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Corporal

Ralph Bateman Sleigh

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
Citations & Honors
North West Canada Medal (1885)
Canada flag Ontario flag
End of Watch May 2, 1885
Age 26
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Gender Male
Division Fort MacLeod, Frog Lake, Fort Pitt & Cut Knife Hill
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Corporal Sleigh was born in England and was a farmer before joining the NWMP. He enlisted at Toronto and was engaged at Fort Walsh. He was killed in the fight representing Government forces at Cut Knife Hill, Northwest Territories. Corporal Sleigh was promoted to corporal on July 22, 1883. He was awarded the North West Canada Medal (1885) which is at the RCMP Museum in Regina. The Parade Square at Depot, “Sleigh Square”, was named after him.

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141 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Corporal Bateman Sleigh 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 2, 1885
Age 26
Gender Male
Division Fort MacLeod, Frog Lake, Fort Pitt & Cut Knife Hill
Born July 14, 1858

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Ralph 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 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

Ralph was 26. 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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When

May holds 8.8% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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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, Ralph among them.

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Corporal Ralph Bateman Sleigh

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch May 2, 1885

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