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Cst. Laird was with the Saskatchewan Light Infantry in WWII. For his war service he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Italy Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, and the 1939-1945 War Medal. After the war he engaged with the RCMP. He served in Hamilton, ON, and several posts in Alberta. He died while on duty in a non-collision traffic accident on the Ranchville Road, near Medicine Hat, Alberta. Cst. Laird had a wife Ann and a son. He is buried in the Cemetery at Depot. Constable Roy Eldon Laird Constable Roy Eldon Laird Inscription on Grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Eldon Laird served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Eldon Laird.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Roy Eldon Laird 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. Roy Eldon Laird's cause is highlighted.
How Roy Eldon Laird Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Roy Eldon Laird is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Medicine Hat, AB.
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