Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RCMP PEAKED CAP

Date

1981

Materials

WOOL, PLASTIC, LEATHER

No. Pieces

2

Height

14.1

Length

25.8

Width

25

Description

NAVY BLUE SERVICE CAP WITH YELLOW PLASTIC MESH BAND. BLACK VINYL VISOR WITH BROWN LEATHER HEADBAND LINING INTERIOR. BRASS CAP BADGE PINNED TO FRONT, WITH RCMP BUFFALO EMBLEM AND "MAINTIENS LE DROIT ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE" EMBOSSED. INTERIOR OF CAP QUILTED AND LINED WITH RED SATIN; DIAMOND-SHAPED PLASTIC POCKET SEWN INSIDE TOP. WHITE TAG READS "STOKES CAP & REGALIA LTD. R.C.M.P. 2/81 SIZE 7 -56CM STOCK #2925-303". TAG HAS COME UNGLUED FROM CAP.

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

JOHN DOREE RETIRED FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. HE WAS THE SECRETARY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE VETERANS' ASSOCIATION FOR LETHBRIDGE DIVISION. DOREE WAS BORN MARCH 29, 1938 IN CRANBROOK BC. HIS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TRAINING BEGAN APRIL 15, 1957 WHICH HE FINISHED IN JANUARY 1958. DOREE'S FIRST POSTING WAS IN BONNYVILLE WHERE HE SERVED FOR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER WHICH HE TRANSFERRED TO FORT CHIPEWYAN FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. BETWEEN 1961-1964 DOREE WAS POSTED WITH EDMONTON DETACHMENT. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO LAMANT FOR AN EIGHT MONTH POSTING. IN JUNE OF 1965 DOREE WAS STATIONED IN WAINRIGHT WHERE HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS AND WHERE HE WAS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE JUDY ON AUGUST 21, 1965. THE DOREE'S FIRST SON, KEVIN, WAS BORN MAY 29, 1967. IN OCTOBER 1968 DOREE WAS TRANSFERRED TO VIKING WHERE ONE YEAR LATER HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. THE DOREE'S SECOND SON, JIM, WAS BORN WHILE THEY WERE IN VIKING ON APRIL 6, 1970. IN JULY 1978 DOREE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PONOKA WHERE IN 1981 HE WAS PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT. IN SEPTEMBER 1984 DOREE WAS TRANSFERRED TO LETHBRIDGE SUBDIVISION WITH TEMPORARY DUTY TO CALGARY FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN 1988, UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT APRIL 20, 1990. THROUGHOUT DOREE'S 33 YEAR SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HE ATTENDED VARIOUS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COURSES INCLUDING AMONG THEM SMALL BOAT TRAINING , RADAR SPEEDOMETER OPERATIONS, BASIC POLICE SUPERVISORS, ADVANCED DRIVER TRAINING, MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES AND RESULTS, SENIOR POLICE ADMINISTRATION, CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND CROSS CULTURAL EDUCATION.

Catalogue Number

P19970105001

Acquisition Date

1998-07

Collection

Museum

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