Roll of Honor
Incident
S/Cst. Nicholson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Prior to joining the Force, S/Cst. Nicholson had served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the United States Navy aboard an aircraft carrier. When he engaged with the Force, he served as the Air West Relief Crew working out of Edmonton, Alberta. He then was transferred to Thompson Air Section in Manitoba and then to Ottawa Air Services Overhaul Section. S/Cst. Nicholson was a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer and was assisting with relief work for the Air Section. On the day of his death, he was a passenger in a plane piloted by Sgt. Mobley. The airplane had dropped off Emergency Response members for a bush-training exercise. Shortly after the airplane took off, it stalled and plunged into the lake. Special Constable Timothy James Nicholson Special Constable Timothy James Nicholson
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable James Nicholson served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable James Nicholson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Constable Timothy James Nicholson 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. Timothy James Nicholson's cause is highlighted.
How Timothy James Nicholson Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Timothy James Nicholson is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Halifax, NS.
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