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Constable

Francis Walter Davies

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch June 3, 1912
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Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Constable Davies was born in Hampstead, England and came to Canada before he was 15 years old. He joined the RNWMP at the age of 20. In February 1912, he became one of the founding members of the Oddfellows Lodge in Cochrane, Alberta. Constable Davies was killed while trying to make an arrest near Brooks, Alberta. He is buried in Union Cemetery in Calgary, Alberta. Constable Francis Walter Davies Inscription on grave marker

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Walter Davies served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Walter Davies.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 3, 1912
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Cochrane, AB

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Francis is one of 308 officers lost to causes not yet determined in Canada, 77.2% of the 399 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1912, 1 officer in Canada was lost to causes not yet determined, the 73rd heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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When

June holds 11% of these deaths in Canada, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.3%.

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Undetermined deaths account for 77.2% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Francis among them.

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Where

Cochrane, AB

Constable Francis Walter Davies

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch June 3, 1912

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