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Robert Charles Anderson
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Constable

Robert Charles Anderson

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch May 4, 1984
Age 37
The Vigil Panel 283 · Column 4 · Line 12 ›
Gender Male
Division E Division, Kamloops City Detachment
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Cst. Anderson was born in Taber, Alberta. He served in several detachments in British Columbia and had also been in the Vancouver Drug Section. Cst. Anderson was assisting a call for service of pursuing armed robbers. His car was hit from behind resulting in a violent collision. Cst. Anderson was married to Andrea and they had a son, Chad, and a daughter, Julie. He is buried in Memorial Gardens in Vernon, BC. Constable Robert Charles Anderson Inscription on Grave marker Constable Robert Charles Anderson Constable Robert Charles Anderson

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

— 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 May 4, 1984
Age 37
Gender Male
Division E Division, Kamloops City Detachment
Born July 26, 1946

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Vernon, BC

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Robert 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 1984, 3 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 38th heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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Who

Robert was 37. Of the 284 lost to causes not yet determined in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 41; the middle age was 32.

Age at death
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When

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Fridays: 20.5%.

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How

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, Robert among them.

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Where

Vernon, BC

Constable Robert Charles Anderson

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch May 4, 1984

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