Thomas Seller Wallace , MM ( 1896 &ndash; October 8 , 1935 ) was a British-born Canadian police officer who was killed in the 1935 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Killings . On 8 October 1935 , Wallace was shot in the chest by one of the fugitives in the incident on the outskirts of Banff , Alberta , succumbing to his wounds later that day . He had previously earned a distinguished service record in the British Army during World War I . He emigrated to Canada and joined the Alberta Provincial Police after the war in 1921 , before it was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by 1932 and had been a law enforcement officer in Alberta for 14 years before his death
1935 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Killings
1935 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Killings
Thomas Seller Wallace