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|title=Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and Notices | |title=Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and Notices | ||
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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
A collection of Royal Canadian Mounted Police death records found in Royal Canadian Mounted Police publications, including an index to some of the obituaries. | A collection of Royal Canadian Mounted Police death records found in Royal Canadian Mounted Police publications, including an index to some of the obituaries. | ||
This record is a memorial to those Royal Canadian Mounted Police who died while in service. Secondly, it is a record of publications sent to living officers to inform them of the deaths of fellow officers. | |||
The index was created by a retired officer, Norman G. Wilson, who wished to make the obituaries more accessible to family members and researchers. | |||
=== Record Reliability === | |||
These publications and the accompanying index only include the records of those officers whose deaths were reported to the publications. | |||
For a list of record categories currently published in this collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1425003/waypoints Browse] link from the collection landing page. | For a list of record categories currently published in this collection, select the [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1425003/waypoints Browse] link from the collection landing page. | ||
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=== Record Content === | === Record Content === | ||
[[Image:Royal Canadian Mounted Police DGS 4223061 86.jpg|thumb|right | [[Image:Royal Canadian Mounted Police DGS 4223061 86.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
:*'''1876–1971 '''Deaths of Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed while on duty, taken from S.W. Horrell's <u>The Pictoral History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police</u> (Toronto, Ontario: McGraw–Hill Ryerson, 1973). | :*'''1876–1971 '''Deaths of Royal Canadian Mounted Police killed while on duty, taken from S.W. Horrell's <u>The Pictoral History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police</u> (Toronto, Ontario: McGraw–Hill Ryerson, 1973). | ||
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*HON = Honorary | *HON = Honorary | ||
== Related Websites == | == Related Websites == | ||