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City/Municipality
Mission
Memorial Number
59004-010
Type
Address
33070 5th Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1380485, -122.3079831
Inscription

[front/devant]

Mission Memorial Hospital

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Victoria Edwards
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The Mission Memorial Centre, also known as the Old Hospital, is a one-storey building located on the corner of 5th Street and James Street in Mission, British Columbia. The community of Mission continues to be proud of the significant contributions made by local citizens through fundraising and special events that allowed the hospital to open debt-free and to add important machinery and space over the next forty years of its operation. Constructed in 1924, the Mission Memorial Hospital was the first purpose-built hospital in Mission. The building continued to operate as a hospital until 1965, when the new Mission Hospital opened in another part of town. The Old Hospital building was purchased by the local government in 1966, but sat empty until 1973 when the Mission Memorial Centre Society (MMCS) was created and took over operation of the building. The people of Mission wanted to create a useful structure that would help the living while honouring the dead, and the building acts as a memorial to commemorate and honour the casualties of war.

City
Mission
Country
Type Description
Building; hospital
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9176
City/Municipality
Agassiz
Memorial Number
59004-008
Type
Address
Vimy Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.2356828, -121.7607969
Inscription

[street sign/signe de rue]

VIMY RD

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Wes Johnson; Jeff Oldfield
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City
Agassiz
Country
Type Description
Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7797
City/Municipality
Pitt Meadows
Memorial Number
59004-007
Type
Address
12007 Harris Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.2202167, -122.6896948
Inscription

[front/devant] 

IN MEMORY OF
ALL THOSE
WHO HAVE SERVED
AND DIED FOR US

LEST WE FORGET
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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Erected by the district of Pitt Meadows, this memorial is dedicated to the veterans and war dead of Canada's wars. The Pitt Meadows Cenotaph was constructed in 1990 in memory of all those who have served and died for us. The late Mr. Walter Laseur and other local members of the Royal Canadian Legion and Municipality came together to design and construct the Cenotaph and landscape surrounding it. Every Spring and Summer flower beds are planted around the Cenotaph.

City
Pitt Meadows
Country
Type Description
Granite sculpture and three metal flagpoles
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2342
City/Municipality
Agassiz
Memorial Number
59004-006
Type
Address
Bounded by Highway 9, Morrow Road and Vimy Road
Location
Vimy Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.2357388, -121.7608332
Inscription

[upper plaque/plaque du haut]

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KENT MUNICIPALITY KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918

[left column/colonne de gauche]

H.HEATH
E. CHENHALL
M.C.MCCALLUM
N.SEYMOUR
L.CARTIER
D.MCKINNON
D.H.PETITJEAN

[right column/colonne de droite]

W.MCRAE
W.POLLOCK
A.J.CUTHBERT
H.NEALY
C.SIZER
H.CASHMORE

[lower plaque/plaque du bas]

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF AGASSIZ HARRISON DISTRICT KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 TO 1945

ARTHUR CORRIVEAU
JOSEPH S. TORGALSON
STEVEN T. FULBROOK
GORDON J. MCRAE
HARRY LAUGHINGTON
ROBERT WILLIAMSON
HORACE R.J. DOWNING

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This memorial wall is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

City
Agassiz
Country
Type Description
Wall and 2 plaques
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2351
City/Municipality
Mission
Memorial Number
59004-005
Type
Address
32627 Logan Ave
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 57
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1337862, -122.3217239
Inscription

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CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS

KOREA
1950-1953

IN REMEMBRANCE
1939-1945 

IN MEMORY OF
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
THIS PLAQUE
REPLACING THE MEMORIAL TREES PLANTED BY
THE MISSION CITY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

[left/gauche] 

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MISSION CITY AND DISTRICT
WHO SO VALIANTLY SERVED IN THE DEFENCE
OF THEIR COUNTRY

[right/droit] 

TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE
TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH
IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIED WE SHALL NOT SLEEP

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This memorial to local veterans and war dead of the First and Second World War and the Korean War as well as Canadian Peacekeepers was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Mission
Country
Type Description
Three granite stelia
Memorial CF Legacy ID
110
City/Municipality
Whonnock
Memorial Number
59004-004
Type
Address
27871 113 Avenue
Location
Whonnock Lake Centre
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.2081122, -122.4509843
Inscription

WHONNOCK

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL

W. M. DAVIN 47TH BTN. PASSCHENDAELE. 26-10-17.
R. FLETCHER 47TH BTN. LENS. 29-8-17.
S. GARNER 47TH BTN. HERSIN COPIGNEY. 18-12-17.
A. N. HACKNEY 29TH BTN. ROSIERES. 9-8-18.
R. H. HARRIS 8TH DUKE OF WELLINGTONS. SOMME. 29-9-16.
D. HANNA 1ST C. M. R. YPRES. 2-6-16.
H. S. FRASER C. E. F. KILLED IN FRANCE.
F. J. SNELLING C. E. F. DIED OF WOUNDS.
A. SORENSON 27ST BTN. PASSCHENDAELE. 26-10-17.
T. C. WILSON 2ND C. M. R. PASSCHENDAELE. 31-10-17.

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This plaque was first placed above the main entrance of Whonnock Memorial Hall in 1921, in memory of those from the Whonnock district who fell in the First World War. After the hall was demolished, the plaque remained on the same property, but was placed on a concrete cairn. It was then moved in 1988 to its current location at the Whonnock Lake Centre.

Next to this plaque is the Whonnock Second World War and Korean War Plaque.

 

City
Whonnock
Country
Type Description
Plaque - brass
Photo Credit
City of Maple Ridge/Ville de Maple Ridge
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1340
City/Municipality
Whonnock
Memorial Number
59004-002
Type
Address
27871 113 Avenue
Location
Whonnock Lake Centre
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.2081082, -122.4510424
Inscription

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
WORLD WAR II
1939-1945
KOREA
1950-1953

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City of Maple Ridge/Ville de Maple Ridge
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surroundings
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Sometime after the Whonnock First World War Memorial Plaque was moved to the Whonnock Lake Centre in 1988, this plaque honouring those who have served in the Second World War and the Korean War was placed there as well.

City
Whonnock
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10543
City/Municipality
Maple Ridge
Memorial Number
59004-001
Type
Address
224 Street and Haney Place
Location
Memorial Peace Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.219329, -122.6017206
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Annette Fulford
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Maple Ridge Cenotaph
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By June 1919, plans were underway by the Maple Ridge Returned Soldiers Reception Committee to create a memorial tablet and monument. A bronze memorial tablet created by O.B. Allan Jewelers was unveiled at the Haney fall fair in September 1919. It listed the names of those who had paid the supreme sacrifice, those who had gone overseas and those who had worked in munitions. Maple Ridge had 221 men who served during the First World War.

In February 1923, Mr. Lilley of the Returned Soldiers Committee explained it did not seem proper that this tablet with the names of the living as well as those of the dead should be placed together in a memorial monument for those who had died in the war. The committee proposed a war monument in the form of a Celtic cross with the names of soldiers who had died in the First World War and suggested that the monument be installed in the cemetery.

The cenotaph was unveiled by Bishop de Pencier on 31 May 1923, at the entrance to the Maple Ridge Cemetery with almost 1,000 citizens in attendance. It was designed by Captain Thornton Sharp and created by Art Monument C. of Vancouver. Nelson Island provided the light grey granite for the memorial and funds were raised by the Haney Women's Institute. Because the weight of the memorial caused it to tilt and crack, the base was replaced in July of 1939. It was moved to Memorial Peace Park on June 2, 1953, for the celebrations around the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

A distinctive feature of the cenotaph are the rocks inscribed with names of the famous battles of the First World War. Originally there were four rocks: Ypres, Somme, Argonne and Amiens. Argonne (a battle won by the Americans) was replaced around 1936 with Vimy Ridge, and two other rocks were added in November 1966: France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, and Korea. The rocks can be found in the gardens around the cenotaph.

In 2000, as part of the Legion’s Millennium project 27 names were added to the north and south sides of cenotaph. The research was done by Jeff Davis. In 2001, the cenotaph moved to its current location at Memorial Peace Park, not far from where it was placed in 1953.

Maple Ridge had a population of under 3,000 when war was declared on 4 August 1914. Initially, recruits had to be men between the age of 18 and 45, but both underage and overage men lied about their age. Many of the men were brothers, cousins, former classmates, and local athletes. The Port Haney Basketball Club had to disband as they had sent practically every eligible player to the firing line. From Maple Ridge, over 200 men joined the military forces, two women joined as nurses, two women and one returned soldier were employed as munition workers and six men volunteered for home defenses. Of those, about 36 were killed or died as a result of the war. Research shows that some of the service men listed on the cenotaph did not reside in Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows prior to enlistment, but had relatives who were residents after the war.

City
Maple Ridge
Country
Type Description
Cross
Memorial CF Legacy ID
94
City/Municipality
Richmond
Memorial Number
59003-006
Type
Address
3711 Georgia Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1302511, -123.1826933
Inscription

[school sign/signe de l'école]

Lord Byng Elementary School

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This school, Lord Byng Elementary School, is named in honour of Field Marshal Lord Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO, DCO, Commander of the Canadian Corps at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The school was originally built in 1921, but was named “Lord Byng School” in 1926. The school was replaced in 1996 with a new facility by the same name.

Field Marshall Byng (September 1862 – June 1935) was born in England and upon graduation was commissioned in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in 1879, but transferred to the 10th Royal Hussars 4 years later. He served in India, Egypt, and Sudan before attending the Staff College at Camberley in 1892 following which he became a squadron commander in his regiment. In 1899, he deployed to South Africa and was tasked with raising and commanding the South African Light Horse. He returned to England in 1902 but was soon sent back to India to command the 10th Royal Hussars. Between 1904 and 1906, he commanded successively the Cavalry School, the 2nd and 1st Cavalry Brigades, before being promoted to Major General in 1909. At the outbreak of the First World War, Byng was Commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division and saw action at Ypres in October – November 1914. In early 1915, Byng was sent to Gallipoli to command IX Corps in their withdrawal from the ill-fated campaign. By June 1916, he was in command of the Canadian Corps and, along with his subordinate officer, Major-General Arthur Currie, led the Canadians to victory in April 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Shortly afterwards, Byng was appointed Commander of the 3rd Army until the cessation of hostilities. Following the First World War, he was appointed Governor General of Canada in 1921, a position he held until 1926.

City
Richmond
Country
Type Description
Building; school
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9181
City/Municipality
Delta
Memorial Number
59003-005
Type
Address
7800 Alpha Way
Location
Boundary Bay Airport
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.0808508, -123.0087442
Inscription

[front/devant]
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
STATION BOUNDARY BAY

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED
AT ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE STATION
BOUNDARY BAY FROM 1941 - 1945

THIS STATION WAS HOME TO TWO UNITS OF THE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN

#18 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
#5 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT

AND THREE SQUADRONS OF WESTERN AIR COMMAND

#133 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON
#132 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON
#14 (FIGHTER) SQUADRON

"PER ARDUA AD ASTRA"
DEDICATED MAY 7, 2005

REDEDICATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

[back/arrière]
IN MEMORY OF THE
AIRMEN WHO DIED WHILE SERVING AT
RCAF STATION BOUNDARY BAY

[plaque]
IN MEMORY OF THE
AIRMEN WHO DIED WHILE SERVING AT
RCAF STATION BOUNDARY BAY

  • No. 18 Elementary Flying Training School
  • Sergeant Joseph DAWSON
  • Leading Aircraftman Denis Percival FROUD
  • Sergeant Stuart James MUCKLE
  • Leading Aircraftman Reginald James OSBORNE
  • Leading Aircraftman Gordon Duncan WALTHAM
  • Leading Aircraftman John Henry Reginald WILLETT
  •  
  • No. 133 Fighter Squadron
  • Sergeant Ervin Earl GRISSOM
  • Flight Sergeant Eric Burke MONYPENNY
  • Flying Officer Grover Stewart SARGENT
  •  
  • No. 132 Fighter Squadron
  • Pilot Officer Keith Baines CALLAGHAN
  • Pilot Officer Milton Arnold FOSTER
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • No. 5 Operational Training Unit
  • Leading Aircraftman Norman McCallum CAMPBELL
  • Corporal Robert Edward DUTTON
  • Flying Officer Lionel Richard HANNAH
  • Sergeant Pilot Frederick JACKSON
  • Sergeant Clarence Arthur JOHNSTON
  • Pilot Officer Douglas JOHNSTON
  • Sergeant John Arthur JONES
  • Pilot Officer Derek Ronald Lonsdale KITSON
  • Sergeant Harald Magnus MANSON
  • Sergeant Bruce Walter McGREGOR
  • Pilot Officer John William Christopher REEVE
  • Pilot Officer Leonard Francis SCHELL
  • Sergeant Don Palmer SCRATCH
  • Flying Officer George Raymond SPENCER
  • Flying Officer John Edgar THOMSON
  • Flying Officer Thomas Leslie WALMSLEY
  • Sergeant Edward George WATERS
  • Flying Officer Harold Brand WHITLOCK

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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The Boundary Bay Airport Cenotaph and
Air Cadet Commemorative Pathway Project

In October 2015, the Air Cadet League of Canada’s British Columbia Provincial Committee (BCPC) approached the Corporation of Delta and Alpha Aviation Inc. with a proposal to develop a garden at Boundary Bay Airport to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Air Cadet League of Canada’s establishment in Canada. Coincidently, Boundary Bay Airport was also celebrating its 75th anniversary and the municipality also wanted to commemorate the milestone. Mayor Lois E. Jackson and Delta Council gave their support for the project and requested that the Boundary Bay Airport Cenotaph be included to recognize the airport’s military past.

Boundary Bay Airport Cenotaph
In 2005, Captain Jason White, 828 Hurricane Squadron, coordinated the construction of an airport cenotaph to celebrate the Year of the Veteran and honour all of those who served at RCAF Station Boundary Bay during WWII. The monument was located on the northwest side of the Heritage Hanger (formerly Maintenance Hangar #3), but was not easily accessed for much of the year due to drainage issues. In an effort to make the cenotaph more accessible, the project team planned to move the cenotaph to the front of the terminal building where the Air Cadet plaza would be located. However, in order to move the cenotaph to its new location, major restorative work was required and the decision was made to construct a new cenotaph instead. A large slab of granite was sourced from northern British Columbia and a stone mason was hired to form, install and engrave the new cenotaph. The new monument stands eight feet tall and is accessible by all members of the public, year round. The plaque from the 2005 cenotaph has been transferred to the new cenotaph and was rededicated on September 18, 2016.

Air Cadet Commemorative Pathway
A pathway runs along both sides of the new cenotaph and includes interpretive signs featuring photos and historical anecdotes that commemorate the history of Boundary Bay Airport and the Air Cadet League of Canada. Viewing from the air, the entire project resembles the eagle in the Air Cadet League of Canada and Royal Canadian Air Force logos — cenotaph in the middle, representing the eagle’s head and body, and the pathways extending east and west, representing the eagle’s extended wings. The word “pathway” echoes the motto of the Royal Canadian Air Force, “Sic Itur Ad Astra”— “such is the pathway to the stars”.

Funding Partners
This project would not have been possible without the funding partnership between The Corporation of Delta, the Air Cadet League of Canada, and Alpha Aviation Inc. We wish to thank Veterans Affairs Canada for the $25,000 Cenotaph Restoration Program grant, Humphrey Construction Ltd. for generously constructing this project at cost, and Friends of Old Canada, a non-profit organization that seeks out individuals who have contributed to Canada, but have not received recognition, for providing engraved stones for the pathway.

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The RCAF Station Boundary Bay Cenotaph was dedicated on May 7, 2005, by the 828 Hurricane Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, to the memory of all who served at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Boundary Bay. The cenotaph is beside a large hangar which is the sole remaining Second World War building on the airport grounds.

In 2005, Captain Jason White, 828 Hurricane Squadron, coordinated the construction of the original Boundary Bay Airport cenotaph to celebrate the Year of the Veteran and honour all of those who served at the RCAF Station Boundary Bay during the Second World War. It was located on the northwest side of the Heritage Hanger (formerly Maintenance Hangar #3), but was not easily accessed for much of the year. The City of Delta and the Air Cadet League of Canada proposed to move the cenotaph to the front of the terminal building to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Boundary Bay Airport and Air Cadet League of Canada. Major restorative work was required, so a new cenotaph was constructed instead.

A large slab of granite was sourced from northern British Columbia and a stone mason was hired to form, install and engrave the new cenotaph. It stands eight feet tall and is accessible year round. The plaque from the 2005 cenotaph was transferred to the new cenotaph and it was rededicated on September 18, 2016. The City of Delta installed a plaque on the backside of the cenotaph to remember the 28 airmen who died while serving at RCAF Station Boundary Bay. It was designed by Linda Nielsen, Parks Planner, City of Delta (retired) and fabricated by Ves Vukovic, Stonemarks Engraving / Friends of Old Canada.

A pathway runs along both sides of the new cenotaph and includes interpretive signs featuring photos and historical anecdotes that commemorate the history of Boundary Bay Airport and the Air Cadet League of Canada. Viewing from the air, the entire project resembles the eagle in the Air Cadet League of Canada and Royal Canadian Air Force logos – cenotaph in the middle, representing the eagle’s head and body, and the pathways extending east and west, representing the eagle’s extended wings. The word “pathway” echoes the motto of the Royal Canadian Air Force, “Sic Itur Ad Astra”, which translates as “such is the pathway to the stars”.

Funding was provided by the City of Delta, Air Cadet League of Canada, Alpha Aviation Inc., Veterans Affairs Canada Cenotaph Restoration Program grant and Humphrey Construction Ltd. The Friends of Old Canada provided engraved stones for the pathway.

City
Delta
Country
Type Description
Shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8052