British Columbia

Province Code
BC
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-026
Type
Other
Location
Memorial Park, in south-east corner
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3287716, -123.16467
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[sign/enseigne]

Memorial
Garden

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front
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British Columbia
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This formal Memorial Garden is located in Memorial Park (59034-025).

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Type Description
Garden
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7678
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-025
Type
Parks
Location
Bounded by Marine Drive, 19th Street, Esquimalt Ave, and 20th Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3287277, -123.1644952
Submitted By
Julie Clements
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no inscription/aucun inscription

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park
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park entrance
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playground
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British Columbia
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In 1921, Bylaw #151 was passed by the municipal council and the district accepted the donation of the land to be utilized as a public park and to be known as Memorial Park. This small park, opposite the Memorial Library (59034-022) is a peaceful sanctuary next to the bustling Ambleside Business District. The park is home to a formal memorial garden (59034-026), memorial arch (59034-012), and memorial benches (59034-027, 59034-028, 59034-029, 59034-030).

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Park
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7677
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-023
Type
Other
Address
1950 Marine Drive
Location
West Vancouver Memorial Library
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3291787, -123.1656726
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

Stained glass window
"Harmony"
donated by
Mrs. Allan S. Gentles
sister of
Horace Gordon Stone
1950

[stained glass window/vitrail]

TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT HORACE GORDON STONE
ONLY SON OF HENRY.A.AND
BEATRICE.H.STONE OF THIS CITY
WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
DECR. 15TH 1918.

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window
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Horace Stone
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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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This stained glass window is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Horace Gordon Stone who died on Active Service 15 December 1918. It is located in main hall of the West Vancouver Memorial Library (59034-022). "Harmony" was created in 1931 by John Henry Dearle. Henry Stone, a founder of the Vancouver Art Gallery, commissioned the window as a memorial to his son, who was a naval officer. Mr. Stone presented the Window to the Vancouver Art Gallery. The Art Gallery displayed the window until the Second World War when it was removed for safekeeping. After the war, the Gallery returned the window to Mrs. Allen Gentles, Lt. Stone’s sister. When the West Vancouver Memorial Library was constructed in 1950 as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Second World War, Mrs. Gentles presented the window to the Library.

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Type Description
Stained glass window
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7654
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-022
Type
Other
Address
1950 Marine Drive
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3291787, -123.1656726
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[sign/enseigne]

West Vancouver Memorial Library

[exterior plaque/plaque à l'extérieur]

LEST WE FORGET
THIS LIBRARY WAS FOUNDED
AS A MEMORIAL TO HONOUR
THOSE OF WEST VANCOUVER
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR
SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS
WOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM
TO PURSUE KNOWLEDGE
WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE
OPENED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
NOVEMBER 11TH 1950
PLACED BY
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
WEST VANCOUVER (PACIFIC 60) BRANCH
SEPTEMBER 18TH 1993
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

[interior plaque/plaque à l’intérieur]

THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
OPENED NOVEMBER 11, 1950
EXPANDED 1957, 1962, 1977
EAST ADDITION OFFICIALLY OPENED
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF
WEST VANCOUVER
BY
MAYOR MARK SAGER

[left column/colonne de gauche]
COUNCILLOR P. BONAME
COUNCILLOR R. DAY
COUNCILLOR D. HUTCHINSON
ARCHITECTS
THE HULBERT GROUP

[right column/colonne de droite]
COUNCILLOR A. DANYLIU
COUNCILLOR D. GRIFFITHS
COUNCILLOR R. WOOD
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
DARWIN CONSTRUCTION LTD.

[bottom/en bas]
SEPTEMBER 18, 1993

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library
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West Vancouver War Memorial Library
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War Memorial Library Groundbreaking
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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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This library officially opened on 11 November 1950. Located in this library is a Book of Remembrance (59034-024) that lists all the local casualties of the Second World War. There is also a stained glass window dedicated to Lt. Horace Gordon Stone (59034-023). Many citizens throughout the municipality donated to the construction, equipment, and books for the library. It is dedicated as a living monument and an everlasting commemoration to the gallant men who sacrificed their lives during the Second World War. 

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Type Description
Building
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7653
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-021
Type
Other
Address
885 - 22nd Street
Location
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3325891, -123.1709329
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[base/base]

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN LOVING MEMEORY OF
LT. JOHN SPOUSE, C.E.
KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1918.

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Julie Clements
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plaque
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
British Columbia
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This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Lt. John Spouse, C.E. Lt. Spouse died 21 July 1918 in Arras, France.

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West Vancouver
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Cross
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7652
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-020
Type
Other
Address
885 - 22nd Street
Location
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3325891, -123.1709329
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

THE SOUNDING OF THE CHIMES
THROUGHOUT THIS PARISH
IS OUR MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
1939 - 1945
WHERE CHURCH BELLS RING THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE FREE

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Julie Clements
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plaque
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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This plaque dedicates the sounding of the chimes as a memorial to those who served in the Second World War.

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West Vancouver
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Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7651
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-019
Type
Other
Address
885 - 22nd Street
Location
St. Stephen's Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3326028, -123.1708658
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

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ST. STEPHEN'S
1939 WORLD WAR II 1945
HONOUR ROLL
NAVY
LIEUT. BELL-IRVING. RICHARD MORRIS
R.C.A.F.
P/O. BALDEN. SAMUEL RICHARD
F/O. CORNISH. OLIVER MANSELL
F/SGT. CRICKMAY. PETER HEDLEY
W/O.2 FRY. THOMAS WILLIAM
F/O. HAILSTONE. TERENCE RAMSEY
F/SGT. HALSTEAD. DAVID HARRY
SGT. POWELL. ALBERT RICHARD
P/O. THURLOW. JOHN ROBERT
P/O. WITT. ERNEST MAURICE
R.A.F.
F/LT. SHARMAN. DONALD CHARLES
F/LT. SMITH. FRANCIS WILFRED
ARMY
PTE. LAYTON. PETER TOLSTON
PTE. MONTGOMERY. WILLIAM HUGH
L/CPL. MOON. DAVID CHARLES
A/L/SGT. RONKSLEY. EVERETT ANTHONY
PTE. RUSSELL. GORDON FLECK
CAPT. WATSON. JAMES GRAHAM
PTE. WILSON. RICHARD JUSTLY
IN MEMORY OF F/LT. FRANCIS W. SMITH
BY HIS PARENTS
JAMES H. AND FLORENCE G. SMITH

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Julie Clements
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plaque
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
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British Columbia
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This plaque lists the members of St. Stephen's Church who died in the Second World War.

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7650
City/Municipality
West Vancouver
Memorial Number
59034-018
Type
Other
Address
4773 South Piccadilly Road
Location
St. Francis-in-the-Wood Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.3392045, -123.2549615
Submitted By
Julie Clements
Inscription

[window/vitrail]

"Thou did'st make our Sister Moon and Stars
For Sister Water, praise to Thee, Good Lord.

WILLIAM FRANCIS MILLERD 1918 - 1942

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Julie Clements
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window
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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This stained glass window is dedicated to William Francis Millerd, who died in the Second World War.

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West Vancouver
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Canada
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Stained glass window
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7649
City/Municipality
Pemberton
Memorial Number
59034-017
Type
Other
Address
1403 Portage Road
Location
In front of Pemberton Medical Clinic
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.3215907, -122.8050329
Submitted By
E. T. Barnes
Inscription

THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF PEMBERTON BY
1 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE TRANSFER
OF THE REGIMENT FROM CFB CHILLIWACK TO CFB EDMONTON IN
JULY 1996. IT IS GIVEN AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE
AT HAVING BEEN SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY ACCEPTED AND SUPPORTED
BY THE PEMBERTON COMMUNITY.

VALE OF PLENTY

A HUNDRED TIMES WE'VE LEFT THIS PLACE
AND MARCHED AWAY TO DISTANT KINGDOMS

WHERE TO WALK FULL IN HARMS WAY
AND STRUGGLE HARD FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM,

THE WORLD AROUND WE'VE ROVED AND RANGED
TO PAY IN BLOOD ON CAIN'S DARK DEBT.
WE'VE DONE BOLD THINGS YOU CAN'T IMAGINE, AND DESPARATE THINGS WE CAN'T FORGET,

ON NIGHTS WE SLEPT WE DREAMED SWEET DREAMS,
IN SLUMBER'S SHORT LIVED COMFORT LENT
WE
HOMESICK FLEW BACK IN AN INSTANT
TO THIS PEACEFUL VALE OF PLENTY,

FOR HERE IS WHERE WE'VE WOO'D AND WED
AND TUCKED OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN BED,
AND HERE IS WHERE OUR LOVED ONES STAY
AND WORRY WHEN WE'RE FAR AWAY,
AND HERE IS WHERE WE'VE MOURNED AND SAID
OUR SAD FAREWELL'S TO COMRADES DEAD,
TO HERE IS WHERE WE HOPE AND PRAY
WE SAFELY MAKE IT BACK ONE DAY.

GIRT BY ALPINE PALISADE

SAFE FROM EVERY ADVERSARY

MILD, PASTORAL, LUSH AND FERTILE

THIS OUR VERDANT SANCTUARY.

NOW ORDERS COME TO STRIKE THE CAMP,
NOW SAD BEFORE US LIES OUR DUTY
TO SOUND "LAST POST" AND LOW'R THE FLAG
AND LEAVE THIS PLACE OF MATCHLESS BEAUTY.

AS SOLDIERS DO WE'LL HEFT OUR PACKS,
AND STEADFAST MARCH FOR WHERE WE'RE BOUND.
BUT EVER IN OUR HEARTS WILL REST
THIS PEACEFUL VALE AS SACRED GROUND.

WARRANT OFFICER
DANIEL HARTFORD
1 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT

- UBIQUE -

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front view
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British Columbia
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the 1 Combat Engineer Regiment. It was erected by the 1 Combat Engineer Regiment.

City
Pemberton
Country
Canada
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Cairn with plaque and flagpole
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6501
City/Municipality
Pemberton
Memorial Number
59034-016
Type
Other
Address
7440 Prospect St
Location
West side of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 201
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.3231, -122.80717
Submitted By
E. T. Barnes; Julie Clements
Inscription

THIS CAIRN IS ERECTED IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
RONAYNE MILLER
&
PATRICK GODFREY MERVYN WILSON
THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1939 - 1945

LEST WE FORGET

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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to two men who died during the Second World War. It was erected November 11, 1986 by the 1 Combat Engineer Regiment. The west face of the memorial has a bronze plaque, which measures 12 inches high x 18 inches wide. The cairn is 77 inches tall and the ground base is nine inches tall as is the second base. It has been recently restored.

City
Pemberton
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Canada
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Cairn with plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6500
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