Person:Richard Beard (2)

Richard Beard served as a Constable in Napanee for seven years, and died in the line of duty on the evening of August 28th, 1921.

See his memorial page^S4 at The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. Note that this page gives his date of death as August 27th, not the 28th. It also mentions that one of his survivors was a step-daughter, but if this was in reference to Ethel Cameron, she had passed away the previous year.

A much more detailed account of this incident by Mr. Wesley Alkenbrack^S3 is published on Facebook at Ontario Provincial Police Association - In Remembrance - Constable Richard Beard – August 28, 1921, including the fate of the murderers, "Erwood Upton, Sherwood Upton and Fred Bryant (who) were sentenced to life imprisonment in Portsmouth Penitentiary."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richard A Baird & Flora Jane Shaw, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
   1895.

   Name:Birth Place:Brighton
   Age:23
   Estimated Birth Year:abt 1872
   Father Name:Malcholm Shaw
   Mother Name:Sarah Nèe Maitland Shaw
   Spouse Name:Richard A Baird
   Spouse's Age:24
   Spouse Birth Place:London, England
   Spouse Father Name:John Thomas Baird
   Spouse Mother Name:Sarah Nee ?? Arnold Baird
   Marriage Date:13 Apr 1895
   Marriage County or District:Northumberland

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
   1921.

   Name: Richard A Beard
   Gender: Male
   Birth Year: abt 1870
   Birth Place: London, England
   Age at Death: 51
   Death Date: 28 Aug 1921
   Death Place: Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
   Occupation: Policeman

3.   Constable Richard Beard – August 28, 1921, in Facebook - Ontario Provincial Police Association memorial page.

   About the Author: Mr. Wesley Alkenbrack is a Napanee resident and is a long-time Director of the Lennox and Addington Historical Society. The Murder of Constable Beard was first published in the Society’s Paper and Records Volume XV11, in 1987.
   
   Editor’s Note: The name of Constable Richard Arnold Beard was not included when the Canadian Police Officers’ Memorial was dedicated on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Through the efforts of PAO Director Brenda Lawson, Constable Beard’s name will now be added to the long list of police officers that have given their lives serving the people of Canada. They must never be forgotten.

4.   Constable Richard Arnold Beard, in Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.
5. ↑ Lakeview Cemetery, Thorold, in Find A Grave.

   Richard Arnold Beard