The Brigadier Angle Armoury, of the British Columbia Dragoons, was named in honour of Brigadier H.H. (Harry) Angle, DSO, MID, ED.
Brigadier H.H. Angle was born in England in 1906 and moved to Kelowna at the age of 16. In 1932, he joined the Okanagan Mounted Rifles Militia, the forerunner to the British Columbia Dragoons (BCD). He sailed for England with the BCD in November 1941 and spent much of the next two years training with the Regiment for the eventual invasion of the European continent. As Lieutenant-Colonel he commanded the British Columbia Dragoons from April 1943 to February 1944, and then again from September 1944 to January 1946, earning the DSO. Following the end of the Italian campaign, he led his troops into battle in North-West Europe and into the final battle of the Delfzijl Pocket, liberating the Netherlands from German occupation. The British Columbia Dragoons moved to the Veendam area after this final battle and were instrumental in the establishment of municipal affairs in the area, thus establishing a bond between Kelowna and Veendam that continues to be celebrated to this day. He returned to Kelowna with the Regiment in 1946 where he was honoured with the “Freedom of the City” in recognition of the honour he brought to Kelowna through his stellar military service. In 1947, he served as magistrate for Kelowna, but was called upon the following year to serve as a military observer in Pakistan and sent to India in 1949 as Chief Military Adviser to a United Nations mission dealing with a border dispute between India and Pakistan. Tragically, Brigadier Angle was killed in an airplane crash in India in July 1950.
