Roll of Honor
David Latimer Cowan
Incident
Constable Cowan was originally from Ottawa. He was killed at Fort Pitt, Northwest Territories, while on scouting duty. His North West Canada Medal (1885) and Clasp were donated to the RCMP Museum. Constable Cowan is buried in Frog Lake, Alberta.
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141 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Latimer Cowan 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Constable David Latimer Cowan is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. David Latimer Cowan's cause is highlighted.
How David Latimer Cowan Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. David Latimer Cowan is highlighted in Apr.
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