In May 1873, the Parliament of Canada established a central police force, and sent 150 recruits west to Manitoba. The new police force gradually acquired the name "North-West Mounted Police" (NWMP). In 1904, King Edward VII conferred the title of "Royal" upon the North-West Mounted Police (thus, the RNWMP), to honour members' service in the Boer War. On February 1, 1920, the RNWMP merged with the Dominion Police, a federal police force with jurisdiction in eastern Canada, to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). A few NWMP officers arrived in the Yukon in the summer of 1896, just before the big gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush. Within 2 years, there were over 250 officers stationed in the Yukon.

Officers are listed chronologically by date of death.

Cst. George Bull

North-West Mounted Police

Died October 10, 1896, aged 25 years.

Cst. Henry Dundas

North-West Mounted Police

Died August 1898, aged 28 years.

Cst. J. Gatnett

North-West Mounted Police

Died September 1898

Cst. F. H. Donnelly

North-West Mounted Police

Died October 29, 1898, aged 31 years.

Cst. Edward Flett

North-West Mounted Police

Died February 15, 1899, aged 20 years.

Cst. William Lerchpurser

North-West Mounted Police

Died October 23, 1899, aged 26 years.

Corporal T. Johnson

North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 2659

August 11, 1900: drowned in the Tagish River, aged 32 years.

Cst. John O'Brien

North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 3664

August 11, 1900: drowned in the Tagish River, aged 22 years.

Cst. Norman M. Campbell

North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 2972

December 26, 1901: drowned at the mouth of the Stikine River when a violent storm overturned the boat he was in.

Cst. Spencer G. Heathcote

North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 3463

December 26, 1901: drowned at the mouth of the Stikine River when a violent storm overturned the boat he was in.

Sgt. N. W. Jackson

North-West Mounted Police

Died January 29, 1902, aged 34 years.

Special Cst. Stick Sam

North-West Mounted Police

July 29, 1903: drowned in the Kaskawulsh River when his horse threw him while crossing on a patrol.

Cst. J. H. Burns

North-West Mounted Police

Died September 3, 1903, aged 25 years, 10 months

Sgt. A. L. Holmes

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Died January 12, 1905, aged 41 years.

Cpl. Alexander Gardner Haddock

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 2836

June 14, 1906: drowned in the Yukon River 5 miles north of Ogilvie while on patrol in a canoe.

Cst. Alfred Wright

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Died October 11, 1906, aged 35 years.

Cst. William F. Richards

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Died February 13, 1907, aged 41 years.

Serg. Albert J. Cudlip

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Died 1907

Serg. E. J. J. Smith

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Died October 7, 1910, aged 55 years.

Special Cst. Samuel Carter

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 2127

February 14, 1911: died of starvation and exposure near Fort McPherson, NWT while on winter patrol from Dawson to Fort McPherson.

Insp. Francis J. Fitzgerald

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 2218

February 14, 1911: died of starvation and exposure near Fort McPherson, NWT while on winter patrol from Dawson to Fort McPherson.

Cst. George F. Kinney

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 4582

February 14, 1911: died of starvation and exposure near Fort McPherson, NWT while on winter patrol from Dawson to Fort McPherson.

Cst. Richard O. Taylor

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 4346

February 14, 1911: died of starvation and exposure near Fort McPherson, NWT while on winter patrol from Dawson to Fort McPherson.

Cst. Michael J. Fitzgerald

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 3617

August 27, 1913: killed when a snapped rope knocked him off the police steamer "Vidette" on the White River.

Cst. Alexander Lamont

Royal North-West Mounted Police - Regimental No. 5548

February 16, 1918: died at Herschel Island, of typhoid fever contracted while nursing Arctic explorer Vihjalmur Stefansson.

Cst. Ian M. Macdonald

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 9791

August 18, 1924: drowned in the Beaufort Sea when he fell overboard from the ship on which he was returning to Herschel Island.

Cst. Edgar Millen

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 9669

January 30, 1932: shot on the Rat River by Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper."

Cst. J. P. Hartnett

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Died September 7, 1936, age 28

Cst. Hartnett drowned in the Yukon River at Carmacks when his canoe overturned. See a news report here.

Sgt. K. Morley Laughland

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 17368

July 13, 1963: killed when RCMP Beaver CF-MPO crashed at Carmacks while attempting to land. See much more information here.

Cst. Proctor L. A. Malcolm

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 18570

July 13, 1963: killed when RCMP Beaver CF-MPO crashed at Carmacks while attempting to land. See much more information here.

Cst. William J. D. Annand

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 19206

July 13, 1963: killed when RCMP Beaver CF-MPO crashed at Carmacks while attempting to land. See much more information here.

Cpl. Robert William Asbil

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 19626

July 13, 1963: killed when RCMP Beaver CF-MPO crashed at Carmacks while attempting to land. See much more information here.

Cst. Mark Percy McLachlan

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 31962

February 2, 1979: killed in a head-on vehicle crash near Carmacks while returning to Mayo.

Cst. Michael Joseph Buday

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 33631

March 19, 1985: shot at Teslin Lake by Michael Eugene Oros.

Sgt. Ed Mobley

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

August 15, 2000: killed in crash of RCMP Cessna Caravan on Teslin Lake, Yukon. News reports are available here.

Special Constable Tim Nicholson

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

August 15, 2000: killed in crash of RCMP Cessna Caravan on Teslin Lake, Yukon. News reports are available here.

Constable Michael Bernard Potvin

Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Regimental No. 57529

July 13, 2010: drowned when his boat capsized on the Stewart River while on a routine patrol. His body was not located until July 30th. Twenty-six years old, Potvin had only been with the Force for a year. A memorial was dedicated in Mayo, Yukon on July 13, 2011.

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Peace Officer Honor Roll - Alaska

North-West Mounted Police - 1896 Annual Report for the Yukon

Royal Canadian Mounted Police