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Incident
Cst. Melsom was born in Ontario. He was responding to a call for assistance when he died in a traffic accident at Port Alberni, British Columbia. Cst. Melsom is buried in the Anglican Cemetery of his hometown of Woodstock, Ontario. Constable William Lawrence Melsom Constable William Lawrence Melsom Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Lawrence Melsom served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Lawrence Melsom.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable William Lawrence Melsom 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. William Lawrence Melsom's cause is highlighted.
How William Lawrence Melsom Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. William Lawrence Melsom is highlighted in Feb.
Incident Location
Woodstock, ON.
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