Francis Walter Davies
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Constable

Francis Walter Davies

Undetermined
End of Watch June 3, 1912
The Vigil Panel 216 ›
Gender Male

Incident

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch June 3, 1912
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Cochrane, AB

Constable Francis Walter Davies 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. Francis Walter Davies's cause is highlighted.

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

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.

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

Incident Location

Cochrane, AB.