Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RCMP WINTER COAT

Date

1967

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

1

Length

84

Width

48.5

Description

NAVY BLUE WOOL 3/4 LENGTH PEA JACKET WITH A LARGE COLLAR AND 4 DOUBLE ROWS OF BUTTONS UP THE FRONT THAT ARE CHROME AND HAVE THE RCMP LOGO ON EACH. RIGHT SLEEVE HAS RED CORPORAL SLEEVES, EACH CUFF HAS TWO CHROME BUTTONS, AND INSIDE OF COAT IS LINED WITH RED WOOL. OUTSIDE OF COAT HAS TWO LOWER POCKETS, AND ONE CHEST POCKET. LABEL ON THE INSIDE IS MARKED "BOND CLOTHES", "SCOTT-LASALLE-LTD PEA. JACKETS SIZE K BREAST 41 ORDER. NO. 663396 1967", AND HANDWRITTEN "6 COLES" ON THE SIDE. COAT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH LITTLE WEAR OR DAMAGE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

CORPORAL WALTER RONALD COLES BORN MAY 27, 1950 AT VICTORIA, BC.. HIS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TRAINING STARTED MAY 17, 1971 AND HIS FIRST POSTING WAS TO CARDSTON ON THE KAINAI RESERVE. HE LATER SERVED IN PINCHER CREEK, WATERTON PARK AND FORT MACLEOD AS A SINGLE MEMBER. WALTER COLES SERVED TWENTY-SIX YEARS IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. HE WAS POSTED AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, INCLUDING THREE YEARS AS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AT THE REGINA DEPOT. COLES WAS BORN MAY 27TH, 1950 IN VICTORIA, BC. ON JULY 19, 1975 COLES MARRIED MARY HELENA SELMKO OF COALDALE AND TRANSFERRED TO THE TABER DETACHMENT. TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE COLES' WHILE STATIONED IN TABER. IN SEPTEMBER 1979 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO AIRDRIE FOR SIX MONTHS THEN TO COCHRANE DETACHMENT FOR SIX MONTHS. A THIRD CHILD WAS BORN IN CALGARY. IN NOVEMBER, 1980 COLES TRANSFERRED TO DEPOT DIVISION REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN AS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AND WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. IN AUGUST 1983 CORPORAL COLES TRANSFERRED TO FORT MCMURRAY WHERE HE WORKED IN UNIFORM AND PLAIN CLOTHES. IN SEPTEMBER 1987 HE TRANSFERRED TO SHERWOOD PARK DETACHMENT WHERE HE WORKED PLAIN CLOTHES FOR FOUR YEARS AND IN UNIFORM FOR THREE. IN SEPTEMBER 1994, COLES TRANSFERRED TO LETHBRIDGE SUB DIVISION CP/VS WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1998. HE LATER JOINED THE BLOOD RESERVE POLICE SERVICE. COLE'S DUTIES PRIOR TO RETIREMENT FROM LETHBRIDGE INCLUDED LECTURING POLICE, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS ACROSS CANADA ON THE ISSUES OF CHILD/ DISABLED ABUSE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. IN 1998, HE HAD ONE YEAR REMAINING TOWARDS EARNING A DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY WITH A FOCUS ON FAMILY AND NATIVE STUDIES. COLES BECAME TRAINED AS A FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCE FACILITATOR. THIS YOUTH MODEL WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DEALING WITH SCHOOL BULLYING.

Catalogue Number

P19970089000

Acquisition Date

1997-08

Collection

Museum

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