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Corporal Hockin was originally from England and was previously a Captain with the Imperial Service (44th Essex Regiment) before joining the NWMP. He was promoted to Corporal April 9, 1896. Corporal Hockin was killed while attempting to apprehend the murderer of Sergeant Colebrook at Minichinas Hills near Duck Lake, Northwest Territories. There is a street named after Corporal Hockin at Depot. Corporal Charles Horne Stirling Hockin Inscription on grave marker
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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Corporal Horne Stirling Hockin served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Corporal Charles Horne Stirling Hockin 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.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles Horne Stirling Hockin's cause is highlighted.
How Charles Horne Stirling Hockin Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Charles Horne Stirling Hockin is highlighted in May.
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