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True and Fascinating Canadian History

Honouring the RCMP's Sesquicentennial: 1873 - 2023

Reconciliation & Peace

The RCMP National Grave Discovery Database is a unique, all-Canadian project which got its earliest roots about the time I retired in 2001. The database contains a huge, centralized photograph collection of many thousands of RCMP graves submitted by volunteers from many countries around the world. The precise location and condition of each grave is noted as well as its inspection date. The photograph collection also consists of thousands of obituaries going back to 1873, and the earliest days of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP).

In the database, 75,000 names are listed. The last name, initials and Regimental Number of every person who was ever a member of the NWMP, RNWMP or RCMP is provided as this information is a matter of public record. Personal details about the individual member are only filled in after the member is deceased. The website also contains an historic collection of stories and information about the RCMP.

Sources of Information
& Freedom of Information

No confidential or private information appears on this website. All database research on [www.rcmpgraves.com] comes from public sources including; The Quarterly, Google, the Internet, Archives Canada, grave markers, cemetery records, university libraries, newspapers, books and Canadian magazines. Sources of information are noted in the database.

Some people are under the impression that the RCMP is a secret society, but that is not the case. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that as a free and open democracy, Canadians have a right to know the names of its police officers, their salary, and postings as well as any internal discipline cases, or court cases which may have touched the member.

No personal information is provided in the database for any living member unless that member has made a specific request to have information made available, or unless an item about the RCMP member is found on the Internet, or if news is made available through public sources such as court cases. Every effort is made to ensure that nothing of a personal or embarassing nature will be mentioned in the database.

A Statistical Overview

Service to Canada : In Peace and in War

Honour Roll : Number of RCMP Members killed in the line of duty since 1873: 244

Number of NWMP called to the North West Rebellion (NWR): 1885 : 802

Number of NWMP called to South Africa War (SAW): 414

Number of NWMP & RNWMP called to WWI : 3345

Number of RNWMP whose names are etched on Canada's National Vimy Memorial: 31

Number of RNWMP whose names are etched on Belgium's (Menin Gate) Memorial: 50

Number of RCMP called to WWII : 1557

Number of RCMP killed while working under United Nation's flag : 2

Number of members in the RCMP Band officially established in 1938 and dissolved in 1994 : 294

Number of RCMP members since 1873 with last name of Jarvis : 28

Number of RCMP members since 1873 with last name of MacLeod : 98

Number of RCMP members since 1873 with last name of Steele : 33

Reconciliation & Peace
(R) A Community Member of the Alberta Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
and (L) RCMP Reg.#43457, Sergeant Barry Ledoux
Courtesy of Ric Hall. RCMP Veterans. Vancouver, BC

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