Esquimalt War Memorial

Esquimalt, British Columbia

Type

Other

The Esquimalt War Memorial, located in Memorial Park, was designed by architect Hubert Savage, A.R.I.B.A., and unveiled on September 8, 1927, to honour those who fell in the First World War. Brass tablets with inscriptions were provided by the Esquimalt Branch of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), as well as a brass tablet added in 1947 to honour the fallen of the Second World War. On June 6, 1993, a brass plaque honouring Esquimalt War Dead was placed on the Cenotaph, containing a list of names of those fallen in the First and Second World Wars. In addition, plaques honouring the Korean War Dead and Merchant Marines have since been placed on the Cenotaph.

Inscription

[front plaque/plaque de devant]

TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE RESIDENTS
OF ESQUIMALT WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE SERVICE OF
THE EMPIRE DURING
THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

KOREAN WAR
1951-1953

THE TORCH BE YOURS
TO HOLD IT HIGH

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
1914-1918
1939-1945
1950-1953

LIFELINE
OF THE
WORLD

[WWI plaque]

IN MEMORY OF ESQUIMALT'S
WAR DEAD

1914-1919

[left column]

E.S. Wilkinson
A. Barton
J.W.D. Dowler
A. Guest
C.T. Hinch
N. Lyne
J. Mullin
G. Peters
H. Savage
A. Walton
A.V. Whittier
A.W. Agnew
W. Bray
J. Erskine
W.C. Hamilton
W. Hole

[right column]

A. Millar
H.J. Nankiveil
N. Prescott
C. Sedger
W.G. Wheeler
D. Wier
J.C. Banks
D. Campbell
J.W. Gibson
C.M. Hardie
J. Holman
G. Miller
F.G. Pearce
W.H. Robertson
A.E. Smith
J.P. Wheeler

[WWII plaque]

IN MEMORY OF ESQUIMALT'S
WAR DEAD

1938-1945

[left column]

J. Burnett
J. Auchterlonie
A. Crane
R. Frame
A. Knowles
E. Mills
R. Patterson
T. Redhead
E. Whitehouse
J. Williams
R.J. Williams
M. Aylmer
R. Caffery
J. Cunningham
D. Frankham
F. McIntosh
J. Moncton
A. Rycroft
B. Williamson
J. Bailey
V. Carter
S. Day
W. Gagnon
D. McIntyre
D.E. Newell
J. Piddington
P. Piddington
I. Sutherland-Brown
D. Wilson
H. Bischlager
J. Codville
N. Dunnett
R. Gray
P. McMaster
G. Newman
C.L. Potts
C. Sweet
M.C. Wood
J. Besonnette
E. Cookman
G. Elam
D. Hopkins
T. Melander
W.E. Nicholas
L. Prosser
T. Watt