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Calgary Police has issued a Commemorative ‘Vimy Salute’ cap badge for its uniformed members at the 100th anniversary of the First World War. It was remembered that, regiments from across the country convened on April 9, 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge that was a pivotal moment in the country’s military history. 27 members of the Calgary Police Service served in the First World War and so the anniversary has a special significance for CPS members.
Calgary Police Chief, Rick Hanson, mentioned in a statement that “as a kid growing up in Calgary, there was still World War I vets around, there were still families that had lost members in World War I or had survivors of World War I who came home and then died a few years later because of the injuries or the wounds they sustained and always the fear back in those days was who would really remember the sacrifices? And here it is a hundred years later and we in the Calgary Police Service feel strongly how important it is to acknowledge the sacrifice of those that gave their lives, not only in World War I, but World War I, World War II, Korea and Afghanistan.”
Hanson announced that “it’s important to wear a poppy, it really is but poppies are only worn for a certain period of time whereas the sacrifices that went on in World War I went over four years and those sacrifices were significant and the Calgary Police Service wants to acknowledge those four years of sacrifice and so the badges will be worn for the next four years.’
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