Arthur F.M. Brooke
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Staff Sergeant

Arthur F.M. Brooke

Undetermined
End of Watch September 26, 1903
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Staff Sergeant Brooke was a Mason. He joined the NWMP the same day as his brother, A.R. Brooke. He was promoted to corporal June 1, 1888, to sergeant July 14, 1890 and to staff sergeant January 1, 1893. Staff Sergeant Brooke was very well and favourably known throughout the district. He drowned on patrol when fording the Bow River on the Blackfoot Reserve, Northwest Territories. He had a wife Margaret, and two children Annie and Arthur. His wife never remarried and died in 1950. Staff Sergeant Arthur Frederick Montfort Brooke Inscription on grave marker Photo of Arthur Brooke

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Staff Sergeant F.M. Brooke served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Staff Sergeant F.M. Brooke.

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

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 26, 1903
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Staff Sergeant Arthur F.M. Brooke is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 73.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
236
of 333 officers
70.9% Undetermined
ON — Statewide
266
of 364 officers
73.1% Undetermined
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Arthur F.M. Brooke's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Arthur F.M. Brooke Compares

Age at Death
37
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 34.2 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur F.M. Brooke is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
30
Feb
17
Mar
23
Apr
27
May
30
Jun
35
Jul
32
Aug
30
Sep
24
Oct
32
Nov
23
Dec
31