Okanagan Falls United Church Memorial Plaques
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P.O. Robert G. Christie D.FM.
1914-1943
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1914-1943
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[front/devant]
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 227
1914-1918
1939-1945
1950-1953
LEST WE FORGET
Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 227, this memorial is dedicated to the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The Memorial Rose Garden was instituted by the Robert Pearce families in 1928.
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1939 - 1945
R.E. BARTEE R.E. G.R. PRINGLE
F.H. MILLS R.H. WILSON
KILLED IN ACTION
[side/côté]
F. CHAPMAN
C.O. NEEDHAM
W.M. DRYDEN
D.A. SEATON
A. THEOBALD
C.W. SUTHERLAND
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KILLED IN ACTION
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[side/côté]
E. McKAY
E.F. SHAW
A.F. SEATON
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DIED IN SERVICE
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Erected by the District of Peachland, this memorial is dedicated to local war dead.
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A LIVING MEMORIAL
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN
THIS ARENA IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF PENTICTON AND DISTRICT
NOVEMBER 1951
LEST WE FORGET
Erected by the city and citizens of Penticton in November 1951, this memorial arena is dedicated to the local veterans and war dead. A metal plaque is located on the east wall of the main entrance to mark the memorial status of this building.
[front/devant]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SPLENDID MEMORY OF PENTICTON MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE"
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PENTICTON AND DISTRICT WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939-1945
[left side/côté gauche]
THE FOLLOWING
CANADIAN AND IMPERIAL TROOPS
WERE REPRESENTED BY THE MEN TO WHOSE HONOUR
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
A.D. 1920
[right side/côté droit]
"SEEK YE OUT OF THE
BOOK OF THE LORD
AND
READ" ISAIAH XXIV, 8
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN
THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS," JOHN XV, 13
"FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND AND THE
DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE",
I COR., XV, 57
[back/arrière]
DULCE ET DECORUM
EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
KILLED
DIED ON SERVICE
DIED
Erected in 1920 by the Great War Veterans' Association, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.
1914 LEST WE FORGET 1918
Known as "the battle flag of the orchards," the Red Ensign was flown by Lieutenant-Colonel P.E. Coleman of Penticton during almost every major campaign in which the Canadians took part in France during the First World War. It has been on display in Penticton since 1921. Source: The Report, April 24, 2000
The faded red silk ensign, simple and unadorned, was presented to Lieutenant P.E. Coleman on the summer evening of August 11, 1914, when 38 of the first British Columbia volunteers, still in their civilian clothes, paraded at the corner of Nanaimo and Martin Streets in Penticton, then a small fruit farming community in the Okanagan Valley. It was to acquire the most remarkable record of any flag flown during the Great War. With one exception, Penticton's Red Ensign accompanied the Canadians through every action in France in which they took part. It missed the battle of Passchendaele because the soldier in charge was in hospital. But it went into No Man's Land on night patrol, right up to the German trenches, wrapped under a soldier's battle dress. It went over the top and through the wire. It went through gas and shrapnel that ate regiments whole. It escaped the disaster at Sanctuary Wood, on June 2, 1916, when almost the whole company under Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman was annihilated. It was carried through the battles at Amiens, Arras, Canal du Nord, Douai, Vimy and Valenciennes and Hill 70. It flew at Ypres and Dickebusch, Ploegsteert and Messines. It was present when tanks were first used at Cambrai and later at Poziere during the bloody attack on Regina Trench. It was flying at Mons when Armistice was declared. And then it had one last adventure. On Nov. 11, 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman carried the Penticton flag through a cavalry screen still guarding the Belgian frontier and went on into Germany, two days before the authorized crossing of the border. At 1:10 p.m., passing through the village of Maldinger, the tattered rectangle of silk from Penticton became the first Allied flag to fly in victory inside the Kaiser's empire. Years later, almost as an after-thought, Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman returned to the community - by mail - the flag that was given to him when he mustered those ill-clad troops at the dusty corner of Nanaimo and Marin in August of 1914. Source: The Vancouver Sun, Tuesday, March 21, 2000
This flag is encased in a wooden frame and is mounted on acid-free cloth and backing and covered in U.V. protected glass. The Archives has the original signed letter of Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman giving the flag's history.
[north side/côté nord]
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN THEM. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI
KILLED
ADAMS LEONARD
ADAMSON JAMES
ADLAM WC
ALEXANDER J
BULLINGALL JR
BIRD RODERICK
BOWEN HT
BROADBENT S
BROWN ALISTER
ARCHER R
ATKINSON RV
BEAMES D
BEASLEY T
BRUCE D
BULL C
BURTON T
CAULFIELD WJ
CHERRY FA
CHRISTIE RG
CLARK JE
COLDRON C
CRAWFORD T
DALRYMPLE JW
DEBECK GC
EADIE SHAVER
ENGLAND HR
FARRAR JAMES
FENN CECIL
FERRIER AHB
FULKERSON FE
DONER A
DUNNE WH
EAST JD
EAST MG
EAST R
EVANS WJ
FINCH G
FLETCHER F
FORESTER RH
FRENCH A
GIBBS JA
GLADWIN E
GOODWIN DW
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"FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE"
1. COR XV 52
GILLESPIE M
GRAHAM JR
GRIEVE ALEXANDER
HINCKESMEN JW
HUNNABLE CH
IMPETT LESLIE
JACKSON FM
KEDDALL FH
LUNN GEOFFREY
MAUNDRELL GH
MCCOY JH
MERRIEL V
MORGAN LN
GUTTRIDGE NH
HADDEN W
HARROW G
HILL W
HILLARD DB
JENSEN FH
JOHNSON T
KIDSON FW
LECKIE JC
LIVINGSTON AA
LOUIS V
LOYIE A
LULL R
1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953
NESBITT WJ
NICOL JC
OLSER RALPH
PATTERSON RM
PETERS FW
PRIEST FRED
RAINCOCK H
SERAFINI F
SHAW PB
TYLER WE
TOMLIN JC
WANLESS RG
WAUGH ADAM
MACDONALD A
MACDONALD AK
MCBEATH R
MCCARTHY WR
MCDOUGALL RC
MCINTOSH J
MCPHEE JA
MCQUISTIN B
MCRORRIE L
MILLERSHIP J; MITCHELL J; MOORE G; MURRAY R
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KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY
DIED ON SERVICE
GRASSING C; KIRKPATRICK F; LUKE LE; MCDONALD A; NELSON MILFORD; ROADHOUSE R; TAYLOR G; WALKER JOHN
DIED
CANNINGS W; POWER RICHARD
NICE J; OLSEN R; OLSEN RM; PALETHORPE DM; PEARSON G.; PENROSE W; PHIPPS W; PROSSER L; ROATH N; ROBERTS A; ROUTH M; ROUTH P; SAMMET JA
"SEEK YE OUT OF THE BOOK OF THE LORD AND READ"
ISAIAH XXXIV 16
KOREA 1950-1953
ROBERTS LC
SINCLAIR W; STEENSON SW; SUTHERLAND WF; TATE AS; THOMAS TL; UNDERDOWN GEO; UNDERDOWN G; WATERMAN GV; WHARTON CH; WHISKIN DR; WILSON A; WYATT EL
[east side/côté est]
THE FOLLOWING CANADIAN AND IMPERIAL TROOPS WERE REPRESENTED BY THE MEN TO WHOSE HONOR THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY; ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE; ROYAL AIR FORCE; ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY; ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS; CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY; ROYAL FUSILIERS; ESSEX REGIMENT; PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CAN.L.I.; 2ND CANADIAN MOUNTED RIFLES; 7TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 8TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 10TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 13TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 15TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 25TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 29TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 45TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 47TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 50TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 78TH CANADIAN INFANTRY; 102ND CANADIAN INFANTRY
BR 40
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
PENTICTON BC
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED NOVEMBER 1984 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN WAR.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE SPLENDID MEMORY OF PENTICTON MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE"
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PENTICTON AND DISTRICT WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
1939-1945
Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40 in November 1984, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.
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1914 ROLL OF HONOUR 1918
[left column/colonne de gauche]
ANDREWS, J.
AGUR, H.W.
BARKWILL, G.
BRIDGEMAN, A.
CALLAN, R.
CLOUSTON, R.
DALE, G.C.
DEANS, R.
DETHOREN, M.
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, L.R.
FIGGIS, H.A.
FISHER, G.
FITTIN, J.
GALLAUGHTER, W.
GORDON, J.
HALL, C.E.
HARWOOD, A.
HERRON, D.
HIGGIN, J.L.
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HOLDER, P.
JOHNSTON, E.
JOYCE, M.
KERR, G.
KNOX, T.F.
MILLIGAN, H.A.
MCINTOSH, D.J.
MCLEOD, G.H.
NAPER, F.G.
OSLER, R.
OTTERWILL, T.
PARES, T.E.
REA, R.
RUSH, C.T.
STEVENS, J.
TREFFRY, J.
VAN ALLEN, K.M.
WALKER, F.R.
WILSON, G.
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1939 ROLL OF HONOUR 1945
[left column/colonne de gauche]
AGUR, R.
BLAGBORNE, C.W.
BOOTHE, G.
BRENNAN, T.
DANIELS, M.
DUNCAN, R.F.
GOULD, L.
HICKEY L.G.
HUNT, E.
JEWELL, J.R.
LEMKE, J.J.
[right column/colonne de droite]
MURFITT, H.A.
MCCUTCHEON, R.
MCDOUGALD, K.
MCLACHLAN, R.
POWELL, R.
RUMBALL, H.
SMITH, A.
SMITH A.W.
SMITH, E.
TEMPLE, A.J.G.
VERRIER, C.
WILSON, W.D.
YOUNG, T.
[bottom plaque/plaque en bas]
KOREA
1950-1953
IN MEMORY OF OUR BOYS
SUMMERLAND
1914 - 1918 -- 1939 - 1945
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[top plaque/plaque du haut]
KOREA
1950 - 1953
[left plaque/plaque gauche]
1914 - 1918
ERECTED
TO THE
MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THE
PRINCETON DISTRICT
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
H. ALLISON
A. BRYANT
A. F. COLES
J. COOKE
C. F. CROLY
B. CUNNINGHAM
N. L. DICKIE
A. P. HOWE
W. H. LYALL
J. MacDONNELL
D. G. McCURDY
M. McLEOD
S. McEWAN
R. W. MOLRAN
L. SPOONER
F. STANCHEL
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1939 - 1945
ERECTED
TO THE
MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THE
PRINCETON DISTRICT
WHO FELL IN
WORLD WAR II
K. ALSTROM
S. L. BUCHANAN
R. D. CURRIE
A. F. DICKSON
. C. FOSTER
J. A. HATTON
M. E. LANDRY
T. L. LEWIS
A. A. LIVINGSTON
D. R. McCARTHY
L. MORGAN
D. O'NEIL
W. H. PENROSE
A. PERKINS
This memorial is dedicated to the local veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.