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C’est le Canadian Service College Royal Roads, qui sera plus tard le Royal Roads Military College, puis la Royal Roads University, qui a érigé ce monument commémoratif dévoilé en novembre 1974. À l’inauguration, la bibliothèque a été dédiée à quatre membres de la première classe du Royal Naval College of Canada, établi à Esquimalt, qui sont tombés au combat durant la bataille de Coronel en 1914. Les Aspirants de marine Palmer, Silver, Hatheway et Cann, tous diplômés du Royal Naval College of Canada, ont perdu la vie aux côtés du Contre amiral sir Christopher Craddock et de tous les hommes du bâtiment amiral HMS GOOD HOPE au cours de la bataille de Coronel, le 1er novembre 1914. Ils ont été les premières victimes canadiennes de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Aujourd’hui l’Université Royal Roads, ce campus, qui comprend le château Hatley, abrite le NCSM Royal Roads, le Collège royal de la Marine du Canada, le Collège des services mixtes de l’Aviation royale canadienne de la Marine royale du Canada, le Canadian Services College Royal Roads et le Collège militaire Royal Roads. Les architectes John Young McCarter et Robert W. Chadney ont construit les bâtiments du Collège royal de la Marine du Canada en 1942 et 1943. En 1995, le parc Hatley et l’ancien collège militaire Royal Roads ont été déclarés lieu historique national du Canada.

Le gouvernement du Canada a acheté le parc Hatley en 1940. À l’origine, le « navire sur terre » NCSM Royal Roads était un établissement de formation pour les sous-lieutenants de la marine qui ont reçu un cours de formation tronqué de 90 jours pour combler la pénurie d’officiers subalternes de la Marine canadienne. La formation comprenait des cours sur les signaux, le torpillage, l’artillerie, la navigation, le matelotage et l’asdic. Ancêtre du sonar, l’asdic servait à détecter les sous-marins et constituait un nouvel ajout aux compétences en matelotage. En tout, 600 sous?lieutenants ont été formés au NCSM Royal Roads.

En octobre 1942, la pénurie d’officiers dans la Marine canadienne ayant été corrigée, le NCSM Royal Roads a été mis hors service et est devenu le nouveau Collège royal de la Marine du Canada. L’édifice des cadets (Grant) a été construit pour accueillir les cadets de plus en plus nombreux. Les étables et les écuries ont été converties en huit salles de classe et en une école d’artillerie. Le terrain de parade, le gymnase et un plus grand hangar à bateaux ont également été ajoutés.

En 1947, l’Aviation royale canadienne s’est jointe au Collège royal de la Marine du Canada pour créer le Collège des services mixtes de l’Aviation royale canadienne de la Marine royale du Canada. Un an plus tard, l'armée s'y est jointe, créant ainsi le Canadian Services College Royal Roads, qui compte trois services. L’édifice Nixon a été inauguré en 1955 et l’édifice Millward en 1991 pour accueillir les cadets de plus en plus nombreux. En 1967, sous le nom de Collège militaire Royal Roads, les officiers de l'Aviation et de la Marine royales canadiennes ont pu suivre les deux premières années des programmes universitaires, et en 1977, l'école a offert un programme de quatre ans menant à l’obtention d’un diplôme. Les femmes n’ont été admises au collège qu’en 1983. En février 1994, le ministère de la Défense nationale a annoncé sa décision de fermer le collège après la toute dernière promotion en 1995.

Les monuments commémoratifs du collège comprennent des pierres en terre cuite sur lesquelles est inscrit le nom des étudiants et des anciens membres du personnel, une pierre étant dédiée à chacun des collèges, ainsi que des vitraux. Les deux premières fenêtres, données par d’anciens étudiants, ont été installées en octobre 1982 pour souligner le 40^e anniversaire du rétablissement du Collège royal de la Marine du Canada. Deux autres fenêtres ont ensuite été données par le Royal Military Colleges Club pour honorer le NCSM Royal Roads et le Collège militaire Royal Roads. En 1990, deux autres fenêtres identiques, à l’effigie du nouvel écusson collégial, ont été ajoutées pour souligner le 50^e anniversaire. Toujours en 1990, Prometheous and the Vulture, une sculpture de pierre abstraite, a été créée par Jay Unwin dans le cadre du 50^e anniversaire du Collège militaire Royal Roads.

Depuis 2001, chaque année pendant la rentrée, des pierres commémoratives sont placées le long d’un sentier entre le château Hatley et l’édifice Grant pour souligner l’histoire des collèges.

Le cénotaphe Royal Roads se trouve également ici.

Ce mémorial, érigé par la Légion royale canadienne, est dédié à ceux de l'endroit qui sont morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et la guerre de Corée.

This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion. The cenotaph is in the garden bed with the large oak tree near the Juan de Fuca arena. The cenotaph is maintained by West Shore Parks and Recreation. A small Remembrance Day ceremony takes place there on Nov. 11 with two minutes of silence, and wreath laying.

This Honour Roll was erected at St. John the Evangelist Church in honour of members of the congregation who served in the Second World War. By 1977, the church was being served from All Saints', Mission.

Ce style d’un tableau d’honneur a été conçu par A.J. Casson lorsqu’il travaillait chez Sampson-Matthews, une importante entreprise de lithographie et d’art commercial du centre-ville de Toronto.

This plaque was erected in honour of Second Lieutenant Robert Hugh Harris who died while serving in the First World War.

This plaque was erected in honour of Private Arthur Norman Hackney who died while serving in the First World War. He was a South African War Veteran.

After the First World War, at meetings of the people of Whonnock in December 1919 and January 1920, it was decided that the Ladies Hall on River Road would be acquired and turned into a Memorial Hall and the funds that were made available in the memory of the soldiers of Whonnock district who fell in the war would be handed over to the Ladies Club to pay off the mortgage and for a memorial: a brass tablet with the names of the fallen soldiers.

In 1920, the Ladies Hall was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers from the area and renamed the Whonnock Memorial Hall. In 1921, a brass memorial plaque dedicated to those from the area who fell in the First World War was attached above the main entrance of the hall. 

In 1944, the Ladies Club handed the deed of the property over to the Whonnock Women’s Institute. The old building fell more and more in disrepair and by 1965 the Women’s Institute moved its meetings to the new Thornhill Hall. In January of 1977, the deed and the hall were turned over to the municipality with the request that the property be held in trust for the community of Whonnock to be used as a memorial park.

After the hall was demolished, the plaque returned to the site for a short time where it was attached to a concrete base. It was moved in 1988 to the Whonnock Lake Centre.

A LAV III Monument is a permanent community symbol of remembrance which pays tribute to our Canadian Armed Forces who served and sacrificed in Afghanistan from 2001-2014. It is constructed from previously used LAV III hulls and remnant parts which have been decommission by the government. They are actual-size, look real but are not functional. A LAV III is a Light Armoured Vehicle made of steel, supported by an 8-wheel drive suspension and powered by a 6-cylinder 350 horsepower diesel engine. It can weigh as much as 16,000 kg, carry various weapons, hold up to 10 passengers and reach speeds of 100 km/h.

The LAV III Monument Selection Committee, which is chaired by Major General (ret’d) David Fraser, a former Canadian Commander of Afghanistan South in 2006 along with other Afghanistan veterans, awards Monuments while supplies. This is a community sponsored monument by the BC Regiment (DCO) Association Charitable Trust. Each monument includes a commemorate plaque and costs $17,500, plus applicable sales tax. The original cost of an operational LAV III ranged from $ 1-4 Million depending upon the configuration. The LAV III is made by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario, Canada.

The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) is an armoured reconnaissance reserve regiment whose soldiers assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments both at home and abroad. The Regiment is the oldest in Vancouver with a long history, during which it has been designated as Garrison Artillery, Rifles, Infantry, Armour, and finally Armoured Reconnaissance since 1965. Throughout its history, the Regiment has received 34 battle honours. Approximately 100 members served during the Afghanistan conflict, including the Regiment's former Commanding Officer, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, who completed 3 tours of duty before being appointed as the Minister of National Defence, in 2015.

The BC Regiment Armoury is a designated heritage building located in downtown Vancouver with limited exterior property. As a result, the Armoury could not accommodate the display of the LAV III Monument outside, therefore, a former serving member of the Regiment, William P.J. McCarthy, donated a parcel of his family estate to ensure that his former Regiment could be commemorated in this symbolic way. The LAV III Monument is located close to Mission, overlooking Hatzic Lake and is visible when you drive along Sylvester Road. The Estate is called Shiloh Hill (or Place of Peace Hill) and the grounds will be opened to the public on various occasions throughout the year.

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. 

By 1922, the existence of the bronze memorial tablet had almost been forgotten. The Haney Women’s Institute wrote a letter to council requesting that the bronze tablet no longer be concealed in the municipal vault but be erected in some public place, suggesting the new High School for consideration, but refraining from any attempt to influence the Council. Members of council stated that the tablet was in the vault for safety against fire with the intention to place it at the new municipal hall. Further action was referred to the Returned Soldiers Committee.

It is not known when the tablet was moved to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 88. Later plaques were added for the Second World War, Korean War and peacekeeping.