Birtle’s Veterans: North-West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Please feel free to contact us if you have any more information on any of these individuals.

For more information on our veterans, please refer to our history book, Passing It On, available at our library, or online at the University of Manitoba digital collections library.

You can also visit the RCMP Graves Database. Please note that the database doesn’t work for all browsers, so if it won’t open for you, try a different browser.

North-West Mounted Police

Allan, Ed

Service #968

Bierd, Harry Ernest

Bierd, Harry Ernest

#1765
Served May 14, 1886–May 22, 1895

Brandon, Sedgewick

Crerar, James

#05-401A
Served April 26, 1875–April 30, 1878

Daniels, Ben

Henderson, Cst Samuel

#134
Served June 8, 1876–June 30, 1879

Herchimer, Commissioner L.W.

Lawrence William Herchmer served as an Indian Agent, Militia Officer, and NWMP Commissioner. His biography is available as a pdf (680 KB).

McDougall, John

#290
Served April 30, 1874–April 30, 1880

McKinnon, A.

Ridout, R.L.

Seale, George

#105
Served 1877–May 5, 1880
Discharged at Fort Walsh with a land grant of 60 acres
The story of a stone house he built near Birtle in 1889 may be found on the Manitoba Historical Society’s website.

Redmond, Thomas James

#1004
Served March 11, 1884–October 10, 1888
Enlisted at Fort Osborn and discharged at Battleford. Engaged in the first battle at Duck Lake and helped escort Louis Riel to Regina for his trial.

Talbot, Sgt. John Henry

#986
Enlisted in Winnipeg for a five-year term.
December 27, 1883–December 26,1888.
Served at Prince Albert

Wilson, Dan

Winter, Presgrave

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bamford, Robert

Bamford, Robert

Barnes, Gerald, Cpl

Baskier, Don

Chisholm, Stan, Ass/Comm

Cochrane, L.W. Sgt.

Cochrane, L.W. Sgt.

Recruit Training in Regina, French Language Training in Ottawa.
Served in “J” Division, New Brunswick
February 1969–May 1998

Davidson, Jack, S/Sgt.

Hacking, Gordon

Hacking, Gordon

Haney, Tom

Hickman, S/Sgt. Barry

Hickman, Constable Harold

Hickman, Constable Harold

Served in Saskatchewan
1953–1956

Hickman, Chief Superintendent Lloyd

Hickman, Chief Superintendent Lloyd

Served in Saskatchewan,
Ottawa, and Alberta
1966–2002

MacBeth, Sgt. Stephen “Steve” Gilbert

MacBeth, Sgt. Stephen “Steve” Gilbert

Canada
1966–1986

Morgan, Len, Cst or Cpl

Moxham, Edgar, Sgt.

Moxham, Les, Cpl and brother

Pratt, S/Sgt. Frederick Brian

Pratt, S/Sgt. Frederick Brian

Canada
1952–1979

Stainer, Gordon

Stainer, Gordon

Webb, S/Sgt. Douglas M.

Webb, S/Sgt. Douglas M.

Served in Prince Rupert, Ottawa, Edmonton, and Regina
January 1951–July 1981

Wilson, Deputy Commission Don