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2/Cst. Ransom was awarded the Royal Life Saving Society for swimming and lifesaving ability. He accidentally drowned while on patrol in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario. At the time of his death 2/Cst. Ransom was posted to the Divisional Headquarters in Toronto. He was engaged to Elaine Williams and buried in Melville, Saskatchewan. Second Class Constable George Herbert Edward Ransom Second Class Constable George Herbert Edward Ransom Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable George Herbert Edward Ransom served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable George Herbert Edward Ransom.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable 2/Cst. George Herbert Edward Ransom 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. 2/Cst. George Herbert Edward Ransom's cause is highlighted.
How 2/Cst. George Herbert Edward Ransom Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. 2/Cst. George Herbert Edward Ransom is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Lake Simcoe, ON.
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