Sunday, November 28, 2010

Reg.#887, Sligo Warren Kerr, NWMP


Research Notes about Reg.#887, Sligo Warren Kerr from 'F' Div. Vet. Ron Smith

(1) Cst. Kerr was always well dress and clean and everyone address him as 'Sir'.

(2) He never showed any interest in sharing his life with anyone male or female.

(3) He liked cats and allowed them to share his table.

(4) Cst. Kerr was friends with two neighbour families and one were two young boys who listened to his tales of the early days, Vince, now dead, was the one who started my research and supplied a lot of info.

(5) In a very serious event by Battleford a year prior to the rebellion was when about 60 NWMP tried to arrest a native for assaulting the Indian agent several hundred braves from three nearby reserves where having a sun dance at the time and refused to give up the fugitive. They were armed and fired guns in the air etc. It appeared like the start of rebellion then but Cst. Kerr went into the crowd, and dragged the wanted person out by his bandana. The story is in several history books but is in The Quarterly referred to in the article (Almost forgotten.)

(6) For whatever reason, Cst. Kerr left Ireland and no one will ever know the reason, Was it religion, sex, family fighting, or whatever? Kerr never would and never did contact family again regardless of coaxing by his associates. A lawyer contacted a surviving brother in Ireland after Kerr died, but the brother refused an item of Kerr's estate.

Yours truly,

Vet. Ron Smith


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