Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery
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Sergeant

Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery

Undetermined
End of Watch August 10, 1890
Age 28
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Gender Male
Division Fort McLeod, Saskatoon & Prince Albert

Incident

Prior to joining the NWMP, Sergeant Montgomery was a school teacher. He was engaged at Fort Walsh and was a first class horseman. He died from injuries sustained when thrown off his horse while on parade at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was riding his favorite horse, one he had ridden the past six years. Sergeant Montgomery received the North West Canada Medal (1885). He is buried in St. Mary’s churchyard, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Sergeant Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery Sergeant Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery

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136 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Sergeant Ernest Garland Montgomery 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

Agency

Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 10, 1890
Age 28
Gender Male
Division Fort McLeod, Saskatoon & Prince Albert

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Fort Walsh, SK

Sergeant Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery 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. Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery'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 Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Albert Ernest Garland Montgomery is highlighted in Aug.

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

Fort Walsh, SK.