Manitoba’s Fallen Officers
26th Annual MACP Police and Peace Officer Memorial
September 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Manitoba Memorial Monuments
Memorial Park (Osborne & Broadway), Winnipeg

Cst. Allan Poapst
December 13, 2019
Motor Vehicle Collision

RCMP – Headingley

Rhonda Commodore, Correctional Officer
November 6, 2014
Motor Vehicle Collision

Manitoba Corrections

Cst. Dennis Strongquill
December 21, 2001
Gun Shot

RCMP – Waywayseecappo

Cst. Peter Magdic
November 18, 2001
RCMP – Portage la Prairie

Sgt. Malcolm Williams
April 28, 1995
RCMP – Winnipeg

Conservation Officer Ken Skwark
June 28, 1995
Manitoba Conservation

Conservation Officer Keith Bartley
November 29, 1989
Manitoba Conservation

Special Cst. Robert W. C. Thomas
March 6, 1986
RCMP – Powerview

Living Unit Officer Werner R. Friesen
July 13, 1984
Correctional Service Canada

Living Unit Officer Joseph Wendl
July 13, 1984
Correctional Service Canada

Conservation Officer Robert Logan
November 3, 1983
Manitoba Conservation

Cst. Bruce Davis
January 9, 1979
RCMP – Portage la Prairie

Cst. Dennis A. Onofrey
January 23, 1978
RCMP – Virden

Conservation Officer Allan Assiniboine
July 27, 1976
Manitoba Conservation

Instructor Stanley Green
July 22, 1974
Correctional Service Canada

Cst. Harold S. Seigel
September 26, 1971
RCMP – St.Pierre

Detective Ronald Houston
June 27, 1970
Winnipeg Police Force

Sgt. James A. O’Malley
October 28, 1970
RCMP – Gillam

Cst. Leonard Shakespeare
July 18, 1969
St. Boniface Police Force

Cpl. George R. Hawkins
June 6, 1968
RCMP – Turtle Mountain

Conservation Officer William McLeod
May 12, 1967
Manitoba Conservation

Cst. Thomas P. Carroll
February 11, 1966
RCMP – Churchill

Conservation Officer Charles Morrish
April 3, 1966
Manitoba Conservation

Cpl. Ervin J. Giesbrecht
June 20, 1964
RCMP – Grand Rapids

Cst. Joseph T. Thompson
December 18, 1961
RCMP – Selkirk

Cst. Joseph K. Sander
July 9, 1954
RCMP – Swan River

Cst. Ronald C. Bloomfield
July 9, 1954
RCMP – Swan River

Det. Sgt. James E. Sims
July 16, 1950
Winnipeg Police Force

Guard Edwin Pearse
November 11, 1943
Manitoba Corrections

Cst. John McDonald
February 10, 1940
Winnipeg Police Force

Cst. Charles Gillis
February 7, 1936
Winnipeg Police Force

Cst. William Wainwright
October 4, 1935
Benito Town

Cst. John G. Shaw
October 4, 1935
RCMP – Swan River

Sgt. John Verne
July 24, 1934
St. Boniface Police Force

Cst, Donald R. MacDonell
April 19, 1931
RCMP – Port Nelson

Special Cst. Norman Massan
April 19, 1931
RCMP – Port Nelson

Sgt. Richard H. Nicholson
December 31, 1928
RCMP – Lac Du Bonnet

Cst. David G. White
June 15, 1927
Winnipeg Park Police

Guard John Williams
June 25, 1926
Correctional Service Canada

Morality Officer James Uttley
November 16, 1920
Manitoba Provincial Police

Morality Officer Alex McCurdy
November 11, 1920
Manitoba Provincial Police

Guard Anton Fladeby
May 11, 1919
Correctional Service Canada

Cst. Bernard Snowdon
April 6, 1918
Winnipeg Police Force

Cst. Charles Rooke
February 3, 1913
Manitoba Provincial Police

Cst. John Beattie
April 13, 1911
Winnipeg Police Force

Ass’t Surgeon Walter Flood
November 29, 1906
NWMP/RNWMP/RCMP

Cst. John W. Clarkson
November 17, 1905
Treherne, Manitoba

Cpl. Harry Morphy
September 10, 1890
NWMP/RNWMP/RCMP

Cst. George De Beaujeu
September 10, 1890
NWMP/RNWMP/RCMP

Chief Richard Power
July 28, 1880
Manitoba Provincial Police
Forever Remembered
Background
In 1998 the Government of Canada Proclaimed the last Sunday in September of every year as the Police and Peace Officers National Memorial Day. A service is held annually at 11:00 am on Parliament Hill. Police and Law Enforcement agencies from across Canada and representatives from the Government of Canada attend the ceremony.
On January 17, 2003, Canadian Heritage declared the last Sunday of September of every year as a nation-wide flag half-masting on all federal buildings and establishments in Canada, including the Peace Tower, from sunrise to sunset in honour of our fallen officers. These official proclamations are a fitting sign of respect, not only to those gathered on the hill but also for those who made the ultimate tragic sacrifice to keep our communities safe and our environment protected.
A few years later, the Manitoba Association of Chiefs of police began organizing a local Memorial Service meant to honour the Police and Peace Officers who lost their lives while serving the citizens of Manitoba. The ceremony is coordinated to take place in conjunction with the National Memorials in Ottawa.
Manitoba Memorial Monuments
Located on the northeast corner of Broadway Avenue and Osborne Street North. (MAP), the memorial is a combined tribute to Manitoba Peace and Police Officers, Firefighters, and Labour Workers.
Construction began in 2020 and includes a reflecting pool where visitors can pause to remember the fallen. The Police/Peace Officer and Firefighter granite slabs have the names of the fallen inscribed on the back.
Donate to the Manitoba Fallen Officer’s Memorial Fund
Memorial Ribbon Dress and Deportment
The memorial ribbon is worn on the left pocket flap, close to the wearer’s right edge of that pocket.
Ribbons are worn the week prior to National Police and Peace Officers Memorial Day until the end of the day on Memorial Day or
until the day following the conclusion of funeral services in the case of a fallen officer.
The history of the ribbon may be reviewed at the following link – https://www.memorialribbon.org/about/history/.
For guidance on wearing the ribbon, and other manners of dress, including civilian attire, please see the
link – https://www.memorialribbon.org/about/protocol/.
