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BRITISH COLUMBIA

DIVISION

TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION

APRIL, 1954

More Than 500 Years’ Service
QU ee ees

VETERAN MOUNTIES HONORED

ETERAN members of the
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, with a total of more
than 500 years’ service with the force,
were honored at a special ceremony
in Victoria when Attorney-General
Robert Bonner presented them with
long service and coronation medals.

Red-coated members of the force
stood in trim array in the flag-
bedecked main office of RCMP head-
quarters along with special constables
and former members of the force in
civilian dress.

The ceremony was carried out with
clock-like precision. As his name was
announced in turn by Assistant Com-
missioner C. E. Rivett-Carnac, each
of the 27 award winners stepped
smartly to the front of the room,
saluted, shook hands with the
attorney-general and returned to his
place after Mr. Bonner had pinned
the medals on the scarlet tunics.

Recipients of long service medals
each have completed at least 20 years’
service with the force. Many of the
award winners received both the
long service medals and the corona-
tion medals.

Mr. Bonner, in a short address,
declared the medals served as recog-
nition for service of outstanding
quality for a period of 20 years.

The excellence of the service of the
force. said the attorney-general, is
well understood by the people of the
West in general and the people of
B.C. in particular.

Mr. Bonner gave special com-
mendation to the RCMP for its
service to the people of B.C.

Canada, he said, is very properly
typified to the people of North
America by the RCMP and rightly so
because Canada’s history is very
largely the history of the force.

Medals were awarded the follow-
ing members of the force:

Superintendent J. R. W. Borde-
leau, coronation and long service
medal; Inspector J. H. McClinton,
long service medal; Inspector G. R.
Engel, coronation medal; Staff Ser-
geant E. J. Dean, coronation and long
serv'ce; Staff Sergeant J. G. M. Lock,
Jong service; Staff Sergeant D. C.

TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION

Ashby, coronation; Staff Sergeant A.
Allen, coronation; Staff Sergeant W.
G. Gordon, coronation and long
service; Staff Sergeant J. H. Reid,
coronation; Sgt. J. E. Wellings, long
service; Sgt. E. Scott, long service;
Sgt. G. D. Mead, long service; Set.
F. Grimshaw, long service; Sgt. R. E.
Badley, coronation and long service;
Sgt. R. H. R. Street, long service;
Sgt. W. J. Durnin, long service; Set.
R. Whittaker, long service; Cpl. R. C.
Hockridge, long service; Special Con-
stable C. V. Embleton, long service;
Special Constable F. Putland, long

LORE tO GuGlne 3
Assistant Commis-
sioner C. E. Rivett-
Carnac, Staff Ser-
geant D. C. Ashby,
veteran of 27 year
in the force, who
received Coronation
medal; Attorney-
General Robert
Bonner, and Ser-
geant D. G. Mead,
who received - long
service medal in
recognition of more
than 30 years in
the force.

service; Special Constable J. E. Mc
Naught, long service; Special Con-
stable W. F. Conlan, long service.

Long service medals were awarded
each of the following former mem-
bers of the force: Set. R. F. D. Rance,
J. W. B. Watson, Sgt. A. J. Pomeroy,
Cpl. F. L. Brownlee and Set. S. L.
Burton.

Miss D. P. Neate, a member of the
RCMP clerical staff, and recipient of
a coronation medal, and former Con-
stable R. A. Shepherd, recipient of
a long service medal, were unable to
attend the presentation ceremony. * *

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