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Constable

Claudius S. Hooley

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
Canada flag Ontario flag
End of Watch July 24, 1880
The Vigil Panel 19 · Column 3 · Line 3 ›
Gender Male
Division F Division
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Constable Hooley was known by his friends as “Bill”. He was a teamster, driving a four-horse rig, and traveling with esteemed members of the NWMP at the time of his death. Constable Hooley had just signed on for a 2nd five year term with the NWMP and was thought to be in his early thirties. He drowned in the Belly River while on patrol from Fort Walsh to Fort MacLeod, Northwest Territories. His body was found one month after his death. Constable Hooley is buried in Union Cemetery at Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Constable Claudius Shaw Hooley Inscription on grave marker Constable Claudius Shaw Hooley

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146 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable S. Hooley served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— 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 July 24, 1880
Gender Male
Division F Division

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Claudius 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 1880, 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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July holds 10.1% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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

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

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Constable Claudius S. Hooley

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch July 24, 1880

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