Vancouver Police Department Memorial Plaques

Vancouver, British Columbia

Type

Other

This memorial is dedicated to the Vancouver Police Department members who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Vancouver Police Department. Below the two plaques is a third plaque listing the Vancouver Police Department members killed in the line of duty in Vancouver. Included in this list is a Victoria Cross Winner.

Inscription

[top plaque/plaque du haut]
1914-1919
ERECTED BY
VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

[left column/colonne de gauche]
D.A. MORRISON
R. MC. LEAN
J.K. KENNEDY
H.W. HALL

[right column/colonne de droite]
R. LEMON
E. SCARLETT
J.M. WATSON
J. ELLIOTT

[bottom/en bas]
W. MORRISON
THEY DIED THAT HONOUR AND JUSTICE MIGHT LIVE.

[middle plaque/plaque du milieu]
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
J.H. SUTHERLAND H.A. SMITH

[bottom plaque/plaque en bas]
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
MEMBERS OF THE VANCOUVER
POLICE DEPT WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
PERFORMANCE OF DUTY

[left column/colonne de gauche]
LEWIS BYERS
MARCH 25, 1912.
RICHARD LEVIS
AUGUST 29, 1914.
ERNEST SARGENT
NOVEMBER 10, 1927.
OLIVER G. LEDINGHAM
FEBRUARY 26, 1947.
ARTHUR S. TRENTHAM
RESERVE FORCE
SEPTEMBER 16, 1963
LARRY T. YOUNG
FEBRUARY 2, 1987

[centre column/colonne du centre]
JAMES ARCHIBALD
MAY 28, 1913.
MALCOLM B. MACLENNAN
MARCH 20, 1917.
JOSEPH A. REILLY
DECEMBER 23, 1932
GORDON F.F. SINCLAIR
DEC 7, 1955
LARRY W. ESAU
JUNE 29, 1966.

[right column/colonne de droite]
JOHN L. MCMENOMY
JUNE 13, 1913.
ROBERT G. MACBEATH, V.C.
OCTOBER 9, 1922
CHARLES BOYES
FEBRUARY 26, 1947.
LAWRENCE W. SHORT
FEBRUARY 9, 1962.
PIRTHIPAUL S. SANCHERA
JAN 8, 1982.