British Columbia

This window is dedicated in memory of Lieutenant Harold Herber Owen, son of Cecil Owen, third rector of Christ Church, (1904-1919). Lieutenant Owen was killed in battle in 1916. It depicts a soldier in the First World War battle dress. Christ has come to take him across the River of Life to his eternal home, signified by three angels and the distant radiant Latin Cross. The Reverend Cecil Owen was one of the most loved of Vancouver's citizens; for the rest of his career (1921-1947, he retired at age 81) he was a hospital chaplain and was the primary force behind the founding of the World Wide Help Organization, Save the Children. At his funeral in 1954 the crowds flowed out of Christ Church Cathedral onto the streets as thousands came to pay their respects.

This window is a memorial dedicated to a young soldier, Private Norman Vincent Hughes, of the 196th Battalion, who lost his life in the First World War. Jesus is shown with hands outstretched, calling his first disciples, Andrew and Simon Peter. They are emerging from the waters of the Sea of Galilee with a catch of fish, reminding us that disciples were called to be 'fishers of men'. Saint Peter is robed in blue and brown, signs of truth and renunciation of the world. Saint Andrew is robed in violet; love and truth.

This window is a regimental tribute from the 102nd North British Columbians to one of their fallen comrades, Colonel John W. Warden, erected in 1947. The banner across the top of the window lists battles in which the regiment fought. Christ extends His hand in blessing over war graves, shown as crosses at his feet. The tree in the background has been cut down before its time. The poppies refer to Colonel John McCrae's famous First World War poem, "In Flanders Fields," which made the poppy an enduring symbol of wartime and self-sacrifice. Above Christ's head are five peace doves.

This memorial is dedicated to the members of the Royal Canadian Navy who gave their lives in the Second World War. Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors, was a bishop of Myra during the fourth century. The extended hand is a symbol of father and creator; the ship is a symbol of the word of God; the anchor represents hope. Traditionally the three figures in the Biblical dress at the bottom would be looking out over Jerusalem. Here they are seated on the Stanley Park Seawall watching a destroyer steaming under the Lions Gate Bridge. This is how West Vancouver looked in 1955. There was one row of lights along Marine Drive.

This memorial window is dedicated in memory of Air Force Pilot Robert Alfred Wilson who was 23 when he died somewhere over the Bay of Biscay, off the north coast of Spain and the west coast of France. His memory is expressed here in the image of a soldier in the service of Christ, fighting powers of evil, and clothed in God's armour: the helmet of salvation, the mail coat of integrity, the leather buckler of truth and the sword of the spirit. On the banner is the Royal Canadian Air Force motto: PER ARDUA AS ASTRA, "Through hardships to the stars."

This window is dedicated to the Nursing Sisters of Vancouver both in War and Peace. At the top of this window is the crest of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and at the bottom right is the crest of the Vancouver General Hospital with the Maltese Cross.

At the bottom left is the family crest of Major Skitt Mathews. Major Matthews was the City of Vancouver's first archivist and this window is also a tribute to his wife who was a military nurse in the Second World War.

The Christ Church Cathedral is the Regimental Church of The Seaforth Highlanders and this window is a memorial to Major T. C. B. Vance who died in the Second World War. Major Vance was killed in action in Ortona, Italy on Christmas Eve 1943. The crest at the top of the window is of the Vancouver Regiment, The Seaforth Highlanders, whose motto is: "Cuidi Ch'n Righ" in Gaelic: Help the King.

This memorial was erected in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Grant Worthington, Commanding Officer, 28th Canadian Armoured Regiment, by his friends and comrades, as a tribute to a brave soldier and a gallant gentleman.

This memorial was erected by the friends and members of the Regiment who returned from the Second World War.

This memorial is in memory of six hundred and seventy officers and men of the 102nd Battalion (North British Columbians) who gave their lives in the First World War. The colours of the Battalion were deposited in the Christ Church Cathedral on September 22nd, 1919.