Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
October 12, 1945
Last Rites for Veteran North West "Mountie"
Following a brief illness, Major Fred A. Bagley, one of the original members of the 300 man North West Mounted Police force and a veteran of the South African war, died here Monday night at the Mineral Springs hospital. He was 87 years of age.
Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, in 1858, he enlisted in the North West Mounted Police when the force was first formed in 1874. He left Toronto as such member in 1874, travelling to the end of the railway at Fargo, North Dakota, and from there to what is now known as Emerson, Manitoba (then known as Dufferin), and westward across the plains on a five months' journey which ended with the establishment of Fort Macleod at the Belly River. After helping to build the fort and establish the first western headquarters, Major Bagley was transferred to Ft. Saskatchewan. Later he was stationed at Fort Garry, Fort Qu'Appelle and Fort Battleford. He also took part in suppressing the Riel Rebellion in 1885. He proceeded to Calgary in 1886 patrolling the Blood Indian reserve and in 1887 went to Regina where he organized the first mounted police band.
Major Bagley was one of the members of the force selected to go to London in 1897 for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and two years after his return from overseas left the force with the rank of Sergeant Major.
In 1901 he enlisted in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Calgary and served in the South African war, gaining the rank of major. During the First World war he served with the 82nd Battalion with the rank of captain and quartermaster, and later transferred to the 92nd Battalion as second in command in 1915.
He lived in ‘Calgary until 1924 and organized the first Canadian rifle team to go to England for Empire competitions and also found the Calgary Elks' band.
Major Bagley came to Banff to reside in 1924 and at the time of his death was writing his memoirs and a history of the North West Mounted Police.
He is survived by his wife, at Banff; and three daughters. Mrs. B. Hinchliffe, Edmonton, Mrs. Roy Bent, Lethbridge, and Mrs. Bert Connelly, Lundbreck.
The funeral service was conducted this (Friday) afternoon at St. Mary's Church with the Rev. Father E.A. Doyle officiating. After a short resume of the life of this pioneer of the West, Father Doyle briefly explained the text from John, Chapter XI, "I am the resurrection and the life," together with the text from 11 Machabees, Chapter XII, "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the deaf that they may be loosed from sins." Having loved Major Bagley in life let us not forget him in death, by our prayers to God.
As the cortege left the church an escort of Royal North West Mounted Police veterans and Legion members preceded the funeral coach in the procession to the cemetery, while the active pallbearers comprised of the following members of the R.C.M.P. marched alongside: Corporal Oliver, Constables Gostling, Carter, Scanlan, McCallum and Grey. In attendance were Col. Hancock, assistant commissioner, R.C.M.P., and Inspector McGibbon, officer commanding Calgary Sub-division, R.C.M.P.
At the graveside Father Doyle pronounced the last rites following which members of the Canadian Legion filed by the grave each depositing a poppy on the Union Jack draped casket.
Honorary pallbearers were six members of the R.N.W.M.P. Veterans' Association: F.E. Shillan, J. Nash, F.A. Caswell, A. Ball, J.E. Cullen and E.V. Rose.
Banff Funeral Service supervised by Jacques Funeral Home, Calgary, were in charge of arrangements and interment was made in the Banff cemetery
Banff, Alberta
October 12, 1945
Last Rites for Veteran North West "Mountie"
Following a brief illness, Major Fred A. Bagley, one of the original members of the 300 man North West Mounted Police force and a veteran of the South African war, died here Monday night at the Mineral Springs hospital. He was 87 years of age.
Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, in 1858, he enlisted in the North West Mounted Police when the force was first formed in 1874. He left Toronto as such member in 1874, travelling to the end of the railway at Fargo, North Dakota, and from there to what is now known as Emerson, Manitoba (then known as Dufferin), and westward across the plains on a five months' journey which ended with the establishment of Fort Macleod at the Belly River. After helping to build the fort and establish the first western headquarters, Major Bagley was transferred to Ft. Saskatchewan. Later he was stationed at Fort Garry, Fort Qu'Appelle and Fort Battleford. He also took part in suppressing the Riel Rebellion in 1885. He proceeded to Calgary in 1886 patrolling the Blood Indian reserve and in 1887 went to Regina where he organized the first mounted police band.
Major Bagley was one of the members of the force selected to go to London in 1897 for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and two years after his return from overseas left the force with the rank of Sergeant Major.
In 1901 he enlisted in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Calgary and served in the South African war, gaining the rank of major. During the First World war he served with the 82nd Battalion with the rank of captain and quartermaster, and later transferred to the 92nd Battalion as second in command in 1915.
He lived in ‘Calgary until 1924 and organized the first Canadian rifle team to go to England for Empire competitions and also found the Calgary Elks' band.
Major Bagley came to Banff to reside in 1924 and at the time of his death was writing his memoirs and a history of the North West Mounted Police.
He is survived by his wife, at Banff; and three daughters. Mrs. B. Hinchliffe, Edmonton, Mrs. Roy Bent, Lethbridge, and Mrs. Bert Connelly, Lundbreck.
The funeral service was conducted this (Friday) afternoon at St. Mary's Church with the Rev. Father E.A. Doyle officiating. After a short resume of the life of this pioneer of the West, Father Doyle briefly explained the text from John, Chapter XI, "I am the resurrection and the life," together with the text from 11 Machabees, Chapter XII, "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the deaf that they may be loosed from sins." Having loved Major Bagley in life let us not forget him in death, by our prayers to God.
As the cortege left the church an escort of Royal North West Mounted Police veterans and Legion members preceded the funeral coach in the procession to the cemetery, while the active pallbearers comprised of the following members of the R.C.M.P. marched alongside: Corporal Oliver, Constables Gostling, Carter, Scanlan, McCallum and Grey. In attendance were Col. Hancock, assistant commissioner, R.C.M.P., and Inspector McGibbon, officer commanding Calgary Sub-division, R.C.M.P.
At the graveside Father Doyle pronounced the last rites following which members of the Canadian Legion filed by the grave each depositing a poppy on the Union Jack draped casket.
Honorary pallbearers were six members of the R.N.W.M.P. Veterans' Association: F.E. Shillan, J. Nash, F.A. Caswell, A. Ball, J.E. Cullen and E.V. Rose.
Banff Funeral Service supervised by Jacques Funeral Home, Calgary, were in charge of arrangements and interment was made in the Banff cemetery
Crag & Canyon
Banff, Alberta
October 12, 1945
Last Rites for Veteran North West "Mountie"
Following a brief illness, Major Fred A. Bagley, one of the original members of the 300 man North West Mounted Police force and a veteran of the South African war, died here Monday night at the Mineral Springs hospital. He was 87 years of age.
Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, in 1858, he enlisted in the North West Mounted Police when the force was first formed in 1874. He left Toronto as such member in 1874, travelling to the end of the railway at Fargo, North Dakota, and from there to what is now known as Emerson, Manitoba (then known as Dufferin), and westward across the plains on a five months' journey which ended with the establishment of Fort Macleod at the Belly River. After helping to build the fort and establish the first western headquarters, Major Bagley was transferred to Ft. Saskatchewan. Later he was stationed at Fort Garry, Fort Qu'Appelle and Fort Battleford. He also took part in suppressing the Riel Rebellion in 1885. He proceeded to Calgary in 1886 patrolling the Blood Indian reserve and in 1887 went to Regina where he organized the first mounted police band.
Major Bagley was one of the members of the force selected to go to London in 1897 for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and two years after his return from overseas left the force with the rank of Sergeant Major.
In 1901 he enlisted in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Calgary and served in the South African war, gaining the rank of major. During the First World war he served with the 82nd Battalion with the rank of captain and quartermaster, and later transferred to the 92nd Battalion as second in command in 1915.
He lived in ‘Calgary until 1924 and organized the first Canadian rifle team to go to England for Empire competitions and also found the Calgary Elks' band.
Major Bagley came to Banff to reside in 1924 and at the time of his death was writing his memoirs and a history of the North West Mounted Police.
He is survived by his wife, at Banff; and three daughters. Mrs. B. Hinchliffe, Edmonton, Mrs. Roy Bent, Lethbridge, and Mrs. Bert Connelly, Lundbreck.
The funeral service was conducted this (Friday) afternoon at St. Mary's Church with the Rev. Father E.A. Doyle officiating. After a short resume of the life of this pioneer of the West, Father Doyle briefly explained the text from John, Chapter XI, "I am the resurrection and the life," together with the text from 11 Machabees, Chapter XII, "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the deaf that they may be loosed from sins." Having loved Major Bagley in life let us not forget him in death, by our prayers to God.
As the cortege left the church an escort of Royal North West Mounted Police veterans and Legion members preceded the funeral coach in the procession to the cemetery, while the active pallbearers comprised of the following members of the R.C.M.P. marched alongside: Corporal Oliver, Constables Gostling, Carter, Scanlan, McCallum and Grey. In attendance were Col. Hancock, assistant commissioner, R.C.M.P., and Inspector McGibbon, officer commanding Calgary Sub-division, R.C.M.P.
At the graveside Father Doyle pronounced the last rites following which members of the Canadian Legion filed by the grave each depositing a poppy on the Union Jack draped casket.
Honorary pallbearers were six members of the R.N.W.M.P. Veterans' Association: F.E. Shillan, J. Nash, F.A. Caswell, A. Ball, J.E. Cullen and E.V. Rose.
Banff Funeral Service supervised by Jacques Funeral Home, Calgary, were in charge of arrangements and interment was made in the Banff cemetery
Banff, Alberta
October 12, 1945
Last Rites for Veteran North West "Mountie"
Following a brief illness, Major Fred A. Bagley, one of the original members of the 300 man North West Mounted Police force and a veteran of the South African war, died here Monday night at the Mineral Springs hospital. He was 87 years of age.
Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, in 1858, he enlisted in the North West Mounted Police when the force was first formed in 1874. He left Toronto as such member in 1874, travelling to the end of the railway at Fargo, North Dakota, and from there to what is now known as Emerson, Manitoba (then known as Dufferin), and westward across the plains on a five months' journey which ended with the establishment of Fort Macleod at the Belly River. After helping to build the fort and establish the first western headquarters, Major Bagley was transferred to Ft. Saskatchewan. Later he was stationed at Fort Garry, Fort Qu'Appelle and Fort Battleford. He also took part in suppressing the Riel Rebellion in 1885. He proceeded to Calgary in 1886 patrolling the Blood Indian reserve and in 1887 went to Regina where he organized the first mounted police band.
Major Bagley was one of the members of the force selected to go to London in 1897 for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and two years after his return from overseas left the force with the rank of Sergeant Major.
In 1901 he enlisted in the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Calgary and served in the South African war, gaining the rank of major. During the First World war he served with the 82nd Battalion with the rank of captain and quartermaster, and later transferred to the 92nd Battalion as second in command in 1915.
He lived in ‘Calgary until 1924 and organized the first Canadian rifle team to go to England for Empire competitions and also found the Calgary Elks' band.
Major Bagley came to Banff to reside in 1924 and at the time of his death was writing his memoirs and a history of the North West Mounted Police.
He is survived by his wife, at Banff; and three daughters. Mrs. B. Hinchliffe, Edmonton, Mrs. Roy Bent, Lethbridge, and Mrs. Bert Connelly, Lundbreck.
The funeral service was conducted this (Friday) afternoon at St. Mary's Church with the Rev. Father E.A. Doyle officiating. After a short resume of the life of this pioneer of the West, Father Doyle briefly explained the text from John, Chapter XI, "I am the resurrection and the life," together with the text from 11 Machabees, Chapter XII, "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the deaf that they may be loosed from sins." Having loved Major Bagley in life let us not forget him in death, by our prayers to God.
As the cortege left the church an escort of Royal North West Mounted Police veterans and Legion members preceded the funeral coach in the procession to the cemetery, while the active pallbearers comprised of the following members of the R.C.M.P. marched alongside: Corporal Oliver, Constables Gostling, Carter, Scanlan, McCallum and Grey. In attendance were Col. Hancock, assistant commissioner, R.C.M.P., and Inspector McGibbon, officer commanding Calgary Sub-division, R.C.M.P.
At the graveside Father Doyle pronounced the last rites following which members of the Canadian Legion filed by the grave each depositing a poppy on the Union Jack draped casket.
Honorary pallbearers were six members of the R.N.W.M.P. Veterans' Association: F.E. Shillan, J. Nash, F.A. Caswell, A. Ball, J.E. Cullen and E.V. Rose.
Banff Funeral Service supervised by Jacques Funeral Home, Calgary, were in charge of arrangements and interment was made in the Banff cemetery
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