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Staff Sergeant Bossange was born in France and came to Canada with his parents. He fought in the Riel Rebellion in 1885 and left the Force in 1886 and 1890. He was promoted to Corporal on June 1, 1887, to Sergeant on December 19, 1889 and Staff Sergeant on September 1, 1913. He had exemplary service. He was struck by lightning while on patrol at Spirit River, Alberta. The watch in his pocket was stopped at 5:40 and the metal of the watch was melted and the crystal was broken. The butt plate on his revolver and about one-half inch from the muzzle of the steel barrel had melted. In the 45 years of patrolling the prairies on horseback, he was the only member to be killed by lightning. Staff Sergeant Bossange was married to Mary Emma and had three girls and a boy. His son, Waldemar Leopold Robert Bossange , was killed in action in First World War. Staff Sergeant George Henry Leopold Bossange Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Staff Sergeant Henry Leopold Bossange served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Staff Sergeant Henry Leopold Bossange.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Staff Sergeant George Henry Leopold Bossange 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. George Henry Leopold Bossange's cause is highlighted.
How George Henry Leopold Bossange Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. George Henry Leopold Bossange is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Spirit River, AB.
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