehicle
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Chief Thomas Espy
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Pembroke Police
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near Petawawa, Ontario
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September 16, 1943
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Killed in a collision with a military convoy that had their lights blacked out
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Constable Charles F. Hainer
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Toronto Police Service
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Toronto, Ontario
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September 18, 1943
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Killed in a motorcycle accident while on duty
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Acting Sergeant Denis Michael Hector Collins
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Canadian Forces Military Police
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Mont-Joli, Quebec
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December 19, 1943
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Accidentally walked into a bomber's propellor
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Constable George R. Vanderveer
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Sarnia Police
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Sarnia, Ontario
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March 22, 1944
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Died after being struck by a train while on his motorcycle pursuing a suspect
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Constable John Teeves
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Guelph Police Service
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Guelph, Ontario
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January 27, 1945
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Cst. Teeves died from injuries he received after being hit by a drunk driver while directing traffic
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Constable Robert W. Duncan
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Ontario Provincial Police (Bowmanville)
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near Port Hope, Ontario
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February 21, 1945
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Died after falling from a train in uncertain circumstances
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Patrolman Henry Raymond Craig
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Canadian Forces Military Police
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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July 18, 1945
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Died in an explosion at the Bedford Magazine
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Detective Thomas Stoneman
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Ottawa Police Service
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Ottawa, Ontario
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October 29, 1945
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Stoneman was killed by three youths while on attempting to locate a stolen vehicle. The vehicle had been used in theft of weapons from the Canadian War Museum. Stoneman and a fellow officer approached three youths who were suspected of having just broken into cars. One of the youths shot Detective Stoneman using a gun stolen from the museum.
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Constable Robert A. Wright
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Toronto Police Service
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Toronto, Ontario
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December 22, 1945
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Struck by a vehicle and killed while directing traffic
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Constable Charlemange Bouchard
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Sûreté du Québec
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Quebec City, Quebec
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July 24, 1946
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Killed in a patrol motorcycle accident involving another car
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Constable Wilfred James Cobble
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RCMP
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Lavoy, Alberta
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December 4, 1946
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Died after being struck by a truck while on duty
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Constable Charles Boyes
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Vancouver Police Department
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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February 26, 1947
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Killed during a bank robbery
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Constable Oliver Ledingham
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Vancouver Police Department
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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February 26, 1947
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Killed during a bank robbery
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Constable Francis A. Graham
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Windsor Police Service
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near Windsor, Ontario
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September 26, 1947
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Died in a car crash while on duty
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Constable Douglas Reynolds
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Chatham Police
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Chatham, Ontario
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December 30, 1947
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Struck his head on the concrete and died during an altercation with a person, who was later convicted of manslaughter
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Constable Merritt C. Gray
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Kingston Police Force
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Kingston, Ontario
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April 29, 1948
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Died in a motorcycle crash while on duty
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Constable George Yuile
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Ontario Provincial Police (Brampton)
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Brampton, Ontario
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June 11, 1948
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Died in a car crash while on duty
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Constable James Boyd Henderson
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RCMP (Kingston)
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Gananoque, Ontario
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August 7, 1948
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Drowned in the St. Lawrence River
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Constable Carl F. Wilson
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RCMP (Truro)
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Portapique, Nova Scotia
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September 9, 1948
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Struck by an automobile while directing traffic
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Constable Reginald G. Morden
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Ontario Provincial Police (Little Currents)
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near Little Currents, Ontario
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May 17, 1949
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Died in a car collision while on duty
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Constable Edward Terrell
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Sudbury Police
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Sudbury, Ontario
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June 18, 1949
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Shot through the heart and killed while approaching a house where a call for assistance was made
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Constable Gerry Dault
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Sudbury Police
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Sudbury, Ontario
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June 18, 1949
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Shot in the head and killed while leaving cover to move a crowd back during a standoff with Clarence Brosseau, after he had just killed Cst. Terrell
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