Other

Address

2005 Sooke Road

Location

Royal Roads University, west of Hatley Castle in the Italian garden.

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4341148, -123.4728844

Submitted By

Victoria Edwards. Royal Roads University.

Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET
THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL COLLEGE
HMCS ROYAL ROADS
1941-1947
KILLED IN ACTION
1939-1945
LT. M.S. GRANT
SLT. R.H. McCONNELL
SLT. R.L. ROSS
LT. J.M. WALKLEY
LT. G.A. McLACHLAN
LT. M.D.S. RUSSELL
SLT. W.E. SHIELDS
LT. G.B. WRIGHT S

LT. R.I.L. ANNETT

DONATED BY
THE RCN COLLEGE
CLASS OF 1946
UNVEILED 1972

[left side/côté gauche]

THE RCN-RCAF
JOINT SERVICES
COLLEGE
1947 - 1948

[back/arrière]

THE CANADIAN
SERVICES COLLEGE
ROYAL ROADS
1948 - 1969

KOREA
1950 - 1953
LT. A.G. HERMAN

[right side/côté droit]

ROYAL ROADS
MILITARY COLLEGE
1969
1995

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back

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surroundings

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Royal Roads Cenotaph

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Korean War

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Body Content

The Royal Roads Cenotaph was donated by the Royal Canadian Naval College class of 1946 and unveiled in 1972. It is dedicated to the memory of those from the Royal Canadian Naval College, HMCS Royal Roads, Royal Canadian Naval-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Services College, Canadian Services College Royal Roads and Royal Roads Military College. It honours the Royal Canadian Naval College and HMCS Royal Roads students who were killed in action in the Second World War and the Canadian Services College Royal Roads student who was killed in the Korean War.

City

Colwood

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Royal Roads University Archives

Memorial CF Legacy ID

8280

Read more about Esquimalt Sailors' Walk

City/Municipality

Esquimalt

Memorial Number

59005-011

Type

Address

Opposite 1229 Esquimalt Road

Location

Memorial Park, around the cenotaph

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4302099, -123.413118

Submitted By

Dave Parker; Susan Green

Inscription

[large plaque/grande plaque]

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL
SHIPS LOST DURING
"BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC"
1939-1945

SAILORS' WALK

[plaque]

FRASER
25.6.40

[plaque]

BRAS D'OR
19.10.40

[plaque]

MARGAREE
22.10.40

[plaque]

OTTER
26.3.41

[plaque]

LEVIS
20.9.41

[plaque]

WINDFLOWER
7.12.41

[plaque]

SPIKENARD
11.2.42

[plaque]

RACCOON
7.9.42

[plaque]

CHARLOTTETOWN
11.9.42

[plaque]

OTTAWA
14.9.42

[plaque]

LOUISBURG
6.2.43

[plaque]

WEYBURN
22.2.43

[plaque]

ST. CROIX
29.9. 43

[plaque]

CHEDABUCTO
21.10.43

[plaque]

ATHABASKAN
29.4.44

[plaque]

VALLEYFIELD
7.5.44

[plaque]

REGINA
8.8.44

[plaque]

ALBERNI
21.8.44

[plaque]

SKEENA
25.10.44

[plaque]

SHAWINIGAN
24.11.44

[plaque]

CLAYOQUOT
24.12.44

[plaque]

TRENTONIAN
22.2.45

[plaque]

GUYSBOROUGH
17.3.45

[plaque]

ESQUIMALT
16.4.45

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Dave Parker; Susan Green

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Plaque

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Rick Daykin (Township of Esquimalt)

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Rick Daykin (Township of Esquimalt)

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Rick Daykin (Township of Esquimalt)

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Rick Daykin (Township of Esquimalt)

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large plaque

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Rick Daykin (Township of Esquimalt)

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Province

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In the late summer of 1985, in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Navy's naval presence in Esquimalt, the Chief and Petty Officers' Association erected a Totem Pole on the grounds in front of Esquimalt Municipal Hall. On May 28, 1989, the second half of the planned project took place: The Sailors' Walk. The names of all the navy ships lost during the Second World War (starting with HMCS Fraser and ending with HMCS Esquimalt) were inscribed on brass plates and mounted on a small retaining wall surrounding a flower bed.

City

Esquimalt

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Totem Pole, plaques, and flower bed

Memorial CF Legacy ID

4789

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City/Municipality

Esquimalt

Memorial Number

59005-010

Type

Address

Opposite 1229 Esquimalt Road

Location

Memorial Park

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4302053, -123.4129816

Submitted By

Dave Parker

Inscription

No inscription/aucune inscription

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Dave Parker

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German machine gun

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German machine gun

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Two German machine guns were added to the Memorial Park. This memorial is dedicated to the Esquimalt Veterans of the First and Second World Wars and Korean War.

City

Esquimalt

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Weapons (guns, concrete and stone)

Memorial CF Legacy ID

4788

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City/Municipality

Esquimalt

Memorial Number

59005-009

Type

Address

Opposite 1229 Esquimalt Road

Location

Memorial Park

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4302099, -123.4131174

Submitted By

Susan Green

Inscription

[front plaque/plaque de devant]

TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE RESIDENTS
OF ESQUIMALT WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE SERVICE OF
THE EMPIRE DURING
THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

KOREAN WAR
1951-1953

THE TORCH BE YOURS
TO HOLD IT HIGH

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
1914-1918
1939-1945
1950-1953

LIFELINE
OF THE
WORLD

[WWI plaque]

IN MEMORY OF ESQUIMALT'S
WAR DEAD

1914-1919

[left column]

E.S. Wilkinson
A. Barton
J.W.D. Dowler
A. Guest
C.T. Hinch
N. Lyne
J. Mullin
G. Peters
H. Savage
A. Walton
A.V. Whittier
A.W. Agnew
W. Bray
J. Erskine
W.C. Hamilton
W. Hole

[right column]

A. Millar
H.J. Nankiveil
N. Prescott
C. Sedger
W.G. Wheeler
D. Wier
J.C. Banks
D. Campbell
J.W. Gibson
C.M. Hardie
J. Holman
G. Miller
F.G. Pearce
W.H. Robertson
A.E. Smith
J.P. Wheeler

[WWII plaque]

IN MEMORY OF ESQUIMALT'S
WAR DEAD

1938-1945

[left column]

J. Burnett
J. Auchterlonie
A. Crane
R. Frame
A. Knowles
E. Mills
R. Patterson
T. Redhead
E. Whitehouse
J. Williams
R.J. Williams
M. Aylmer
R. Caffery
J. Cunningham
D. Frankham
F. McIntosh
J. Moncton
A. Rycroft
B. Williamson
J. Bailey
V. Carter
S. Day
W. Gagnon
D. McIntyre
D.E. Newell
J. Piddington
P. Piddington
I. Sutherland-Brown
D. Wilson
H. Bischlager
J. Codville
N. Dunnett
R. Gray
P. McMaster
G. Newman
C.L. Potts
C. Sweet
M.C. Wood
J. Besonnette
E. Cookman
G. Elam
D. Hopkins
T. Melander
W.E. Nicholas
L. Prosser
T. Watt

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Susan Green

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Surroundings

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Surroundings

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Plaque

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details

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Body Content

The Esquimalt War Memorial, located in Memorial Park, was designed by architect Hubert Savage, A.R.I.B.A., and unveiled on September 8, 1927, to honour those who fell in the First World War. Brass tablets with inscriptions were provided by the Esquimalt Branch of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), as well as a brass tablet added in 1947 to honour the fallen of the Second World War. On June 6, 1993, a brass plaque honouring Esquimalt War Dead was placed on the Cenotaph, containing a list of names of those fallen in the First and Second World Wars. In addition, plaques honouring the Korean War Dead and Merchant Marines have since been placed on the Cenotaph.

City

Esquimalt

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Shaft

Memorial CF Legacy ID

4787

Read more about HMCS Esquimalt Memorial Cairn

City/Municipality

Esquimalt

Memorial Number

59005-008

Type

POOL RALPH B
BLAND JOHN B
CONN JAMES R
HUGHES DAVID A
LEROUX LEO J
PARKER JACK R
PEDDIE ROY N
WARE WILLIAM J

Address

Opposite 1229 Esquimalt Road

Location

Memorial Park

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4302099, -123.4131174

Submitted By

T. Manuel (survivor/survivant);G. Godwin; D. Parker

Inscription

[front/devant]

[upper plaque/plaque supérieure]

HMCS ESQUIMALT
BUILT IN SOREL, QUEBEC. COMMISSIONED: 25,10,42. PAID OFF: 16,04,45 LENGTH: 162 FT. BREADTH: 28 FT. DRAFT: 8 FT., 3 IN. DISPLACEMENT:
595 TONNES SPEED: 16 KNOTS ARMAMENT: 1-12 POUNDER, 2 OERLIKONS,
2 DEPTHCHARGE THROWERS, 1 RAIL, 1 POM POM. SHIPS COMPLEMENT:
6 OFFICERS, 77 RATINGS. SHE WAS SUNK BY THE U.190 ON THE 16TH DAY
OF APRIL 1945. THE LAST NAVAL SHIP TO BE SUNK IN W.W.II.

[lower plaque/plaque du bas]

BODIES NOT RECOVERED AND
LISTED ON THE CENOTAPH AT
POINT PLEASANT PARK MEMORIAL
HALIFAX, N.S.

[first column/première colonne]

SMART JOHN

[second column/deuxième colonne]

GRANAHAN EDWARD J
BELLAZZIO JOSEPH F
CLANCY GREGORY J
FANNING HUNTLEY A
GALLAGHER ANTHONY
FITZPATRICK WILLIAM
HEDSTROM ARNOLD D
JACQUES CARLTON J
LEDREW FREDERICK

PARTINGTON RICHARD

[third column/troisième colonne]

PORTER JOHN C
DEVINS JAMES E
KNOWLES JOHN C
ROBERTS JAMES E
SMITH KENNETH H
STANLEY JAMES C
STAFFORD JOHN H

TRUDEL JOSEPH R

SHAVE CHESLEY N

[left side/gauche]

SHIPS COMPANY OF
HMCS ESQUIMALT ON
APRIL 16, 1945.

SHIPS COMPANY OF
HMCS ESQUIMALT ON
APRIL 16, 1945.

LIST OF THE SURVIVORS:

[first column/première colonne]

MAC MILLAN RC
KAZACOFF MIKE
SMITH FRANK W
HOOK WALTER
ROWE KENNETH
KIDD THOMAS
WARE JACK
SARGEANT JACK
MC GRATH KEN

[second column/deuxième colonne]

MAC DONALD DUNCAN T
CAMPBELL ALBERT
HENDERSON WILLIAM J
BEXRUD KENNETH
MANUAL TERRENCE
HILLIER NORMAN
MARCELLES ALLAN
RAMSEY WILLIAM
SCHWENGER ARTHUR

[third column/troisième colonne]

DEMPSTER EDWARD
AITKEN ROBERT
WILSON JOSEPH
BRUCE CAMPBELL
THOMAS DONALD
RICHARDS FRANK
MURPHY HERBERT
MIMEE FRED
MEYERS MONTY

[right side/droit]

DURING SIX HOURS OF
COLD, WET EXPOSURE, SIXTEEN
CREWMEMBERS PERISHED. THE
BODIES ARE INTERRED IN GRAVESITES
CHOSEN BY THE NEXT OF KIN.

[first column/première colonne]

DOWNIE BRYAN
BERGE OLAF E
WHITE DONALD

ZBARSKY RALPH

KYMAN ALBERT

[second column/deuxième colonne]

MC CONNEL LAWRENCE
MC INTYRE THOMAS J
WHITE HEAD BRUCE M
DUCHARME JOSEPH R
DUNLOP RONALD E

MONAGHAM JOHN M

[third column/troisième colonne]

CARLSEN HARVEY M
JOHNSTON HOWARD E
EADIE CLIFFORD J
EDWARDS CHARLES

KNIGHT HERBERT R

Photo Credit

T. Manuel (survivor HMCS Esquimalt/survivant du HMCS Esquimalt); D. Parker

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detail (HMCS Esquimalt)

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List of Survivors

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HMCS Esquimalt went down during the last days/WWII

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Bodies not recovered

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Body Content

It was erected on April 10, 1989, by the HMCS Esquimalt Memorial Association, in honour of the crew members who were lost on the HMCS Esquimalt on April 16, 1945. It commemorates the sinking of the last Canadian warship to be torpedoed in the Halifax Approaches, in the early hours of the morning of the 16th of April 1946. There were 44 all ranks who lost their life in the bitter cold water of the North Atlantic for over seven hours adrift in the sea. There were 27 survivors, of which Terrence C. Manuel was one. As the Town of Esquimalt adopted the ship by name, and many of her ship's compliment were from the west it was fitting that a cairn be erected as a memorial there for the casualties of Esquimalt.

City

Esquimalt

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Cairn (stone and bronze plaque)

Memorial CF Legacy ID

4786

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City/Municipality

Esquimalt

Memorial Number

59005-007

Type

Address

1190 Colville Road

Location

Veterans Cemetery, God's Acre

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4379362, -123.4143456

Submitted By

Robert Shipley

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Cross of Sacrifice

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Body Content

The large Cross of Sacrifice is a monument found in all war cemeteries in the British Commonwealth. The granite cross is sculpted in the shape of shell casings. On the front, a large bronze sword is mounted, pointing downward, to form another cross. The biblical symbolism of "turning swords into plowshares" is one that many visitors recognize.

The monument design dates to 1917. During the First World War, the Imperial War Graves Commission was founded to ensure that bodies of military personnel from the British Empire who died during war were found, identified when possible and buried with full military honours. Well-known architects were asked to submit possible designs for memorials to be erected in thousands of French and Belgian cemeteries. Sir Reginald Blomfield's winning design of the Cross of Sacrifice was chosen in part "... to emphasize the military character of the cemetery."

The Cross of Sacrifice in Veterans Cemetery was unveiled on October 27, 1961, by Maj.-Gen. George R. Pearkes. Pearkes, a Victoria Cross recipient, was a former Minister of National Defence and lieutenant-governor of British Columbia.

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Esquimalt

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Read more about War: A Family Affair Interpretive Panel

City/Municipality

Saanich

Memorial Number

59005-006

Type

Address

4000 Shelbourne Street

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4731104, -123.3326892

Inscription

War: A Family Affair

Commemoration of soldiers and nurses lost in the Great War takes various forms: names inscribed on war graves and monuments in Flanders and France, names engraved on Memorial Crosses awarded in memory of the fallen, named carved on the face of community cenotaphs and family headstones from one end of Canada to the other.

Two stone monuments - the community war memorial at Kettle Valley, B.C., and a family marker in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria - reflect the price Canadian families paid for the combined war effort of fathers, sons and daughters.

Two families, six members lost to war: a toll familiar to families across Canada.

The Oliver Family

Just Thirty-one people are listed among the fallen of Kettle Valley but four surnames are repeated. One of those names is Oliver.

Some 549 Canadians died in the Battle of Second Ypres, April 24, 1915. Among those who fell that day was Sidney Oliver, 44. Killed the same day in the same action was William Oliver, 22. Sidney and William were father and son. Neither has a known grave: each is remembered on the great monument to the missing, the Menin Gate, Ypres.

Having lost her husband and son on the same dark day in 1915, Sophia Oliver would be bereaved again. On Easter Monday, 1917: a second son, James, 19, was killed in thebattle for Vimy Ridge.

The three Memorial Crosses awarded to Sophia Oliver would not make her unique: many other Canadian mothers received as many, some even more.

The Peters Family

A century of west coast weather has made the north-facing words inscribed on the Peters family marker at Ross Bay illegible. But memory endures. An early volunteer, John Franklyn 'Jack' Peters, 22, died in the same action - Second Ypres - that killed Sidney and William Oliver. Fourteen months later, in June 1916, Jack's brother Gerald, 21, died in the Battle of Mont Sorrel.

Like Sidney and William Oliver, neither Peters brother has a known grave. They too are commemorated on the Menin Gate.

A third Peters brother, 'Fritz', served with great distinction, being awarded both the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Service Order. Unlike his brothers, Fritz survived the Great War. When its sequel erupted in 1939 Fritz volunteered again. He was awarded the greatest of all British gallantry medals, the Victoria Cross, but died in an air crash shortly afterward.

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District of Saanich

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War: a Family Affair Interpretive Panel

War or Conflict Term

First World War

Province

Body Content

This interpretive panel was installed in 2019 by Parks Saanich along Shelbourne Memorial Avenue, in memory of those families who lost members during the First and Second World Wars.

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Saanich

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Memorial CF Legacy ID

10565

Read more about Women and the War Interpretive Panel

City/Municipality

Saanich

Memorial Number

59005-005

Type

Address

Shelbourne and Mortimer Streets

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4649736, -123.3328456

Inscription

Women and the War

The Great War was not just a man's endeavour: Canadian women also played a vital role. Between 1914 and 1918 more than six hundred thousand men set aside their normal trades to serve as Canadian soldiers. In many cases it was women who took over the tasks soldiers left behind. Women worked in myriad roles previously considered men-only. In some cases these roles were directly related to war production: women helped manufacture munitions and military equipment.

Beatrice McNair

Some 2,800 nurses volunteered for war service; many worked in military hospitals close to the battlefields. Their work was demanding and dangerous. Courage was frequently demanded - and delivered. Beatrice McNair of Vancouver was one of nine nurses awarded the Military Medal for gallantry. Sixty-four nurses earned the Royal Red Cross First Class for exceptional devotion to duty.

Amelia Earhart

It wasn't just registered nurses who were keen to do their part for the war effort. Some two thousand Canadian women served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) as nursing assistants, cooks, war aides and the like.

One member of the Canadian VAD went on to world-wide fame: Amelia Earhart joined in Toronto and served until the end of the war.

Grace MacPherson

Most VAD women did their duty on the home front but some were determined to take a part closer to the front lines. Vancouver's Grace MacPherson succeeded in doing just that. She drove an ambulance, transported wounded soldiers and was as talented a mechanic as she was a driver.

Fifty-eight nurses - including two who served in the VAD - died in service during the war, twenty as a direct result of enemy action.

Photo Credit

District of Saanich

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interpretive panel

War or Conflict Term

First World War

Province

Body Content

This interpretive panel was installed in 2019 by Parks Saanich along Shelbourne Memorial Avenue, in memory of the women who served during the First World War.

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Saanich

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Memorial CF Legacy ID

10564

Read more about Coronel Memorial Library

City/Municipality

Colwood

Memorial Number

59005-004

Type

Address

2005 Sooke Road

Location

Royal Roads University

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.433839, -123.4751053

Submitted By

Victoria Edwards

Inscription

[plaque]

CORONEL MEMORIAL LIBRARY
DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF
MIDSHIPMAN MALCOLM CANN            R.C.N.
MIDSHIPMAN JOHN V.W. HATHEWAY  R.C.N.
MIDSHIPMAN  WILLIAM A. PALMER      R.C.N
MIDSHIPMAN  ARTHUR W. SILVER      R.C.N.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CLASS OF
THE ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE OF CANADA
LOST IN ACTION AT CORONEL
ON 1 NOV. 1914

OPENED BY THE HONOURABLE WALTER S. OWEN QC., LLD.
LT. GOV. OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
1 NOV. 1974

Photo Credit

Victoria Edwards

Caption

Building

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Photo Credit

Royal Roads University Archives

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plaque

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Royal Roads University Archives

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plaque surroundings

1 of 3 images

War or Conflict Term

First World War

Province

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Body Content

Canadian Service College Royal Roads, later Royal Roads Military College, and now Royal Roads University erected this memorial. It was unveiled on November, 1974. When it was officially opened, the library was dedicated to four members of the first class of the Royal Naval College of Canada established at Esquimalt, who were lost in action during the Battle of Coronel in 1914. Midshipmen Palmer, Silver, Hatheway and Cann were graduates of the Royal Naval College of Canada and were lost along with Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock and all hands of his flagship HMS GOOD HOPE at the Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914. They were the first Canadian casualties of the First World War.

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Colwood

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Memorial CF Legacy ID

8257

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City/Municipality

Colwood

Memorial Number

59005-003

Type

Address

2005 Sooke Road

Location

Royal Roads University

in Canada

Yes

GPS Coordinates

48.4348194, -123.4727418

Submitted By

Victoria Edwards. Royal Roads University.

Inscription

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

TRUTH DUTY VALOUR

ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1990

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

H.M.C.S.
ROYAL ROADS

HMCS ROYAL ROADS
1940 1942

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

R.C.N.C.

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL COLLEGE
1942 1947

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

RCN-RCAF COLLEGE
1947 1948

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

TRUTH, DUTY, VALOUR

ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE
1948

[stained glass windows/vitrail]

TRUTH DUTY VALOUR

ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1990

[stone/pierre]

MILITARY COLLEGES AT ROYAL ROADS
COLLÈGES MILITAIRES À ROYAL ROADS

HMCS ROYAL ROADS
1940 - 42

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL COLLEGE
1942 - 47

RCN/RCAF JOINT SERVICES COLLEGE
1947 - 48

CANADIAN SERVICES COLLEGE ROYAL ROADS
1948 - 67

ROYAL ROADS MILITARY COLLEGE
1967 - 95

[homecoming stones/pierres de la rentrée]

MEMORY ROADS

(2001 stone/pierre de 2001)

ROYAL ROADS
HOMECOMING
2001

TRUTH       LIVING
DUTY         OUR
VALOUR     LEARNING

ROYAL ROADS
UNIVERSITY

(2002 stone/pierre de 2002)

ROYAL ROADS HOMECOMING
Remember & Renew
in 2002
The Class of 1952

In Memory of Officers, Cadets, Learners,
Staff and Faculty of Royal Roads

May 24-26, 2002

(2003 stone/pierre de 2003)

ROYAL ROADS
HOMECOMING 2003

Confirming our
commitment
to education and friendship

Class of 1953 Class of 1963

ROYAL ROADS
UNIVERSITY

(2004 stone/pierre de 2004)

ROYAL ROADS
UNIVERSITY
HOMECOMING
2004

A Tradition of Leadership

CSCRR CLASS OF 1949      RRMC CLASS OF 1984
RRMC CLASS OF 1964       RRMC CLASS OF 1994
RRMC CLASS OF 1969   RRU MALT CLASS OF 1997

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ROYAL ROADS
UNIVERSITY

HOMECOMING
2008

Past, Present, Future
Together Strong

ROYAL ROADS
NAVAL AND MILITARY COLLEGES

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Royal Roads University

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Royal Roads University Archives

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stained glass window

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Royal Roads University Archives

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homecoming stones

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stained glass windows

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Now Royal Roads University, this campus, which includes Hatley Castle, has been home to HMCS Royal Roads, Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal Canadian Naval-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Services College, Canadian Services College Royal Roads and Royal Roads Military College. Architects John Young McCarter and with Robert W. Chadney constructed the Royal Canadian Naval College buildings 1942–43. In 1995, Hatley Park and the former Royal Roads Military College were declared a National Historic Site of Canada.

The Government of Canada purchased Hatley Park in 1940. The ‘ship on land’ HMCS Royal Roads was initially a training establishment for naval sub-lieutenants who received a truncated 90 day training course to meet the shortage of junior officers in the Canadian Navy. The training consisted of courses in signals, torpedo, gunnery, navigation, seamanship, and asdic. Asdic was an early form of sonar used to detect submarines and was a new addition to the skills of seamanship. In all, 600 sub-lieutenants were trained at HMCS Royal Roads.

In October of 1942, the shortage of officers in the Canadian Navy having been addressed, HMCS Royal Roads was decommissioned and became the new Royal Canadian Naval College. The Cadet (Grant) Block was built to accommodate the growing number of cadets. The stables and mews had been converted to eight classrooms and a gunnery school. The parade ground, gym, and a larger boathouse were also added.

In 1947, the Royal Canadian Airforce joined with the Naval College to create Royal Canadian Navy-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Service College. After one year, the army joined, creating the tri-service Canadian Services College Royal Roads. Nixon Block was opened in 1955, and Millward Block in 1991, to accommodate the increased number of cadets. In 1967, as the Royal Roads Military College, Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy officers were able to complete the first two years of university programs, and in 1977 the school offered a four-year degree program. Women weren’t eligible to attend the college until 1983. In February of 1994 the department of National Defense announced its decision to close the college with the final class graduating in 1995.

Memorials to the college include paverstones inscribed with the names of students and former staff, a stone listing each of the colleges, and stained glass windows. The first two windows were installed in October 1982 to mark the 40th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Royal Canadian Naval College and was donated by former students. Two more windows were later donated by the Royal Military Colleges Club to honour HMCS Royal Roads and Royal Roads Military College. In 1990, another two identical windows were added to mark the 50th anniversary, featuring the new college crest. Also in 1990, Prometheous and the Vulture, an abstract stone sculpture was created by Jay Unwin for the 50th anniversary of Royal Roads Military College.

Since 2001, each year during homecoming, memorial stones are placed along a path between Hatley Castle and the Grant Building commemorating the history of the colleges.

The Royal Roads Cenotaph is also located here.

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