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William Iraneus Seward
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Constable

William Iraneus Seward

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch February 15, 1978
Age 22
The Vigil Panel 216 ›
Gender Male
Division O Division, Toronto Pearson Airport
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Cst. Seward was born in New Waterford, Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Drug Section in Toronto. As a result of a drug investigation, threats had been made against his life. Cst. Seward was driving to the airport when he collided with another vehicle. He was married Joanna and they had a son. He is buried in Sydney Forks, NS. Constable William Iraneus Seward Constable William Iraneus Seward Inscription on Grave marker

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Iraneus Seward served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Iraneus Seward.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 15, 1978
Age 22
Gender Male
Division O Division, Toronto Pearson Airport
Born June 26, 1955

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Sydney Forks, NS

Constable William Iraneus Seward 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.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
236
of 333 officers
70.9% Undetermined
ON — Statewide
236
of 334 officers
70.7% Undetermined
Nationwide
260
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Iraneus Seward's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How William Iraneus Seward Compares

Age at End of Watch
22
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. William Iraneus Seward is highlighted in Feb.

Jan
21
Feb
16
Mar
20
Apr
23
May
26
Jun
29
Jul
23
Aug
24
Sep
17
Oct
22
Nov
15
Dec
24

Incident Location

Sydney Forks, NS.