British Columbia

The Colours of Vancouver's Regiments
THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT (DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S OWN)
THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA
THE IRISH FUSILIERS OF CANADA (THE VANCOUVER REGIMENT)
In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives So That We May Live In Peace

LEST WE FORGET

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This cabinet for Vancouver's Regimental Colours
is a gift of the Rix Family Foundation in Memory of
Staff Sergeant Master Samuel Henry Courtney
Service# 30149 3rd Division, Trained Canadian
Army Service Corp. Died: October 4, 1917.
La Targette British Cemetery, Vimy Ridge.

LEST WE FORGET

[Roll of Service/Liste nominative]

[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.]

INDIA
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GT. BRITAIN AND IRELAND
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW ZEALAND
NEWFOUNDLAND

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF
COMMONWEALTH MEMBERS
OF THE SERVICES WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
THEY DIED IN EVERY
QUARTER OF THE EARTH
IN THE AIR AND
ON THE SEA

"THEIR BODIES ARE
BURIED IN PEACE.
BUT THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOREVERMORE."

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1 BRITISH COLUMBIA

[battles listed on around borders/batailles énumérées sur les côtés]

FRANCE & FLANDERS
1914 - 1918

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
64 OFFICERS
AND
1335 N. C. O.'s AND MEN
OF THE
7TH BATT. C.E.F.
(THE 1ST BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

THIS TABLET
WAS ERECTED BY THOSE MEMBERS
OF THE REGIMENT WHO
RETURNED
PASSCHENDAELE

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. COLONEL WILLIAM HART-MCHARG
COMMANDING 7TH CANADIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
BORN AT KILKENNY IRELAND 16TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1869
KILLED IN ACTION
AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES
23RD DAY OF APRIL 1915
ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES AS A TRIBUTE TO A BRAVE SOLDIER
AND A GALLANT GENTLEMEN

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS AND MEN
OF
THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WAR

THE OLD COLOURS WERE DEPOSITED AND THIS
MEMORIAL DEDICATED ON THE OCCASION OF THE
FIRST REGIMENTAL PARADE TO THIS CHURCH
14TH MAY, 1978

BY THE GRACE OF GOD
SACRED TO THE GLORIOUS AND BELOVED MEMORY OF
WING COMMANDER CHARLES GRAY
R.C.A.F. 405 SQUADRON - "PATHFINDERS"

DEVOTED AND LOVING SON OF
FRANK AND IRIS GRAY OF THIS PARISH
BORN AT HADLEYWOOD, ENGLAND, MARCH 27th, 1908
KILLED IN ACTION JULY 29th, 1944

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
OF ALL THOSE MEMBERS OF
HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR OF 1939 -1945
"SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE"
PRESENTED BY
MRS. IRIS GRAY, VANCOUVER, B.C.
IN CHERISHED MEMORY OF HER SON
W/C CHARLES GRAY, R.C.A.F.

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The Regimental Colours of
the BC Regiment and the Seaforth Highlanders
have been repaired and are curated in this alcove
in thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the sacrifices of soldiers' lives
in the First and Second World Wars.