Ernest Usher
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Corporal

Ernest Usher

Undetermined
End of Watch August 7, 1920
Age 26
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Gender Male
Division K Division - Alberta

Incident

Corporal Usher was originally from England. He died while attempting to arrest train bandits at Bellevue, Alberta. Corporal Usher is buried in Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Corporal Ernest Usher Inscription on grave marker

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

— 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 August 7, 1920
Age 26
Gender Male
Division K Division - Alberta
Born Ormaskirk, England

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Bellevue, AB

Corporal Ernest Usher 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. Ernest Usher's cause is highlighted.

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

How Ernest Usher Compares

Age at Death
26
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 34.2 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

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

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

Bellevue, AB.