Roll of Honor
Incident
Constable Taylor, an Australian, was formerly a sailor and farmer. He died from starvation, exposure and exhaustion while a member of the MacPherson Dawson patrol. Constable Richard O’Hara Taylor Inscription on grave marker Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable O’Hara Taylor served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable O’Hara Taylor.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Richard O’Hara Taylor is one of 334 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 1% of all 32,585 officers honored here.
In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 72.1 percentage points above the national rate of 1%.
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. Richard O’Hara Taylor's cause is highlighted.
How Richard O’Hara Taylor Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Richard O’Hara Taylor is highlighted in Feb.
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