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Constable Davies was born in Hampstead, England and came to Canada before he was 15 years old. He joined the RNWMP at the age of 20. In February 1912, he became one of the founding members of the Oddfellows Lodge in Cochrane, Alberta. Constable Davies was killed while trying to make an arrest near Brooks, Alberta. He is buried in Union Cemetery in Calgary, Alberta. Constable Francis Walter Davies Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Walter Davies served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Walter Davies.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Francis Walter Davies 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. Francis Walter Davies's cause is highlighted.
How Francis Walter Davies Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Francis Walter Davies is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Cochrane, AB.
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