New Westminster Cenotaph

New Westminster, British Columbia

Type

Other

This memorial, located in Memorial Plaza, commemorates members of the Armed Services and Merchant Navy who gave their lives in the service of Canada. The cenotaph was unveiled in 1922 near the corner of McBride Boulevard and Columbia St. Later it was moved close to the entrance to the Pattullo Bridge, and then to its current location when this City Hall was built. Included are names from the First World War, the Second World War, Korea, Merchant Navy, and Peacekeeping Members. Recently the area has been completely renovated and two cannons from 1866 were added. www.royal-westies-assn.ca

Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

OUR HONOURED DEAD
1914 - 1918

[First column/première colonne]

ASHWORTH HENRY
AITKEN WILLIAM
ALLISON W. RODERICK
ANNADALE T.S. JR
ANDERSON G. F.
ANDERSON ROBERT G.
ANDERSON WILLIAM
ANDERSON ROBERT A.
AITCHESON JOSEPH
ADAMSKI S.
ANGELO A.
ABBOTT V.H.C.
BRODERICK J.B.
BOWDEN CHRIS.
BARBER GEO. R.
BRUCE JOHN
BUNDY L.
BARNES A.
BLACKMORE CHAS.
BEATTLE REG.
BURNETT HARRY
BRISTOW SAMUEL
BOWDEN FRED
BATEMAN M.G.
BURR W.R.
BUTCHER ALFRED J
BOYD JOHN
BRISTOWE FRANK L.
BRUCE A.M.
BIRT G.W.
BUCHAN G.W.
BUCKLY S.C.
BOWER W.A.
BOWER W.A.
BATE DOUGLAS S.
BERNAYS L.A.
BLAIR J.F.
CARPENTER F.H.G.
CALLAHAN J.
COOK J.E.
CAMPBELL K.M.
CURTIS T.D.
CRAIGHEAD W.J.P.

[Second column/deuxième colonne]

CLITHEROE PERCY
CREIGHTON A.R.
CHESSELL FRED
CANNING GEORGE
CLAPP CHAS. E.
COLLINS GERALD
CHURCH NORMAN
CAMERON JAS. S.
CARRUTHERS W.B.
CLARKE R.M.
CLEGHORN W.S.
CALMAN WM.
CORBETT E.C.
CURTIS LESLIE W.
CUNNINGHAM F.B.
CONNOLY T.A.
CAPLE L.N.
CRANDELL JAS. G.
CULLINGTON ART. H.
CAMPBELL HUGH
CALLANAN J.
COUTU THOMAS
COMBE R.W.
DAY W.M.L.
DUNFORD E.T.
DALLEY G.
DENNISTON JAS.
BEACON C.H.
DAY WM.
DAILEY ALFRED T.
DOUGLASS WALLACE
EASTMAN EDWIN F.
EDGAR ROBERT
FERGUSON T.
FOSTER JOHN A.
FELL R.J.
FOURISTER ROBERT
FLUMERFELT E.
FORREST LEONARD
GORDON OLIVER
GORDON G.C.
GORDON W.

[Third column/troisième colonne]

GAUDIN H.E.
GYOTOKU TOMOKI
GREVENY WM. K.
GOUGH E.B.
GUNN B.B.
GRAY ALFRED
GRAY L.
GRAY JOHN A.
GRAY T.
GLAUSTONE ROBERT
HARPER J.A.
HEPWORTH A.H.
HAPPER A.D.
HAWKES H.
HUME ARTHUR E.
HARRIS FRED
HARRIS H.
HUNTER JOHN W.
HAMILTON WILLIAM
HUGGARD KEN H.
HENDERSON JOHN
HARVIE H.
HURDORD C.H.
ISHIHARA IUDO
IRVIN CHAS. A.
IRVINE E.
JAMES ALBERT
JONES HUGH L.
JAGGER HERB.
JAGGER LOUIS
JOHNSON HENRY C.
JAMES JOSEPH
KELLY WILLIAM
KELLY FRANK W.
KETCHER BERT
KNOX MATTHEW
KENNY N.
KEARY WM. O'B.
KEAN STANLEY W.
LEVY ALFRED J.
LESLIE W.
LINN J. McK.

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

[plaque/plaque]

OUR HONOURED DEAD
1939 - 1945

[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

[plaque/plaque]

24 POUNDER FIELD HOWITZERS
THESE TWO GUNS ARRIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER IN 1866
ON BOARD THE HMS SPARROWHAWK.
THEY WERE USED FOR TRAINING LOCAL DEFENSE
UNTIL 1873 BY THE SEYMOUR ARTILLERY COMPANY,
A PREDECESSOR OF
THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT.
RESTORATION OF THE GUNS COMPLETED IN 2004 BY
THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THANKS TO MAJOR SPONSORS
THEY CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
AND
THE MILLENNIUM COMMITTEE

[plaque/plaque]

ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF
NEW WESTMINSTER
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO SERVED
KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR OF
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
[Plaque/plaque]

KOREAN CONFLICT

1950 - 1953

[Plaque/plaque]

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914 - 18 1939 - 45 1950 - 53
THE
LIFE LINE
OF THE
WORLD

POUR LA
SURVIE
DU MONDE
LIBRE

[Plaque/plaque]

IN RECOGNITION OF THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF V. E. DAY
DEDICATED ON MAY 7TH 1995
TO THE
ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT
MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER
AS PEACE KEEPERS
IN
THE TROUBLED WORLD