RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

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), who served  in “E” Division for 20 years, has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out […]

Vancouver Division sends out a BIG THANK YOU to Reg # 55501, John Fraser, AKA “Johnny Foxtrot”! Displayed in the Vancouver Division Veterans’ Office at Surrey Detachment is a collection of RCMP Quarterlies from 1933 to present.  Only the years 1950, 1951 and 1952 were missing. Just this past week, I have been in contact […]

NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE / Memoir of a Doctor’s Wife by Henrietta E. Haultain / edited by Donald J. Klancher I have felt an urge to make a record of life on the plains as I knew it, with my pen and my photographs, for the memory of it should not vanish with the passing of […]

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), who served  in “E” Division for 20 years, has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out […]

RCMP Veterans’ Association, Vancouver Division Notice of Upcoming General Meeting October 17, 2019 Hazelmere Golf and Country Club, 18150 8 Avenue, Surrey, B.C. Doors Open at 11:30 AM “Blamed and Broken – The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski” By Curt Petrovich Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to read the book “Blamed […]

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), who served  in “E” Division for 20 years, has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out […]

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), who served  in “E” Division for 20 years, has spent over ten years researching and summarizing these achievements by specific date. Nearly every day, Larry sends out […]

This information is being provided to all Association Members 2 oz 2020 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Silver Coin Royal Canadian Mounted Police Silver Coin Dear Association Members,For those coin collectors amongst us, Phil Graham of Red Deer Division has come across an interesting item currently being offered for sale by the company SilverGoldBull.  It consists […]

Dedication of a Stone of Remembrance  – Inspector Montague Henry White-Fraser, O.50A Part II The following information was brought to my attention in October 2017 by Linda Shephard, who is a member of the Historical Society of the District of Kent (Agassiz) which has taken on the task of conserving the “Old Agassiz Cemetery” as part of the community’s 150th celebrations in […]

Members of the Vancouver Division of the RCMPVA participated in the “E” Divison Change of Command Ceremonies on June 6, 2019 at the Agriplex in Surrey.  For most, it had been a few years since the last drill class, but a morning of practice with the serving members, brought us back to form (well, sort […]