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== How to Use the Record == | == How to Use the Record == | ||
''Scarlet and Gold'' and the ''Pictoral History of of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ''are lists of officers killed while in the line of duty. These lists are in chronological order. Some obituaries are included in these records. | |||
The obituary card index is alphabetical by surname. This index covers that ''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly'' beginning with Volume 1, July 1933. Not all deaths are covered by this publication. If the ''Quarterly'' was not advised of a death, no obituary was printed. | |||
Surnames in the index are followed by given name or initials and possibly nicknames. The second column holds the regimental number for the individual. Regimental numbers may be preceded by the folllowing letters: | |||
*O=Officer Number | |||
*R=Reserve Constable | |||
*S=Special Constable | |||
*M=Marine Member | |||
*C=Civilian Member | |||
The third column lists the rank of the officer when he or she took their dishcharge, or when then died in service. | |||
The final two columns indicate the Volume and Issue number of the ''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly ''where an obituary was printed. Use these numbers to access the digital images found within this collection. | |||
The following abbreviations may be found on an index card: | |||
CST = Constable<br>CPL = Corporal<br>SGT = Sergeant<br>S/SGT = Staff Sergeant<br>S/M = Sergeant Major<br>INSP = Inspector<br>C/S/M = Corps Sergeant Major<br>SPL = Special<br>S/S/M = Staff Sergeant Major<br>SUPT = Superintendent<br>VET = Veterinarian<br>ASST = Assistant<br>COMM'R = Commissioner<br>C/M = Civilian Member<br>R/ = Reserve<br>M/ = Marine<br>HON = Honorary<br> | |||
== Record History == | == Record History == | ||