BELT, SAM BROWNE

Description: REDDISH BROWN LEATHER SAM BROWNE BELT WITH MATCHING & REMOVEABLE CROSS-STRAP, HOLSTER, & AMMUNITION POUCH. ONE END OF BELT HAS A BRASS BUCKLE, THAT FASTENS WITH DOUBLE PINS. OTHER END OF BELT HAS LARGER ROUND HOLES IN THE CENTRE TO ATTACH ACCESSORIES TO BELT, AND ALSO HAS DOUBLE HOLES FOR PINS ON BUCKLE. STAMPED "MP", "J.E. LORTIE CO. LTD. MONTREAL", AND "40". ITEMS SHOW LITTE WEAR OR DAMAGE.

History: DONOR JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE IN AUGUST 1951, AT WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. HE WAS IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE FOR 25 YEARS, AND WAS STATIONED ALL OVER NORTHERN ALBERTA AND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1974. WORKED IN THE OFFICE MOSTLY IN LETHBRIDGE, AND RETIRED OCTOBER 1976. THE BELT WAS ISSUED TO DONOR WHEN HE JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE, BUT HE RECEIVED A NEW HOLSTER WHEN THE FORCE SWITCHED FROM A .455 TO A 0.38 GUN LATER IN HIS CAREER. FOR HISTORY OF KEN VEALS PLEASE SEE P19970084001-GA, OR P19970111001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING AN RCMP UNIFORM DONATED BY KEN VEALS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND THE WEBSITE WWW.RCMPVETS.CA. KENNETH GEORGE JOHN VEALS WAS BORN ON APRIL 14, 1928 IN WINNIPEG, MB. KEN JOINED THE RCMP IN AUGUST 1951 IN WINNIPEG, MB AND SERVED THROUGHOUT ALBERTA. HIS LAST TWO YEARS OF SERVICE WERE SPENT IN LETHBRIDGE. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT IN 1976, KEN WORKED FOR PCL CONSTRUCTION AS A SAFETY COORDINATOR. HE PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 20, 2010 AT THE AGE OF 82. KEN’S WIFE, HELEN MARGARET GENEVIEVE VEALS (NEE CLEVEN) WAS BORN ON APRIL 7, 1935 AND PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 7, 2012. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND THE WEBSITE WWW.RCMPVETS.CA.