Henry Clare Jarvis
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Special Constable

Henry Clare Jarvis

Veteran → Undetermined
End of Watch July 15, 1941
Age 51
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Gender Male
Division O Division

Incident

S/Cst. Jarvis was a First World War veteran. He was hired during the Second World War as a Special Constable guardsman on the Cornwall-Williamsburg canal system on the St. Lawrence River. He drowned while on duty near Lock 25, Cornwall Canal, Iroquois, Ontario. S/Cst. Jarvis was a married man with two children. He is buried in Morrisburg, Ontario. Special Constable Henry Clare Jarvis Inscription on grave marker Special Constable Henry Clare Jarvis Click here to view in full screen In the Books of Remembrance

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Special Constable Clare Jarvis served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 15, 1941
Age 51
Gender Male
Division O Division

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Iroquois, ON

Military Service

Henry Clare Jarvis served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Special Constable Henry Clare Jarvis is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 73.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

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
266
of 364 officers
73.1% Undetermined
Nationwide
1
of 97,756 officers
0% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Henry Clare Jarvis's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Henry Clare Jarvis Compares

Age at Death
51
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 34.2 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Henry Clare Jarvis is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
30
Feb
17
Mar
23
Apr
27
May
30
Jun
35
Jul
32
Aug
30
Sep
24
Oct
32
Nov
23
Dec
31

Incident Location

Iroquois, ON.

Military Service

Henry Clare Jarvis served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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