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Albert J. Cudlip (1864 - 1907)

Albert Cudlip was the son of Hon. J.W. Cudlip. He was a sergeant with the Royal North-West Mounted Police and, starting in 1905, in charge of the Forty Mile police post. He and his wife, Annie, lived across the slough at Forty Mile. He was one of the oldest non-commissioned officers in point of service. He had a “splendid” physique and was an officer the Force could ill afford to lose.¹⁾ Cudlip took over command of the Forty Mile detachment after the previous commander, Sergeant A. L. Holmes, died from heart disease. Holmes had been ill at the time of his sudden death but attached no importance to it.²⁾ Sergeant Cudlip died at Forty Mile when he accidently slipped on a small bridge and fell eleven feet, striking his head on the ice.³⁾