British Columbia

Province Code
BC
City/Municipality
Mill Bay
Memorial Number
59021-012
Type
Other
Address
2735 Mount Baker Road
Location
Brentwood College School
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.6524769, -123.5574683
Submitted By
Dores Baxter. Brentwood College School.
Inscription

BRENTWOOD COLLEGE

ROLL OF SERVICE
ALEXANDER, B.S.
ALLAN, O.B.
ALLEN, M.W.
ANGUS, D.H.W.
ANGUS, F.
ANGUS, J.A.
ANGUS, J.R.J.
ANKETELL-JONES, W.M.
APPLETON, R.J.
ARCHIBALD, J.P.
ASSELTINE, J.W.
BARRETT-LENNARD, W.J.
BARBER-STARKEY, J.W.M.
BASSETT, T.R.
BATE, H.K.
BIBEE, W.H.
BELL, R.M.
BELYEA, A.D.
BERRY, J.M.
BLACKWELL, R.G.
BROCKIE, J.A.
BROWN, A.C.T.
CALHOUN, A.W.
CALLAND, J.C.
CAMPBELL, J.D.D.
CAVENAGH, O.J.A.
CHADWICK, E.M.
CHARLEWOOD, M.
CLARK, D.M.
CLARKE, E.N.
CLIST, A.S.
CLIST, W.M.
COOKE, K.C.
COOPER, H.G.
DAVIDSON, G.H.
DENNISON, A.S.
DEPENCIER, E.A.E.
DIGBY, W.R.W.
EGLESE, E.J.
ELMORE, B.
BYRNE, T.H.
CAMERON, W.H.Q.
ELLIS, M.H.
WRIGHT, W.C. (BILL)

ELMORE, D.
FERGUSON, W.I.
FERRIS, W.D.S.
FIELD, A.M.
FINCH, C.V.
FLEMING, C.S.C.C.
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[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
GILLESPIE, A.C.
GILLESPIE, A.E.
GILLESPIE, A.W.
HURRELL, R.C.S.
GRANT, J.F.
GREER, J.H.
HAMERSLEY, H.L.
HANBURY, R.M.
HASKAMP, H.
HETT, G.M.
HINTON, J.L.
HINTON, [?]
HOLLAND, M.O.
HOLMES, P.D.P.
HOLMES, W.D.C.
HOTHAM, O.A.
HUTCHINGS, G.H.
HUTCHINSON, C.
IZARD, A.P.
IZARD, J.A.W.
JOHNSTON, A.K.
KENNING, A.M.C.
KIDD, G.P.
KINLOCH, D.F.B.
LEASK, J.O.
LECKY, J.
GRAHAM, C.T.
HOMER-DIXON, D.F.
HOBSON, C.G.
HOPE, P.

FOR
KING AND COUNTRY
HONOUR ROLL
1939 - 1945

[plaque/plaque]
BEARD, T.N.E.
BALLACHEY, A.A.
BARRETT, LENNARD
BISHOP, J.P.
BRYDEN, J.T.
CAMPBELL, J.P.
COULTER, A.H.
DUNLOP, A.B.
FIELD, R.C.
GILLESPIE, J.G.
HANBURY, B.A.
BARVEY, B.
GILLESPIE, J.R.
MARLATE, S.P.
MAYHEW, C.A.
OSLER, K.S.
PROCTOR, R.C.
SALTER, L.C.
SMYTH, R.
STUBBS, J.H.
STEWART, D.E.
SVEINSON, G.G.
SYMONS, C.M.R.
WHITE, W.L.T.
WILKINSON, L.R.
WILLIAMS, T.M.

[This list is not on the plaque./Cette liste ne figure pas sur la plaque.]
BURNS, J.M.
BIGELOW, W.G.
ROBINSON, S.C.
DEANE, J.

ROLL OF SERVICE

NICKSON, O.A.
LEIGH, T.E.
LOGAN, K.T.
LORT, R.A.H.
MACASKILL, W.A.S.
MACDONALD, A.R.
MACKENZIE, R.S.
MCCAFFREY, J.A.
MCCAFFREY, R.P.
MCCALLUM, J.S.
MCCLEAN, J.M.A.
MCDOUGALL, D.D.
MCTAVISH, A.F.
MCKEEN, G.B.
MACKIE, W.B.
MALKIN, J.L.
MALKIN, R.E.
MARTIN, J.
MAY, P.G.
MILLIGAN, G.B.
MITCHELL, A.H.
MITCHELL, B.A.
MITCHELL, F.G.
MONEY, G.N.
MUNGER, J.D.
NATION, R.J.
NAIRN, K.R.
NEWCOMBE, C.F.
OSLER, T.R.
PHILIP, K.
PHILLIPS, G.
PHILLIPS, R.
PLAYFAIR, G.A.
PUGH, D.V.
QUIRK, T.J.
RHODES, A.D.
ROBERTS, J.R.
ROBERTSON, H.R.
ROGERS, H.S.
ROOME, R.M.B.
ROSS, R.I.
MATTHEWS, F.W.
RICARDO, W.C.
SHARP, J.T.
HALL, J.R.

NICKSON, J.E.
SCHINBEIN, J.E.
SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, R.
SHIELDS, J.W.
SMITH, F.A.
SMYTHIES, C.O.
SPENCER, W.A.
STAVRAKOV, V.G.
STEPHENS, R.ST.G.
STEWART, C.
SUNDERLAND, E.V.P.
SYMONS, E.J.
TAYLOR, E.A.
TODD, C.T.B.
TODD, D.C.
TODD, J.H.
TODD, R.H.
UNDERBAKKE, G.A.
WATERSTRAT, P.A.
WEIR, C.T.
WELD, G.F.
WESTINGHOUSE, A.H.
WHYTE, R.R.
WILBY, D.R.
WILKIN, R.L.
WILLS, C.H.
WILSON, D.R.
WILSON, G.L.
WILSON, R.S.
WOODCROFT, D.A.
WOODCROFT, J.F.D.
WOODS, W.A.A.
WOOTTEN, D.O.
WHITTALL, H.R.
WORSLEY, G.N.
WRIGHT, P.W.
YORATH, E.J.
YOUNG, M.D.
HEAD, D.
HENDERSON, L.S.
WELLS, W.C.
WESTINGHOUSE, R.L.
MONROE, D.L.
MACRAE, D.R.
MILLER, J.M.

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Dores Baxter
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Plaque commémorative de la Seconde Guerre mondiale de la Brentwood School College, dans la Brentwood College School chapel, Brentwood Bay.
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Brentwood College School
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Brentwood College Second World War Plaque
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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
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This plaque is dedicated to those from Brentwood College School who served and those who died in the Second World War. It was made by the students in 1946. The plaque comes from the Brentwood College School chapel at 788 Sea Drive in Brentwood Bay, just outside Victoria. The campus burned down in 1947, but the chapel was saved.

The school moved to a new campus in the fall of 1961. Around 2020, the chapel was decommissioned and an old boy from the school purchased all the artifacts from the chapel, including the plaque, and donated them to the school. 

City
Mill Bay
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Plaque - wood and bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6763
City/Municipality
Central Saanich
Memorial Number
59021-011
Type
Other
Address
792 Sea Drive
Location
Brentwood Anglican Chapel, Brentwood Bay
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.5700133, -123.4660754
Submitted By
Dores Baxter
Inscription

[on banner/sur la bannière]
FERRE VA FERME

[emblem on left side/emblème du côté gauche]
THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH
DEAS GU GATH

[emblem on right side/emblème du côté droit]
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY

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Dores Baxter
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front view
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British Columbia
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This memorial is dedicated to the Canadian Scottish Infantry and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

City
Central Saanich
Country
Canada
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Stained glass window (flags and banners have been laid up for safe keeping by the military)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6760
City/Municipality
Central Saanich
Memorial Number
59021-010
Type
Other
Address
792 Sea Drive
Location
Brentwood Anglican Chapel, Brentwood Bay
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.5700133, -123.4660754
Submitted By
Dores Baxter
Inscription

"IN MEMORY"
THE AIR FORCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
SEPT. 1975

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Dores Baxter
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plaque
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British Columbia
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This memorial was erected by the Air Force Officers Association of Vancouver Island in September 1975.

City
Central Saanich
Country
Canada
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Plaque (brass) (flags and banners have been laid up for safe keeping by the military)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6759
City/Municipality
Sidney
Memorial Number
59021-009
Type
Other
Address
1910 Norseman Road
Location
British Columbia Aviation Museum
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.6403678, -123.4199566
Submitted By
Stanley Brygadyr
Inscription

[left stele/stèle gauche]

THE FINAL BATTLE
August 9 1945

Lt. Gray's leadership and daring earned him many awards;
a Mention in Dispatches, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the
Victoria Cross for sinking the Japanese destroyer Amakusa in
Onagawa Bay, Japan, where his Corsair aircraft was hit by anti-
aircraft fire and crashed into the sea. He was the last Canadian to
fall in combat in the war.

LE DERNIER COMBAT
Le 9 août 1945

Le leadership et l'audace du lieutenant Gray lei ont valu de
nombreuses décorations: une citation à l'ordre du jour, la
Croix du service distingué et la Croix de Victoria pour avoir
coulé le destroyer japonais Amakusa dans la baie
d'Onagawa, au Japon. Son avion Corair, frappé par des tirs
antiaériens, s'écrasa en mer. Il fut le dernier Canadien à
tomber au combat durant la guerre.

[central stele/stèle centrale]

LT. ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY V.C., D.S.C. RCNVR
1917-1945

In honour of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Pilots who served on loan to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air
Arm during the Second World War. Esteemed in their
number was Lt. Gray who was awarded the Victoria Cross,
which was also a symbolic recognition of the
accomplishments of all Canadians killed while serving in
the RN carrier fleet.

Dedicated in the 75th year after the end of the war.

They flew, died, and like the summer breeze that fades
at dusk, they became memories.

En l'honneur des pilotes de la Reserve de volontaires de
la Marine royale du Canada qui ont été prètés à l'aéronavale
de la Marine britannique pendant la Seconde Guerre
mondiale. Parmi ses rangs se trouvait le lieutenant Gray,
lequel reçut la Croix de Victoria, symbolique des
réalisations de tous les Canadiens tués pendant leur
service sur les porte avions de la Marine britannique.
Dédicace 75 ans aprés la fin de la guerre.

Ils s'envolèrent, sont tombès, et comme la brise d'été qui
s'estompe au crépuscule, sont devenus des souvenirs.

[right stele/stèle droite]

Lieutenant Gray

In 1940 aged 22, "Hammy" Gray, from Nelson, BC, left the University
of BC to join the Royal Canadian Volunteer Reserve. He was
sent to Britain with 150 other young Canadians for naval training.
He qualified as a pilot in Canada, and flying from the carrier HMS
Formidable he attacked the German battleship Tirpitz. He later sank
enemy ships off Japan before being shot down in the last
days of the war.

En 1940, à l'âge de 22 ans, "Hammy" Gray, de Nelson, en Columbie-
Britannique, quitta l'Université de la Columbie-Britannique pour
s'enrôler dans la Réserve de volontaires de la Marine royale du
Canada. Avec 150 jeunes Canadiens, il fut envoyé en Grande-
Bretagne pour suivre une formation navale. Il devint ensuite pilote
d'avion au Canada et, aux commades du porte-avions HMS
Formidable, attaqua le cuirassé allemand Tirpitz. Dans les derniers
jours de la guerre, il coula des navires ennemis au large du Japon
avant d'être finalement abuttu.

[leaf plaque/plaque foliaire]

Maple Leaf
Wall
of
Honour

During the Second World War 260 Canadians served
in Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

42 of them, including Lieutenant Gray, lost their lives.
Their courage and achievements were recognized
throughout the fleet.

Each small leaf honours a Canadian
who fell in combat. The large leaves represent the
ships in which they served.

You may place a flower in one of the Maple Leaves to
express your appreciation of these valiant Canadians.

[leaf plaque/plaque foliaire]

Mur
d'honneur
de la feuille
d'érable

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 260 Canadiens ont servi
dans les porte-avions du service aéronaval de la Royal Navy.

42 d'entre eux, dont le lieutenant Gray, ont perdu la vie. Leur
courage et leurs réalisations ont été reconnus par l'ensemblre
de la flotte.

Chaque feuille rend hommage à un Canadien
tombé au combat. Les grandes feuilles
représentent les navires dans lesquels ils ont servi.

Vous pouvez placer une fleur dans l'une des feuilles d'érable pour
exprimer votre rconnaissance envers ces valeureux Canadiens.

[bench/banc]
This monumnent was made possible by the support of Veterans Affairs Canada
and by major contributions from the individuals and organizations recognized here
and numerous donations by participating Canadians

  • Peter Keith-Murray
  • Anne George
  • Jerry Presley
  • Maurice Layden
  •  
  • Royal Canadian Legion BC / Yukon Command
  • Naval Assocation of Canada
  • British Columbia Aviation Museum
  • Stewart Monumental Works Ltd.
  • Rusnak Gallant Design Ltd.
  • Terrence Milne
  • Stanley Brygadyr
  • Gerald Pash
  • Joe Buczkowski
  •  
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Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray Memorial
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surroundings
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British Columbia
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The Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray Memorial was erected on January 5, 2021, and dedicated on August 8, 2021. Dozens of Veterans, dignitaries, and high-ranking military personnel attended the dedication. Representatives of the Gray family included Dr. Anne George, Robert Hampton Gray’s niece; Marcia and Mary George, his great nieces, and his great great nieces Nyah, Niobe, and Nahla Clarke. Six vintage aircraft flew overhead during the ceremony.

The three pillars show Gray in uniform with a full list of his titles, awards, and citations. It includes a grayscale painting of Gray’s final battle, painted by renowned Canadian aviation artist Don Connolly. The five large stele maple leaves on the wall behind the monument represent the five aircraft carriers present during Lieutenant Gray's service, and the 42 smaller leaves represent Gray and his fellow Canadians who were killed while serving with the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. The stone bench lists names of committee members and key donors.

Twyla Rusnak and Illarion Gallant of Rusnak Gallant Design Ltd. created the garden and backdrop for the memorial. The back is called the rose wall and is a place for people place roses in memory of their loved ones who served.

Robert Hampton Gray was born in Trail, British Columbia on 2 November 1917. Joining the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in July 1940, he was assigned to the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm in which he trained as a fighter pilot and remained for the rest of the Second World War. Gray served in Britain, East Africa and finally with the British Pacific Fleet which, in the final weeks of the war, was operating against the Japanese home islands with the United States Navy’s Third Fleet. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for sinking a Japanese destroyer on 28 July 1945.

Lieutenant Gray was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his actions on 9 August 1945. On that day, he led eight Corsair fighters from HMS Formidable on a mission to bomb enemy shipping in Onagawa Wan; each aircraft carried two 500-pound bombs. As Gray commenced his attack, he met very heavy anti-aircraft fire and his fighter was hit almost immediately, which dislodged one of his bombs and caused the aircraft to catch fire. Despite the damage, Lieutenant Gray pressed home his attack with great determination, and scored a direct hit with his remaining bomb on the Japanese escort vessel Amakusa, which subsequently sank. Instead of taking evasive action to avoid enemy fire, his aircraft then turned slowly to starboard, rolled onto its back and dived into the bay, leading to speculation that Gray may have been wounded during his run in to the target. He did not survive.

The Project Team for the memorial consisted of former members of the Royal Canadian Navy: Colonel Stanley Brygadyr (ret’d), Captain Terry Milne (ret’d), Lieutenant-Commander Gerry Pash (ret’d), and Master Seaman Joe Buczkowski (ret’d).

City
Sidney
Country
Canada
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Stelia - granite, wall, bench
Photo Credit
Gerald W. Pash
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10525
City/Municipality
Central Saanich
Memorial Number
59021-008
Type
Other
Address
1973 Cultra Avenue
Location
St. Mary's Church, Saanichton
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.59234, -123.4179195
Submitted By
Council of St. Mary's/conseil de St. Mary
Inscription

Roll of Honour
We record with pride and gratitude
the names of members of
THE PARISH OF SOUTH SAANCIH,
who are serving their King and Country

Ethne Gale
William Shaw
Phyllis Jones
Hilda Butterfield
S.P. Oakes
Peter R. Butler
Peter Littlewood
Bob Spooner
Viscount Colville
Phillip A. Farmer
Peter Littlewood
John Garrard
T. Westinghouse
H.K. Slyan
A. Slyan
Daniel H. Butler
J.C. Jones
Jan McCreesh

John H. Young
John B.B. Shaw
J.D. Holloway
John Brandon
G.W. Oakes
Gerald Littlewood
Tom Maxwell
Dudley Atkins]
John G. Colville
Ian Douglas
Geoffry Corgy
R. Scott-Moncrieff
L. Westinghouse
L.R. Slyan
C.R.H. Palmer
Denis Slyan
L.N. Jones
Geoff Duncan

Langton Adams
Horace Jones
Barbara Atkins
Lewis Hearle
S.E. Oakes
Maurice Littlewood
Basil Wright
Ken Thomson
Francis Spooner
W. Greenhalgh
T.H. Butler
A. Westinghouse
Bob Sp[?]
E. Slyan
Fawsitt Tyler
Stephen Tyler
M. Gore-Langton

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Roll of Honour
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details
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Roll of Honour
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
British Columbia
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The same Roll of Honour is erected at St. Stephen's Church in Saanichton (59021-007), but with a different frame and two names are interchanged in the list.

City
Central Saanich
Country
Canada
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Roll of Honour (framed parchment) (flags and banners have been laid up for safe keeping by the military)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6781
City/Municipality
Central Saanich
Memorial Number
59021-007
Type
Other
Address
7921 St. Stephen's Road
Location
St. Stephen's Church, Saanichton
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.5977393, -123.4563211
Submitted By
Colonel George Herbert (Ret'd/ret)
Inscription

Roll of Honour
We record with pride and gratitude
the names of members of
THE PARISH OF SOUTH SAANCIH,
who are serving their King and Country

Ethne Gale
William Shaw
Phyllis Jones
Hilda Butterfield
S.P. Oakes
Peter R. Butler
Peter Littlewood
Bob Spooner
Viscount Colville
Ian Douglas
Peter Littlewood
John Garrard
T. Westinghouse
H.K. Slyan
A. Slyan
Daniel H. Butler
J.C. Jones
Jan McCreesh

John H. Young
John B.B. Shaw
J.D. Holloway
John Brandon
G.W. Oakes
Gerald Littlewood
Tom Maxwell
Dudley Atkins]
John G. Colville
Phillip A. Farmer
Geoffry Corgy
R. Scott-Moncrieff
L. Westinghouse
L.R. Slyan
C.R.H. Palmer
Denis Slyan
L.N. Jones
Geoff Duncan

Langton Adams
Horace Jones
Barbara Atkins
Lewis Hearle
S.E. Oakes
Maurice Littlewood
Basil Wright
Ken Thomson
Francis Spooner
W. Greenhalgh
T.H. Butler
A. Westinghouse
Bob Sp[?]
E. Slyan
Fawsitt Tyler
Stephen Tyler
M. Gore-Langton

FOR KING & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 -

+ Signifies "Paid the great Sacrifice."

Mckenzie, Nurse Jessie
Shaw, George E.
Tillard, Ross
Cleaves, Vincent
Barton, Herbert
Colville, Hon. John
Coates, William
Allberry, Harry
Lomas-Smith, Robert
Menmuir, David
Cafferata, M.J.
John, Frederick
Bissett, Clement
Lidgate, Frederick
Betts, Cyril
Lacousiere, Herbert
Gillan, C.R. +

Lacousiere, Amabel
Carrier, Reginald
Carrier, Bernard
Dean, Arnold +
Mckay, George
Peterson, John A.
Peterson, William R.
Laurie, William
Toogood, Charles +
Toogood, Frederick +
Anderson, Stanley
Wilkinson, Noel
Whitlaw, Lawrence
Petch, Sydney
Petch, Robert
Petch, Ernest
Cruse, C.C. +

Petch, George
Petch, Arthur
Richardson, John
Richardson, Charles
Richardson, Edward
Hughes, Harry
Johnston, James H.
Freeland, Frank
Lemon, Arthur C.
Nimmo, Richard
Cliffe, Albert
Hydes, Arnold
Patterson, Ross
Patterson, Samuel
Rosemergey, John H.
John, Edgar

SOUTH SAANICH.

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Colonel George Herbert (Ret'd/ret)
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Roll of Honour
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flag and Roll of Honour
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Roll of Honour
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
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British Columbia
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These memorials are dedicated to those who served and those who died in the First and Second World Wars. They were erected by St. Stephen's Church. The First World War Roll of Honour was painted by James Carrier, a well-known portrait artist and parishioner who died in 1939. The two Rolls of Honours are not limited to members of St. Stephen's, but list all those who were from the Parish of South Saanich regardless of religious affiliation. The Second World War Roll of Honour has faded making some of the names illegible. The same Roll of Honour is erected at St. Mary's Church in Saanichton (59021-008), but with a different frame and two names are interchanged in the list.

City
Central Saanich
Country
Canada
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Two Rolls of Honour (framed parchment) (flags and banners have been laid up for safe keeping by the military)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6780
City/Municipality
Victoria
Memorial Number
59021-006
Type
Other
Address
770 Vernon Avenue
Location
Saanich Municipal Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.4589609, -123.3767177
Inscription

LEST WE FORGET

 

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

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2013-010-001 Standing vigil at the Saanich War Memorial, Gore Park, Remembrance Day, 1962 (this War Memorial was later moved to the grounds of the Municipal Hall)
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Province
British Columbia
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Constructed in July of 1919, the monument has become a memorial to the war dead of 1914-1918, 1939-1945, 1950-1953 (Korea) and to Major Ernest W. MacQuarrio, CD, MA, BD Ceremonial Chaplain 1972-1993. It consists of a large block of granite approximately 1.7m high, set on a concrete base and dias of rough cast finish.

The land for Gore Park was dedicated to honour the First World War dead in 1919 but it was not until November 11, 1957, that a peace memorial at Gore Park was added. In 1971 the memorial was moved from Gore Park to the front of Municipal Hall.

City
Victoria
Country
Canada
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Granite slab on a concrete base and dais
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4227
City/Municipality
Victoria
Memorial Number
59021-005
Type
Other
Address
3100 Tillicum Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.454003, -123.3981036
Submitted By
Julie Clements; updates by Richard Turcotte
Inscription

GEORGE R. PEARKES
COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTRE

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City of Victoria
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
British Columbia
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George R. Pearkes Community Recreation Centre is named in honour of Major-General George R. Pearkes, VC, PC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD, Croix de guerre (France), Legion of Merit (USA).

George Randolph Pearkes was born in Watford, England on 26 February 1883. He came to Canada in 1906 and joined the Royal North West Mounted Police. In 1915, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, later rising to command the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles.

As well as recognizing his courage, the award of the Victoria Cross to Major Pearkes was due to his skillful handling of his troops at Passchendaele in Belgium on 30 and 31 October 1917. At a particular stage, the progress of Pearkes’s troops was threatened by a German strongpoint. Quickly evaluating the situation, he captured the position, which enabled him to continue to advance toward his objective, and then to hold it with a small number of men, despite a wound in the thigh. Although he was wounded five times over the course of the First World War, Pearkes remained a career soldier and went on to hold several major command appointments during the Second World War. After retiring from the Army, he entered federal politics as a Progressive Conservative and was elected four times to the House of Commons (1945, 1953, 1957 and 1958). Pearkes served as Minister of National Defence in Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Cabinet from 1957 until 1960. In 1961, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, a position he held until 1968. Pearkes died on 30 May 1984 in Victoria, British Columbia. The main building housing National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario is named the Major-General George R. Pearkes Building in his honour.

City
Victoria
Country
Canada
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Building
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7788
City/Municipality
Mayne Island
Memorial Number
59021-004
Type
Other
Address
360 Georgina Point Road
Location
Mary Magdalene Anglican Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.8569447, -123.2967805
Submitted By
Denis A. Simmons
Inscription

In Remembrance Lest we forget
1914-1918
1939-1945 1950-1953



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Front view
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
British Columbia
Body Content

This memorial was dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World War, Korean War and Peacekeeping. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch no. 84.

City
Mayne Island
Country
Canada
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Arch (Lych Gate)
Memorial CF Legacy ID
108
City/Municipality
Ganges Village, Saltspring Island
Memorial Number
59021-003
Type
Other
Address
138 Fulford-Ganges Rd
Location
Centennial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
48.8525765, -123.498952
Submitted By
Linda Adams; Ivan Mouat; John D. Redmond
Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
OUR ISLAND BOYS
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS

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A.N.H. CHURCHILL
F. CARTWRIGHT
G.R.C. CALCOTT
R.P.P. NORTON
G.H.C. MILNES
F.H. CORBETT
J.D.B. CRAIG
C.M. BLANDY
A.T.B. CHARLESWORTH

C.C. HEDGES
J.R. LUMLEY
H.T. LUMLEY
C.P. STORER
S.A. STORER
G.E. HAYDON
N.C. HEATON
P. FALKNER

H. EMERSON
H. LONGDON
L. CARTER
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A.G. KEMP
J. MASON
M.T. MYLES
J.D. WHIMS

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Linda Adams; Ivan Mouat; John D. Redmond
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Remembrance Day on Saltspring Island 1989
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Obelisk erected in 1923
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Surroundings
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
British Columbia
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Body Content

The first war memorial erected was a wooden structure with the names of those who were serving and those killed inscribed on large white boards, two places on each of the four sides of the memorial. "The Shrine" listed the names of all men and women who were serving their country at that time. After, names were added as they joined the services. Those who were killed were marked with a cross. (A permanent masonry moved to the centre of the Centennial Park then under construction.) At the beginning of the First World War, the population of Saltspring Island was approximately 1,000. From that number, 150 men and women joined the armed services, nine lost their lives - two in the RCN, three in the Army and four in the RCAF or RAF. Seventy-nine years ago from 1996, the first Remembrance Day service was held on Saltspring Island. Since 1931, these have been organized and directed by Branch 92 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The Cenotaph has been the location for other services: "D" Day remembrances and "V.E" Day celebrations. (The site of the annual Canada Flag-Raising also.)

City
Ganges Village, Saltspring Island
Country
Canada
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Obelisk
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4800
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