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Erected by Canada Post, this memorial plaque (approximately 2' wide by 3' high) is dedicated to the Vancouver Post Office employees who were killed in the First and Second World Wars. When was the memorial unveiled? Written records of when the plaque was first unveiled are not available. It is known that it was erected shortly following the First World War and placed in the Main Lobby of the Vancouver Post Office which at that time was located at the north-west corner of Granville and Hastings Streets. The plaque was recast following the Second World War to accommodate three additional names. The plaque was moved to the Retail Lobby of the current Vancouver main Post Office, 349 West Georgia Street when the building was opened in 1956. Over the years a number of renovations have taken place in the lobby and the plaque was no longer in the public area. Renovations in September of 2009 required relocation of the plaque and it was moved to the public area and is now mounted on a pillar in the south-east corner of the Retail Lobby.

Memorial Plaque - First World War Frank Edward Carr, Pvt. 7th Battalion BC Regiment, 16412, Born December 19, 1886 Ryde, Ontario, Enlisted September 18, 1914, Died April 26, 1915, No known grave, Second Battle of Ypres, Name listed on Menin Gate, Ypres. Mathew Henry Harlock, Pvt. Canadian Army Medical Corps, 33354, Born June 8, 1882 Burton on Trent, England, Enlisted September 25, 1914, Died June 27, 1918, Lost at sea, Sinking of the Llandovery Castle Hospital Ship, name listed on the Halifax Memorial. Note: Also killed with the sinking of the Llandovery Castle was Wilfred Howie Gemmel (522922) a Postal Clerk from London, Ontario. Henry Harry Jackson, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, 129532, Born November 5, 1893 Cumberland, Ontario, Enlisted September 21, 1915, arrived in France August 13, 1916, Died September 16, 1916, Kemmel Chateau Cemetery, Battle of Flers-Courcellette in the Bozincourt Region. John Jamieson, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Born June 10, 1886 Glasgow, Scotland, Enlisted September 21, 1915, Arrived in France on August 13, 1916, Died November 25, 1916, No known grave, Battle for Vimy Ridge, Name listed on Vimy Memorial. Thomas Charles Morris-White, Driver, 1st Brigade Canadian Garrison Artillery, 339472, Born July 17, 1881 Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Enlisted December 16, 1916, Died June 17, 1918, Brighton Borough Cemetery. Clarence Roy Palmer, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, 1015816, Born October 30, 1892 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Enlisted July 22, 1916, Arrived in France May 23, 1917, Wounded July 28, 1917 in the Avion Sector, Rejoined Regiment January 12, 1918, Died march 30, 1918, No known grave, Name listed on Vimy Memorial. Charles Herbert Peart, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, 116417, Born May 18, 1893 Dublin, Ireland, Enlisted June 1, 1915, Arrived in France January 14, 1917, Died May 24, 1917, La Chaudiere Cemetery. James Pender, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth highlanders, Born August 19, 1882 Nanaimo, BC, Enlisted September 21, 1915, Arrived in France August 13, 1916, Died November 23, 1916 Abbeville Cemetery, Fell in the Bozincourt Trench System. Alexander Filmore Quinn, Lance Corp. 72nd Battalion BC Regiment, 16685, Born August 5, 1880 Glencoe, Ontario, Enlisted September 28, 1914, Died June 3, 1916 No known grave, Name listed on Menin Gate, Ypres. Joseph Richardson, Gunner, 2nd Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, 338914, Born May 7, 1896 Barrow-in-Furness, England, Enlisted may (?), 1916, Died August 27, 1918, Buried Southbrook (Hollybrook) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Francis Wenman Wright, Pvt. 72nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, 129464, Born September 13, 1893 San Franciso, California, Enlisted September 17, 1915, Arrived in France August 13, 1916, Died April 9, 1917 No known grave, Battle for Vimy Ridge, Name listed on Vimy Memorial. Second World War Melvin Ralph Derrick, Sgt Royal Canadian Air Force, R/107000, Died August 19, 1942 No known grave, Dieppe Raid, Name on Runneymede Memorial, United Kingdom. John Gibson, Pilot officer Royal Canadian Air Force, J/85485, Died March 25, 1944, Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Germany. Walter Pyle Thomas, Flight Officer (Navigator) Royal Canadian Air Force, J/54162, Died, July 17, 1945, Chittagong War Cemetery, Dampara, Bangladesh.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

Worthington Drive and Worthington Place were named on March 23, 1948, to commemorate Lieutenant Colonel Donald Grant Worthington and Major John "Jack" Robert Worthington of the British Columbia Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own). The only sons of Dr. George Harvey and Ada Matilda (nee Marshall) Worthington, of Vancouver, British Columbia and brothers of Elizabeth Louise Worthington. In memory of his sons killed in the Second World War Dr. George Harvey Worthington willed $100,000 to the University of British Columbia where both sons attended. Lieutenant Colonel Donald Grant Worthington and Major John "Jack" Robert Worthington were killed in the Battle for Hill 159 when a mix up in communication led tanks into a fatal battle with German Panzers. 

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

Worthington Drive and Worthington Place were named on March 23, 1948, to commemorate Lieutenant Colonel Donald Grant Worthington and Major John "Jack" Robert Worthington of the British Columbia Regiment (The Duke of Connaught's Own). The only sons of Dr. George Harvey and Ada Matilda (nee Marshall) Worthington, of Vancouver, British Columbia and brothers of Elizabeth Louise Worthington. In memory of his sons killed in the Second World War Dr. George Harvey Worthington willed $100,000 to the University of British Columbia where both sons attended. Lieutenant Colonel Donald Grant Worthington and Major John "Jack" Robert Worthington were killed in the Battle for Hill 159 when a mix up in communication led tanks into a fatal battle with German Panzers. 

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

Vimy Crescent was named on March 23, 1948 to commemorate those who fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in the First World War.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

The Seaforth Highlanders regiment was formed in 1910 and served overseas in both World Wars. Of particular significance was their involvement in liberating the Netherlands during the Second World War. Members of the Seaforth Highlanders have been deployed on many missions since The Second World War including Korea, Egypt, Cyprus and Afghanistan. Seaforth Drive was named in their honour on March 23, 1948.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

This street was named on March 23, 1948, to commemorate those who fought at the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

On November 11, 1918, the last day of the First World War, Canadian forces captured the Belgian town of Mons — liberating a place that had been under German occupation since 1914. This street was named on March 23, 1948, to commemorate those who fought at Mons. 

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

Matapan Crescent was named on March 23, 1948, to commemorate those who fought at the Battle of Cape Matapan on March 28, 1941, during the Second World War. Control over the Mediterranean Sea was critical and in this Battle, the Royal Navy massacred the Italian Navy.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, the tiny island of Malta, situated between Sicily and the coast of north Africa, provided a base of operations for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to conduct several raids against the convoys that supplied the German and Italian armies in north Africa. In October 1941, these units based in Malta had destroyed over 60 per cent of the German-Italian traffic bound for the north African ports of Tunis and Tripoli. As a result, the Germans assembled a force of 600 fighters and bombers in Sicily, 105 kilometers north of Malta, to destroy the base and airfields on Malta.

Although no Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons were based in Malta, 25 per cent of the pilots in Malta's Royal Air Force fighter and bomber squadrons were Canadians. Mark "Hilly" Brown, the youngest wing commander in the Royal Air Force, was sent to Malta in the summer of 1941 to direct all fighter operations. Other Veteran Canadian pilots followed, including Squadron Leaders Robert Barton and Stan Turner.

A new group of Veteran Canadian pilots arrived in Malta on 9 June 1942. They included Flight Commanders "Laddie" Lucas and R.W. "Buck" McNair and Flight Officers F.E. Jones, Al Yates, "Mac" MacLean, Chuck Ramsay, John Williams, C.S.G. de Nancrede, Basil Butler, Bob Middlemiss, "Rip" Mutch, Jean Paradis, Wally MacLeod, R.C. Fumerton, Pat Bing, and George "Buzz" Beurling.

Both Bing and Fumerton would win the Distinguished Flying Cross while in Malta. MacLeod downed 13 enemy planes in 18 weeks. Beurling scored 30 victories in the battles that raged over Malta during the summer and autumn of 1942.

Malta Place was named on March 23, 1948, in honour of those who fought at the Island of Malta.

In 1948, Grandview Heights in northeast Vancouver was developed as a sub-division to provide low rental housing for Veterans after the Second World War. Initially the streets were to be named after wildlife, but this was changed and the streets were named after personalities, battles and events from the two World Wars. The Chair of the Street Naming Sub-Committee was Alderman Halford Hal Wilson, who served as a Major during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, the tiny island of Malta, situated between Sicily and the coast of North Africa, provided a base of operations for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to conduct several raids against the convoys that supplied the German and Italian armies in North Africa. In October 1941, these units based in Malta had destroyed over 60 per cent of the German-Italian traffic bound for the north African ports of Tunis and Tripoli. As a result, the Germans assembled a force of 600 fighters and bombers in Sicily, 105 kilometers north of Malta, to destroy the base and airfields on Malta.

Although no Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons were based in Malta, 25 per cent of the pilots in Malta's Royal Air Force fighter and bomber squadrons were Canadians. Mark "Hilly" Brown, the youngest wing commander in the Royal Air Force, was sent to Malta in the summer of 1941 to direct all fighter operations. Other Veteran Canadian pilots followed, including Squadron Leaders Robert Barton and Stan Turner.

A new group of Veteran Canadian pilots arrived in Malta on 9 June 1942. They included Flight Commanders "Laddie" Lucas and R.W. "Buck" McNair and Flight Officers F.E. Jones, Al Yates, "Mac" MacLean, Chuck Ramsay, John Williams, C.S.G. de Nancrede, Basil Butler, Bob Middlemiss, "Rip" Mutch, Jean Paradis, Wally MacLeod, R.C. Fumerton, Pat Bing, and George "Buzz" Beurling.

Both Bing and Fumerton would win the Distinguished Flying Cross while in Malta. MacLeod downed 13 enemy planes in 18 weeks. Beurling scored 30 victories in the battles that raged over Malta during the summer and autumn of 1942.

Malta Avenue was named on March 23, 1948, in honour of those who fought at the Island of Malta.