Roll of Honor
Incident
Contable Russell was originally from Scotland and was a law clerk for the Commercial Bank of Scotland. He drowned in an inland lake near Cape Fullerton, Hudson Bay. He is buried on Grub Island, Northwest Territories. Constable Joseph Russell Inscription on grave marker Constable Joseph Russell Click here to view in full screen In the Books of Remembrance
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Russell served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Russell.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Joseph Russell is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Russell's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Russell Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Russell is highlighted in Jul.
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