Rear-Admiral Walter Hose Memorial Plaque

IN LASTING MEMORY OF
REAR-ADMIRAL
WALTER HOSE
C.B.E., R.C.N.
1875 - 1965

RECOGNIZED AS THE FATHER OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY, AND FOUNDER OF
THE NAVAL RESERVES OF CANADA, HE WAS
THE FIRST CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.

IN ADVERSITY, NEITHER POLITICS,
LACK OF MONEY, NOR RIDICULE,
COULD BEAT THE DETERMINATION
AND COURAGE OF THIS OFFICER

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE R.C.N. AND R.C.N.R. AND DEDICATED THE
2ND OCTOBER 1967, ON THE 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BIRTH OF REAR-ADMIRAL HOSE. IT IS THEIR TRIBUTE
TO A GREAT AND GALLANT SAILOR-WARRIOR