Nova Scotia

This memorial is dedicated to all those who lost their lives in war. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Scotia Branch No. 25 in 1984.

Named in honour of Flight Sergeant John G Vaughan, RCAF. The Westmount Subdivision was constructed following the Second World War. The streets were named in honour of some of the service personnel from Halifax who were killed in the Second World War.

Named in honour of Lieutenant Donald A. Isner, RCIC. The Westmount Subdivision was constructed following the Second World War. The streets were named in honour of some of the service personnel from Halifax who were killed in the Second World War.

Named in honour of Private Charles A.V. Ward, West Nova Scotia Regiment. The Westmount Subdivision was constructed following the Second World War. The streets were named in honour of some of the service personnel from Halifax who were killed in the Second World War.

In February 1915, at St. Mark’s Church in the north end of Halifax, former Fredericton High School student and Royal Navy midshipmen Victor Hatheway was honoured on a memorial for those killed in action aboard HMS Good Hope, the first official Canadian casualties of the First World War. Victor was the son of Frederick W. and Christina Grace Hatheway and a graduate of Halifax Naval College. 

The original St. Mark’s Church was completely destroyed in the infamous Halifax Explosion of 1917 and this memorial plaque was destroyed. The present St. Mark’s Church was opened in 1921 at a different location. 

HMS Good Hope was the Royal Navy Drake class armoured cruiser that was the flagship of Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock's 4th Cruiser Squadron in the early days of the First World War. The ship was sunk by the German Navy's East Asia Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee, at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914.

Named in honour of Private George William Abbott, Cape Breton Highlanders. The Westmount Subdivision was constructed following the Second World War. The streets were named in honour of some of the service personnel from Halifax who were killed in the Second World War.

This plaque was dedicated by Halifax employees of the Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the Second World War. It is not known where the plaque is located now.

Named in honour of Sergeant Morton Ralph Heinish, RCAF. The Westmount Subdivision was constructed following the Second World War. The streets were named in honour of some of the service personnel from Halifax who were killed in the Second World War.

This plaque was dedicated by Halifax employees of the Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the First World War. It is not known where the plaque is located now.

Erg was built at the Halifax Shipyard in 1915. The steam tug was first named Sambro and during the Halifax Explosion on 6 December 1917, while docked at the Graving Dock Wharf on the Halifax side of the harbour, sank to the bottom of the harbour from the force from the explosion. It is not known if there were any lives lost. The Explosion occurred 980 feet north of the Graving Dock and many yard workers were killed. Sambro was raised from the water in 1927 and renamed Erg. 

During the Second World War the vessel assisted with the movement and repair of larger ships. On the morning of 6 July 1943, Erg was carrying workers and equipment on its way to service a Merchant Navy ship that was anchored in the Bedford Basin with an assembled convoy, and was hit by the Norwegian freighter SS Norelg, a larger ship weighting in at 3,382 tons. Erg was struck from behind, crumbled on the port side and completely tipped her over, sinking within six minutes. There were 24 men aboard and only five survived. A few escaped through the only exit door leading from the wheelhouse and the other nineteen men were trapped in the wheelhouse and the engine room below the deck.

On 19 July 1943 the Royal Canadian Navy raised Erg from the water and it was beached on the eastern side of the Bedford Basin. There they were able to recover ten bodies, but the other nine were never found. Erg's hull was too badly damaged to repair, so was taken to shallow end of the basin in Roach Cove and scuttled and sunk for the third and last time on 24 August 1943. A plaque was presented by the Halifax Shipyard during a ceremony to honour the lost workers.

Nova Scotia Underwater Exploration Society divers found the wreck in October 2000. The sunken vessel was described as being fully intact, sitting perfectly upright with its dented wheelhouse also sitting upright and its propeller still attached. The Erg’s back was broken with its back end slightly sticking up in the air. The divers were able to go inside the wreck and swim around viewing everything. The site was proclaimed a Protected Heritage Site under the Special Places Protection Act and divers placed this plaque beside the wreck.