Arthur F.M. Brooke
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Staff Sergeant

Arthur F.M. Brooke

Undetermined
End of Watch September 26, 1903
Age 37
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Gender Male

Incident

Staff Sergeant Brooke was a Mason. He joined the NWMP the same day as his brother, A.R. Brooke. He was promoted to corporal June 1, 1888, to sergeant July 14, 1890 and to staff sergeant January 1, 1893. Staff Sergeant Brooke was very well and favourably known throughout the district. He drowned on patrol when fording the Bow River on the Blackfoot Reserve, Northwest Territories. He had a wife Margaret, and two children Annie and Arthur. His wife never remarried and died in 1950. Staff Sergeant Arthur Frederick Montfort Brooke Inscription on grave marker Photo of Arthur Brooke

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Staff Sergeant F.M. Brooke served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Staff Sergeant F.M. Brooke.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch September 26, 1903
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Staff Sergeant Arthur F.M. Brooke 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. Arthur F.M. Brooke'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 Arthur F.M. Brooke Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Arthur F.M. Brooke is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
21
Feb
16
Mar
20
Apr
23
May
26
Jun
29
Jul
23
Aug
24
Sep
17
Oct
22
Nov
15
Dec
24