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Corporal

William Hay Talbot Lowry

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch May 3, 1885
Age 28
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Gender Male
Division F Division - Battleford & Cut Knife Hill, Saskatchewan
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Corporal Lowry engaged with the NWMP at Regina and was posted to Battleford, “E” Division. He was promoted to corporal February 18,1884. Corporal Lowry died from wounds received during the Battle of Cut Knife Hill, Northwest Territories. Corporal William Hay Talbot Lowry Inscription on grave marker

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141 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Corporal Hay Talbot Lowry 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 May 3, 1885
Age 28
Gender Male
Division F Division - Battleford & Cut Knife Hill, Saskatchewan

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

William 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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In 1885, 8 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 2nd heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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Who

William was 28. 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.

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May holds 8.8% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Sundays: 9.1%.

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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, William among them.

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Corporal William Hay Talbot Lowry

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch May 3, 1885

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