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The proposal to erect a memorial to those Regular Members who died while performing their duties originated in the 1920s. In 1934, Commissioner Cortlandt Starnes requested that a Memorial Tablet (later known as the Cenotaph) be erected in memory of all Regular Members who were definitely killed while in the execution of their duties. This request was later expanded in 1935 to include an Honour Roll Book and Memorial Wall Plaque, on which would be inscribed the names of Regular Members who lost their lives through the hazards of service and by violent means. The Memorial Wall Plaques would be placed in the RCMP Chapel in Regina, Saskatchewan.

In 1962, the criteria for inclusion to the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaque and Honour Roll Book was amended to include those names of Regular Members who suffered loss of life in the performance of police duties or while taking action of a police nature.

In 1992, the criteria for inclusion was again amended to reflect inclusion for all Regular Members and Special Constables who lost their lives while acting in the line of duty. Additionally, a memorial service was to be held annually at “Depot” Division (Regina, Saskatchewan) to honour Regular Members whose names were inscribed on the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaques and Honour Roll Book.

In 2004, the criteria for inclusion was again amended to reflect inclusion for all Regular Members, Special Constables and Auxiliary Constables who lost their lives while acting in the line of duty.

The policy for inclusion to the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaque and Honour Roll Book has evolved many times since its original inception in 1934. As this policy evolved, many debates over the inclusion policy resulted which created inconsistencies in the inclusion of names. Following an exhaustive historical review of the program in 1993, a decision to accept these inconsistencies was accepted by Commissioner Norman D. Inkster.

Current policy directs that the names of Regular Members, Special Constables and Auxiliary Constables who lost their lives in response to an operational police duty, in which there was the element of life-threatening risk, be inscribed on the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaque and Honour Roll Book. This excludes the names of those whose death was self-inflicted or the result of natural causes.

A member who dies while on duty does not automatically qualify for inclusion on the Cenotaph, Memorial Wall Plaque and Honour Roll Book. A Regular Member, Special Constable or Auxiliary Constable who was off-duty but responding to a specific operational duty may be eligible.

Inscription

1
135
Sub. Cst. John Nash
October 18, 1873 – March 11, 1876
Accidentally killed while on duty near Fort MacLeod.

2
409
Sub. Cst. George Mahoney
May 3,1875 – June 19, 1877
Drowned when crossing the Red Deer River on patrol from Battleford to Fort Walsh, N.W.T.

3
335
Cst. Marmaduke Graburn
June 9, 1879 – November 17, 1879
Murdered by person or persons unknown, while on duty near Fort Walsh, N.W.T.

4
181
Cst. Claudius S. Hooley
June 15, 1875 – July 24, 1880
Drowned in the Belly River, while on patrol from Fort Walsh to Fort MacLeod, N.W.T.

5
957 (temp)
Cst. Adam Wahl
April 17, 1882 – May 25, 1882
Drowned while a new recruit in the Missouri River, USA, while en route with other recruits from Fort Toronto to Fort Walsh, N.W.T.

6
1003
Cst. Thomas James Gibson
March 11, 1884 – March 26, 1885
Killed in the skirmish at Duck Lake, N.W.T., when their party of Mounted Police & Prince Albert Volunteers was ambushed.

7
852
Cst. George Knox Garrett
July 4, 1882 – March 27, 1885
Died from wounds received during skirmish at Duck Lake, N.W.T.

8
1065
Cst. George Pearce Arnold
August 11, 1884 – March 27, 1885
Died from wounds received during skirmish at Duck Lake, N.W.T.

9
635
Cst. David Latimer Cowan
April 4, 1882 – April 15, 1885
Killed at Fort Pitt, N.W.T., while on scouting duty.

10
565
Cpl. Ralph Bateman Sleigh
June 7, 1881 – May 2, 1885
Killed in the fight representing Government forces at Cut Knife Hill, N.W.T.

11
402
Cst. Patrick Burke
May 1, 1875 – May 3, 1885
Died from wounds received during the fight at Cut Knife Hill, N.W.T.

12
907
Cpl. William Hay Talbot Lowry
June 7, 1883 – May 3, 1885
Died from wounds received during the fight at Cut Knife Hill, N.W.T.

13
973
Cst. Frank Orlando Elliott
November 17, 1883 – May 14, 1885
Killed near Battleford, N.W.T., while on scout patrol.

14
487
Sgt. Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery
September 22, 1880 – August 10, 1890
Died from injuries sustained when thrown off his horse, while on parade at Prince Albert – August 7 th , 1890.

15
2439
Cst. George Quiqueran Rene Saveuse DeBeaujeu
April 29, 1890 – September 8, 1890
Drowned in Lake Winnipeg when the Mounted Police boat capsized during a storm.

16
2162
Cpl. Harry Oliver Morphy
June 14 1888 – September 9, 1890
Drowned in Lake Winnipeg when the Mounted Police boat capsized during a storm.

17
2086
Cst. William Tyrrell Reading
April 10, 1888 – December 14, 1890
Died from injuries received at Calgary, when Supt. J.H. M c Illre’s horse, which he was exercising, fell on him.

18
913
Cst. James Herron
June 18, 1883 – March 2, 1891
Died during a blizzard near St. Mary’s River, while on patrol.

19
605
Sgt. Colin Campbell Colebrook
October 16, 1881 – October 29, 1895
Killed by an escaped prisoner, near Kinistino, N.W.T., while attempting to arrest him.

20
3100
Cst. Oscar Alexander Kern
September 10, 1894 – April 27 1896
Drowned when fording Short Creek near Estevan, N.W.T., while on patrol.

21
857
Sgt. William Brock Wilde
July 13, 1882 – November 10, 1896
Killed by a fugitive murderer, near Dry Forks, the Kootenai River, N.W.T., while attempting to arrest him.

22
3040
Cst. John Randolph Kerr
April 14, 1894 – May 28, 1897
Killed at Minichinas Hills near Duck Lake, N.W.T., while attempting to apprehend the murderer of Sgt. Colebrook.

23
3106
Cpl. Charles Horne Stirling Hockin
October 2, 1894 – May 29, 1897
Killed at Minichinas Hills near Duck Lake, N.W.T., while attempting to apprehend the murderer of Sgt. Colebrook.

24
2972
Cst. Norman Malcolm Campbell
November 21, 1893 – December 26, 1901
Drowned in the Stikine River, Alaska, while on patrol from Northern British Columbia.

25
3463
Cst. Spencer Gilbert Heathcote
January 1, 1900 – December 26, 1901
Drowned in the Stikine River, Alaska, while on patrol from Northern British Columbia.

26
not avail.
S/Cst. Stick Sam
September 28, 1899 – July 29, 1903
Drowned when fording Kaskawulsh River, Y.T., while on patrol from the Yukon’s Alsec River.

27
1102
S/Sgt. Arthur F.M. Brooke
October 21, 1884 – September 26 , 1903
Drowned when fording the Bow River on the Blackfoot Reserve, N.W.T., while on patrol.

28
4152
Cst. Joseph Russell
November 30, 1903 – July 5, 1905
Drowned in an inland lake near Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay.

29
4119
Cst. Thomas Robert Jackson
November 20, 1903 – June 8, 1906
Drowned when fording Six Mile Creek, while on patrol.

30
2836
Cpl. Alexander Gardner Haddock
October 24, 1892 – June 14, 1906
Drowned in the Yukon River, 5 miles north of Ogilvie, Y.T., while on patrol.

31
O.148
Assistant Surgeon Walter Stafford Flood
July 1, 1906 – November 29, 1906
Died from exposure, while on duty near Fort Churchill, Manitoba.

32
4584
Cst. George Ernest Willmett
May 9, 1907 – April 12, 1908
Murdered by a burglar, while on night patrol, in the town of Frank, Alberta.

33
3566
Sgt. Ralph Morton L. Donaldson
April 4, 1900 – August 14, 1908
Drowned when his Police boat was attacked by a herd of walruses, off Marble Island, Hudson Bay, N.W.T.

34
2127
S/Cst. Samuel Carter
April 28, 1888 – February 14, 1911
Died from starvation, exposure & exhaustion, while a member of the MacPherson Dawson patrol.

35
2218
Insp. Francis Joseph Fitzgerald
November 19, 1888 – February 14, 1911
Died from starvation, exposure & exhaustion, while a member of the MacPherson Dawson patrol.

36
4582
Cst. George Frances Kinney
May 3, 1907 – February 14, 1911
Died from starvation, exposure & exhaustion, while a member of the MacPherson Dawson patrol.

37
4346
Cst. Richard O’Hara Taylor
March 18, 1905 – February 14, 1911
Died from starvation, exposure & exhaustion, while a member of the MacPherson Dawson patrol.

38
4837
Cst. Francis Walter Davies
April 8, 1909 – June 3, 1912
Killed near Brooks, Alberta, while trying to arrest a person.

39
4968
Cpl. Maxwell George Bailey
November 20, 1909 – April 23, 1913
Killed at Grassy Lake, 40 miles west of Edmonton, while attempting to apprehend a person.

40
3617
Cst. Michael James Fitzgerald
April 3, 1900 – August 27, 1913
Drowned en route to a new posting near the Shushana Gold Fields, near the head of the White River, Y.T.

41
5548
Cst. Alexander Lamont
March 25, 1913 – February 16, 1918
Died at Herschel Island, Y.T., from typhoid fever, contracted while nursing an Arctic explorer.

42
979
S/Sgt. George Henry Leopold Bossange
December 3, 1883 – June 21, 1919
Killed by lightning at Spirit River, Alta., while on patrol.

43
6096
Cpl. Ernest Usher
September 14, 1914 – August 7, 1920
Killed while attempting to arrest train bandits, at Bellevue, Alberta

44
4995
Sgt. Arthur George Searle
January 14, 1910 – May 15, 1921
Drowned near Creston, B.C., while on patrol after whiskey runners, when a flooded stream washed the road away.

45
4396
Cpl. William Andrew Doak
June 2, 1905 – April 1, 1922
Shot while sleeping by a murderer, at Tree River, N.W.T.

46
9791
Cst. Ian M. Macdonald
June 11, 1921 – August 18, 1924
Drowned near the mouth of the Indian River, east of Herschel Island, Arctic Ocean, while on special duty.

47
9818
Cst. Leo Francis Cox
September 9, 1921 – June 28, 1925
Drowned near La Sarre, P.Q., while on patrol.

48
9951
Cst. Frederick Rhodes
August 10, 1923 – December 6, 1926
Died from injuries received, when the police detachment at Rae, N.W.T., burned to the ground.

49
5611
Sgt. Richard Henry Nicholson
June 17, 1913 – December 31, 1928
Killed while conducting a search for an illicit still, near Molson, Man.

50
10399
Cst. Donald Ross Macdonell
March 9, 1928 – April 19, 1931
Drowned near the mouth of Fourteen River, Hudson Bay, while on patrol with S/Cst. Massan.

51
9669
Cst. Edgar Millen
November 22, 1920 – January 30, 1932
Killed near Rat River, N.W.T., while attempting to apprehend a person.

52
6177
Cpl. Leonard Victor Ralls
September 9, 1914 – July 5, 1932
Killed by escaping thieves, whom he was trying to intercept, near Foam Lake, Sask.

53
7688
Cpl. John Lorne Halliday
May 16, 1919 – October 14, 1932
Died from an accidental, self-inflicted wound in the chest, while stationed at Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

54
O.281
Insp. Lorne James Sampson
September 14, 1914 – May 8, 1933
Killed as a result of injuries received in a fall from his horse, while on duty endeavoring to suppress a riot, at Saskatoon, Sask.

55
6352
Cpl. Michael Moriarty
October 20, 1914 – April 26, 1935
Murdered by a farmer, at Rosebud District, Alberta, while attempting to effect the service of a summons.

56
11582
Cst. John George Shaw
April 1, 1932 – October 5, 1935
Murdered near Benito, Man., by three robber suspects, while transferring them to Pelly, Sask.

57
10946
Cst. George Campbell Harrison
July 3, 1931 – October 8, 1935
Killed near the Eastern Gate of Banff National Park, while attempting to apprehend three young robber suspects, murderers of Cst. Shaw.

58
11326
Sgt. Thomas Sellar Wallace
April 1, 1932 – October 8, 1935
Killed at the Eastern Gate of Banff National Park, while attempting to apprehend three young robber suspects, murderers of Cst. Shaw.

59
11150
Cst. Daniel Miller
November 5, 1931 – October 14, 1935
Died of injuries sustained in a motor car accident, when on duty with Sgt. Lucas F., near Newcastle, N.B.

60
11818
Cst. George Edward Horan
November 16, 1932 – March 10, 1937
Killed in an automobile accident, near Belleville, Ontario.

61
12093
Cst. William George Boorman
November 15, 1933 – May 26, 1937
Accidentally shot, while hunting seal in the vicinity of Elsie Island, about forty five miles north east of Port Harrison, Hudson Bay.

62
12690
Cst. Willis Edward Rhodeniser
July 2, 1935 – August 26,1939
Shot and killed near Carlyle, Sask., while leading a posse in search of a person wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of his wife and her parents.

63
11046
Cst. Norman Alfred Gleadow
October 1, 1931 – October 11, 1939
Murdered by a person at Esterhazy, Sask., while on duty.

64
7606
Sgt. Arthur Julian Barker
April 10, 1919 – March 16, 1940
Shot and killed in the Grand Hotel at Shaunavon, Sask.

65
11298
Cst. Frederick Gordon Frank Counsell
March 21, 1932 – May 22, 1940
Shot and killed at Parkland, Alberta, by a man who was wanted for the shooting of his son.

66
10655
Cst. Harry G. Rapeer
July 24, 1929 – May 23, 1940
Accidentally killed, while endeavouring to stop a runaway team of horses, at Regina, Sask.

67
12223
Eng. 3rd Class Daniel Everett Gillis
August 1, 1932 – March 26, 1941
Died from exsposure, when H.M.C.S. “Otter” caught fire and foundered, off Halifax, N.S.

68
10063
Cst. Charles James Johnstone
January 30, 1924 – May 1, 1941
Lost at sea, as a result of an attack, from an enemy U-boat, while serving the R.C.M.P. Provost Company.

69
10982
Sgt. Louis Romeo Dubuc
August 19, 1931 – September 27, 1941
Killed in action, while flying an R.C.A.F. bomber to England from Ireland.

70
11003
Cst. Charles Floyd Patterson
August 27, 1931 – November 25, 1941
Accidentally killed, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Company, overseas.

71
12168
1st Officer Patrick Reginald Fairburn Milthorp
April 21, 1933 – February 10 1942
Killed when H.M.C.S. “Spikenard”, was sunk by enemy action.

72
12572
Cst. Peter Seddon Oliver
June 22, 1935 – August 19, 1942
Killed in action at Dieppe, France, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Company.

73
12130
Master John Willard Bonner
April 1, 1932 – September 11, 1942
Killed during the month of Sept. 1942, when H.M.C.S. “Charlottetown”, was sunk by enemy action.

74
13205
Cst. James
Harvard Delamere Bedlington
November 1, 1938 – April 30, 1943
Accidentally killed in a motorcycle accident in England, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Company.

75
O.298
Surgeon Maurice Powers, B.A., M.D., C.M.
January 1, 1937 – October 20, 1943
Accidentally killed in an airplane accident, while in the performance of duty, near Red Pheasant, Sask.

76
13064
Cst. Terence Graham Newcomen Watts
July 1, 1937 – December 28, 1943
Killed by shell fire, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Company, in Italy.

77
12856
Cst. Edison Alexander Cameron
April 16, 1937 – December 28, 1943
Killed in action, while serving with N o 1 Provost Company R.C.M.P., in Italy.

78
13157
Cst. David Charles Gardner Moon
July 5, 1937 – December 28, 1943
Died as a result of shell fire wounds received in action, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Co., in Italy.

79
12965
Cst. Gordon Evan Bondurant
July 1, 1937 – January 8, 1944
Died as a result of wounds from bomb fragments received in action, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Co., in Italy.

80
13678
Cst. Kenneth Laurence d’Albenas
September 6, 1940 – May 15, 1944
Killed when the jeep he was riding in was destroyed by a Teller mine, while serving with R.C.M.P. Provost Co., in Italy.

81
20307
3/Cst. John Terrence Hoey
January 6, 1958 – November 7, 1958
Shot and killed at Botwood, Newfoundland, while investigating a complaint.

82
12398
Cst. John Francis Joseph Nelson
June 19, 1934 – May 22, 1944
Killed in action, while serving the R.C.M.P. Provost Co., in Italy.

83
12108
Cst. Donald Gilbert Stackhouse
January 8, 1934 – May 31, 1944
Killed when his motorcycle hit a Teller mine, while serving with the R.C.M.P. Provost Co., in Italy.

84
12983
Cst. Wilfred James Cobble
July 1, 1937 – December 4, 1946
Died of injuries received, when struck by a truck on the highway, at Lavoy, Alta., while on duty.

85
11645
Cst. Carl Frizzle Wilson
April 1, 1932 – September 9, 1948
Died of injuries received, when struck by an automobile, while directing traffic at the scene of a highway accident, near Portaupique, N.S.

86
5816
Cst. Alexander Gamman
June 1, 1914 – May 26, 1950
Died of wounds received, attempting to apprehend an armed bank robber, in Montreal, Que.

87
14819
Cst. Joseph Kasimir Sander
February 8, 1947 – July 9, 1954
Drowned in the Red Deer River, near Swan River, Man., while on patrol.

88
16141
Cst. Ronald Charles Bloomfield
June 9, 1950 – July 9, 1954
Drowned in the Red Deer River, near Swan River, Man., while on patrol.

89
18050
Cst. William Lawrence Melsom
January 6, 1953 – February 8, 1956
Accidentally killed in a traffic accident at Port Alberni, B.C., while responding to an emergency call for police assistance.

90
O.385
Insp. David James McCombe
May 23, 1927 – December 12, 1955
Died from exposure while on patrol near Cutknife, Sask.

91
17298
Cst. John Roland Cobley
October 12 1951 – January 5, 1957
Died of injuries received when struck by an automobile on the highway, near Salmon Arm, B.C., while on duty.

92
14588
Cpl. Herbert Milton Smart
June 8, 1943 – June 7, 1958
Accidentally drowned in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario, while on patrol.

93
19469
2/Cst. Maurice Melnychuk
June 4, 1956 – June 7, 1958
Accidentally drowned in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario, while on patrol.

94
19478
2/Cst. Glen Frederick Farough
June 11, 1956 – June 7, 1958
Accidentally drowned in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario, while on patrol.

95
19879
2/Cst. David Melvyn Perry
April 5, 1957 – June 7, 1958
Accidentally drowned in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario, while on patrol.

96
19915
2/Cst. George Herbert Edward Ransom
April 15, 1957 – June 7, 1958
Accidentally drowned in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario, while on patrol.

97
10880
S/Sgt. Stanley Samuel Rothwell
November 22, 1930 – August 6, 1958
Killed in an airplane accident, while in the performance of duty, along the East Shore of Skaha Lake, B.C.

98
14740
Cst. Richard William Green
August 6, 1946 – August 6, 1958
Killed in an airplane accident, while in the performance of duty, along the East Shore of Skaha Lake, B.C.

99
10410
S/Cst. Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier
October 24, 1949 – August 6, 1958
Killed in an airplane accident, while in the performance of duty, along the East Shore of Skaha Lake, B.C.

100
19731
Cst. Colin Eric Lelliott
January 3, 1957 – January 12, 1960
Shot and killed at Cambridge Bay, N.W.T., while attempting to arrest an escaped person.

101
20366
Cst. Ronald Arthur Ekstrom
March 20, 1958 – April 22, 1961
Accidentally killed in a non-collision traffic accident, while in the performance of duty, near Lytton, B.C.

102
S/4218
S/Cst. Henry Clare Jarvis
July 19, 1940 – July 15, 1941
Drowned near Lock 25, Cornwall Canal, Iroquois, Ontario, while on duty.

103
S/3185
S/Cst. Joseph Henry Kent
November 1, 1939 – November 5, 1941
Died of injuries received when struck by an automobile on the Welland Ship Canal Bridge, St. Catharines, Ont., while proceeding off duty.

104
10155
Cst. Albert Joseph Chartrand
January 22, 1926 – February 13, 1942
Died of a heart attack on duty aboard the R.C.M.P. Schooner St. Roch which was frozen in at Pasley Bay, N.W.T.

105
11371
Cpl. Laurance Percival Ryder
April 1, 1932 – January 20, 1943
Died of pneumonia after a cerebral hemorrhage at Fisher Memorial Hospital, Woodstock, N.B., possible caused from injuries sustained on duty.

106
14890
2/Cst. James Boyd Henderson
May 1, 1947 – August 7, 1948
Drowned in the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque & Kingston, Ont., while on duty.

107
14757
Cst. Herschel Taylor Wood
October 9, 1946 – July 16, 1950
Died of injuries received in a police car accident near Glacier Park, Montana, U.S.A., while on duty.

108
16810
Cst. Stephen Kasper
January 24, 1951 11 – May 1953
Killed in an airplane accident, in Prince Rupert Harbour, B.C., while on duty.

109
15802
Cst. Douglas Earl Ferguson
June 8, 1949 – September 17, 1954
Died of carbon monoxide poisoning aboard the KINGALIK , near Cape Alexander, N.W.T., while on duty.

110
14694
Cst. Roy Eldon Laird
April 16, 1946 – August 26, 1955
Killed in a non-collision traffic accident on the Ranchville Road, near Medicine Hat, Alta., while on duty.

111
15303
Cst. Charles William Reay
May 15, 1947 – October 6, 1955
Drowned in the Churchill River, at Island Falls, Sask., while on duty.

112
18656
2/Cst. Henry Charles Allington Chandler
July 23, 1954 – June 15, 1956
Died of injuries received in a traffic accident, at Millview, Halifax County, N.S., while on duty.

113
18165
Cst. Carl Lennart Sundell
April 20, 1953 – July 14, 1958
Accidentally shot at Herschel Island, Y.T., while on duty.

114
20958
Cst. Wayne Sinclair
April 24, 1959 – September 17, 1961
Died of severe internal injuries received in a non-collision traffic accident on Highway No 6, near Regina, Sask., while on duty.

115
18200
Cst. Joseph Thor Thompson
May 11, 1953 – December 18, 1961
Died at Selkirk, Man., of injuries received, while on duty on Sept. 26, 1957, when Police Transport was struck by wheels of a landing aircraft near Lethbridge Airport, Alberta.

116
19233
Cst. Elwood Joseph Keck
January 17, 1956 – June 18, 1962
Shot and killed near Kamloops, B.C., while investigating a complaint.

117
20215
Cst. Donald George Weisgerber
October 16, 1957 – June 18, 1962
Shot and killed near Kamloops, B.C., while investigating a complaint..

118
20865
Cst. Gordon Eric Pedersen
February 24, 1959 – June 18, 1962
Shot and killed near Kamloops, B.C., while investigating a complaint.

119
21512
Cst. Archille Octave Maxime Lepine
July 15, 1960 – July 19, 1962
Died of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident, on the Trans Canada Hwy., near Cloverdale, B.C., while on duty.

120
17334
Cst. James Walter Foreman
October 31, 1951 – April 24, 1963
Died of injuries sustained, when accidentally struck by an automobile on the shoulder of the highway, near Sangudo, Alberta, while helping a motorist in trouble.

121
17368
Sgt. Kenneth Morley Laughland
November 15, 1951 – July 13, 1963
Killed in an R.C.M.P. aircraft, which crashed when attempting to land at Carmacks, Y.T.

122
19626
Cpl. Robert William Asbil
August 8, 1956 – July 13, 1963
Killed in an R.C.M.P. aircraft, which crashed when attempting to land at Carmacks, Y.T.

123
18570
Cst. Proctor Laurence Anthony Malcolm
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Français

La proposition d’ériger un monument commémoratif à l’intention des membres des forces régulières qui perdirent la vie dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions remonte aux années 1920. En 1934, le commissaire Cortlandt Starnes demanda l’érection d’une plaque commémorative (qui par la suite sera connue sous le nom de Cénotaphe) à la mémoire de tous les membres des forces régulières ayant en effet perdu la vie dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. Cette proposition fut, par la suite, élargie de façon à inclure le Livre du Souvenir ainsi que les Plaques murales commémoratives, où seraient inscrits les noms des membres des forces régulières qui auraient perdu la vie par suite des risques du service ou dans des circonstances violentes. Les Plaques murales commémoratives furent placées dans la chapelle de la GRC à Regina, au Saskatchewan.

En 1962, les critères d’inclusion relatifs à la commémoration sur le cénotaphe, les Plaques murales commémoratives et le Livre du Souvenir furent modifiés pour inclure le nom des membres des forces régulières qui périrent dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions policières ou lors d’une intervention de nature policière.

En 1992, les critères furent de nouveau modifiés pour inclure à la fois les membres des forces régulières et les gendarmes spéciaux ayant perdu la vie dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. De plus, il fut déterminé que le service commémoratif annuel aurait lieu le deuxième dimanche du mois de septembre à la Division « Dépôt » (Regina) pour rendre hommage aux membres des forces régulières dont le nom figure sur le cénotaphe, les Plaques murales commémoratives et le Livre du souvenir.

En 2004, les critères furent révisés à nouveau de façon à inclure à la fois le nom des membres des forces régulières, des gendarmes spéciaux et des gendarmes auxiliaires qui périrent dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions.

La politique régissant l’inclusion d’inscriptions sur le cénotaphe, les Plaques murales commémoratives et le Livre du Souvenir a beaucoup évolué depuis son établissement en 1934. Ce faisant, l’interprétation de cette politique fit l’objet de nombreux débats et donna lieu à certaines incohérences quant aux noms devant y être inscrits. En 1993, à la suite d’un examen historique approfondi du programme, le commissaire Norman D. Inkster approuva la décision d’accepter les incohérences issues d’interprétations divergentes.

La politique actuelle prévoit que les noms pouvant être inscrits au Cénotaphe, aux Plaques murales commémoratives et dans le Livre du Souvenir sont ceux des membres des forces régulières, des gendarmes spéciaux et gendarmes auxiliaires ayant perdu la vie dans le cadre d’une tâche policière opérationnelle qui présentait des risques pour la vie. Cette disposition exclut le nom de ceux qui se sont infligé la mort, ou dont la mort résulte de causes naturelles.

Le nom d’un membre qui perd la vie dans l’exercice de ses fonctions n’est pas admissible d’emblée à une inscription au Cénotaphe, aux Plaques murales commémoratives ou dans le Livre du Souvenir. Par ailleurs, le nom d’un membre des forces régulières, d’un gendarme spécial ou d’un gendarme auxiliaire ayant participé à une intervention opérationnelle donnée alors qu’il n’était pas en service pourrait y être inscrit.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.