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Constable

Norman Alfred Gleadow

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Undetermined

End of Watch October 11, 1939

Age 30

The Vigil Panel 216 ›

Gender Male

Division F Division

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Cst. Gleadow received the RCMP Commissioner’s commendation “on devotion to duty” for disarming a violent man and defusing a dangerous situation. He was murdered at Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, while on duty. Cst. Gleadow and his wife Mabel had been married less than a year. Constable Norman Alfred Gleadow Inscription on grave marker

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Alfred Gleadow served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Alfred Gleadow.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Location ON

Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 11, 1939

Age 30

Gender Male

Division F Division

Born Regina, Saskatchewan

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Incident Location Esterhazy, SK

Constable Norman Alfred Gleadow 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. Norman Alfred Gleadow'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 Norman Alfred Gleadow Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

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Incident Location

Esterhazy, SK.

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