Duncan Memorial Cross

Duncan, British Columbia

Type

Other

Major Charles Hoey Victory Cross Memorial Park, British Columbia Constructed in 1921 in memory of all those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and Korea. This monument is the venue for services commemorating the "Battle of the Atlantic", the "Burma Campaign", the "Battle of Britain" and Remembrance Day, November 11. The memorial takes the form of a plain cross. Unveiled on Armistice Day in 1921, it was financed by public subscription and maintained by the City of Duncan. Of the 1066 people from the Cowichan River Valley who joined the Armed Forces in World War I, close to 170 people gave their lives during the war or died because of war-related causes. World War II added seventy-plus names to the list. After World War I, the residents of Duncan joined thousands of Canadian communities who built War memorials. Many people mistakenly believe these memorials glorify war and martial values. They were, rather, an attempt to make some sense, on emotional and spiritual levels, of the death of so many friends, loved ones and comrades.

Inscription

[front/devant][top tier/niveau du haut]
Erected by the people of the
Cowichan Electoral District
In memory of their fellows,
Who, by sea, land and air,
Passed out of the sight of
Men by the path of duty,
Giving up their own lives that
Others might live in freedom.
1914-1918

[second tier/deuxième niveau]
Those who with fame eternal their own dear
Land endowed,
Took on them as a mantle this shade of death’s
Dark cloud

Yet dying thus they died not on whom is glory shed
By virtue which exalts them about all other dead

[third tier/troisième niveau]
ALSO
1939-1945
KOREA
1950-1953

[right side/côté droit][top tier/niveau du haut]
Killed In Action

G. Ashdown Green
G. M. Henderson
J.L. Lukin Johnston
H.B.G. Macartney
J.D. Macfarlane
W. McK. Maitland-Dougall
H.K. Maitland-Dougall
A.R. Margesson
H.F. De B. Nelson
H.L. Ravenhill

[second tier/deuxième niveau]
E.D. Sheringham
C. Spencer Smith
H. Wilbraham-Taylor
A.Wilbraham-Taylor

[third tier/troisième niveau]
I.H. Acland
W.C. Adamson
V. Allan
N.F. Alsop
L.S. Anderson
G.T.A.S. Archbold
E.T.Y. Barkley
C. Bearisto
A.Bennington

H. Bischlager
W.J. Bllyth
N.R. Bowman
H. Brenton
T.J. Brewer
R.J. Burns
W.A. Brydon
D. S. Campbell
R.M.B. Charter

[right side/côté droit][top tier/niveau du haut]
Killed in Action

H.W. Dobbie
J.K. Doney
W.O. Eagle
E.W. Estridge
E.N. Ford
A.E. Freeman
J. Gardiner
A.A. Greene
F.G. Hill
J.D. Hodding

J.S. Dobbie
F. Douglas
M. Farraday
L.A. Fawkes
J. Fraser
M. Fraser
A.Gordon
T.E. Guns
F.M. Hills
R. Hunter

[second tier/deuxième niveau]
H. Peirson
G.M. Pinson
L.W. Proctor
W. Riggs

E. Pike
W.M. Prevost
A.D. Reid
S. J. Rowe

[third tier/troisième niveau]
J.H.K. Calvert
H.W. Calvert
H.P. Calvert
J.F. Codville
T.D. Cranko
A.Clark
R.G. Day
A.K. Deakin
R. L. Dickie

A.B. Dunlop
C. Deuchars
H.H. Dunnett
R. Dwyer
E.F. Elford
H. Else
J. Else
R.E. Fawcett
H. Fedun

[side/côté][top tier/niveau du haut]
Missing, Died of Wounds, or Died
W.F. Luton
R.W. McGregor
J. W. McDonald
J.A. Owen
A.R. Patze
A.R. Phillips
G.L. Price
H. Ramsden
R.S. Robinson
J.A. Struthers
W.W. Truesdale
T.N. McKinnon
J. McDiarmid
J. Newnham
H. Parker
W. Paterson
A.H. Plaskett
F. Priestley
H.A. Rees
W.S. Rutherford
Dorothy Twist

[second tier/deuxième niveau]
H. P. Greaves
J. S. White
R. J. Saxton White
T.A. Wood
G.W.R. White-Fraser
J. Ruscombe Poole

[third tier/troisième niveau]
D.E. Filion
J. Firth
L.P. Fraser
H.H. Frost
C. Gabourie
A.F. Gallowy
D. Garrison
A.R. Gibson
J.F. Gioley

D.R. Gill
G.P.J. Giroux
B. Halhed
T.A. Havemeyer
G. K. Hobson
C. F. Hoey V.C.
T.F. Hoey
R.W. Horsfield
T.W. Huntington

[rear/arrière][top tier/niveau du haut]
Missing, Died of Wounds, or Died

C.M. Atkinson
F.S. Bett
T.L. Briggs
E.C. Brooke-Smith
M. Campbell
C. Cox
F. Eaton
H.J. Gardner
F.C. Haycroft
D.T. Jones
E.A. Price

C.T. Bell
R. Bowring
K.D. Brodie
F.A. Browne
O. Culliard
R.E.B. Denny
H. Fry
H. Hardy
C. Hook
H. Lipscomb
W. Truesdale

[second tier]
Killed in Action

M.V. Core-Lancton
J.W. Youle

[third tier]
J. Hutchinson
L.E. Jacobson
K.M. Joyce
F.A. Kenney
H.T. Kemp
J.F. Kingscote
.J.H. Knight
V.C L. Knox
G. C. Leask

P.L. Leighton
R.F. Leighton
J.D. LeMare
J.E. Lemon
C.O. Leslie
J.F. M. Logan
R.H. Little
P.Lougheed
A.D. Compton-Lundie

[side][top tier]
Killed in Action

D. Hook
W.H. Ingram
T.J.T. Jeffrey
A.B. Jackson
J. Law
H. G. Martin
W. Macaulay
J.E. Nicholson
R. O”Brien
G. F. Palmer

R. Hook
W. E. Peacock
N.A. Jessop
C. S. Jordan
A.E.H. Lye
W. O. Mann
D. McDonald
E.S. Nicoll
A.R. Ordano
H. J. Payne

[second tier]
C.D. Scott
E.T. Smith
H.E. Southern
D. Todd

A.C. Sharp
N.B. Souper
G.H. Stelfox
T.E. Tombs

[third tier]
W. L. Long
T.J. McIntyre
C.D. McIvor
C.C. McGladrey
C. H McInnis
R. McWilliam
W. McMullen
P. Mainguy
H. Merser

D. A. Matthews
C. N. Matthews
H.M. Monk
R.R. Moore
P.V. Morgan
J. Muir
P. Murphy
J. M. Mutter
F.R. Nixon

[side/côté][top tier/niveau du haut]
Killed in Action
F. Allard
E.R. Bailey
H. O. Banon
W. B. Benzie
B. Bonsall
A.G. Brown
E.A. Cathcart
H.S. Coles
E. H. Copeman
E. Roberts

C.H. Attwood
A.W. Baker
A.R. Bell
W. Bell
J.R. Boothby
W. Burgess
J.A. Childs
H. S. Coppock
J. Cowie
W.H. Dann

[second tier]
M.E. Toms
G.F. Vallance
S.W. Waters
L.A. Welsh

N.L. TookerS.J. VooghtG.L. WatsonJ.T. Wood

[third tier]
J.J. Noone
R.E. Ovington
R. Parlee
A.Patterson
H. Payne
A.J. Pedersen
J.A. Piddington
P.G. Piddington
R.T.N. Porter

F.C. Radcliff
K.E. Radcliff
H. Rae
L.E. Rae
K.W. Reilly
F.L. Rey
T. Roberston
E.L. Robinson
S.R. Ross

[left side][top tier]
Killed in Action
D.A.H. Alexander
F.W. Brickman
H.M.C. Brickman
L. de B. Barnett
A.T.B. Charlesworth
E.D. Collinson
H.W. Dickinson
T.G. DeDenne
J.S.E.G. Ferguson
H.P. Williams-Freeman

[second tier]
J. Wooliscroft
A.H.V. Willyams
J.O.S. Young
T. Young

[third tier]
R.J. Sanderson
C.D. Shelley
A.B. Slee
R.A.B. Slee
W.R.. Sloan
R.D.S. Starkie-Bence
A.W. Smith
E.D. Smythe
H.E. Squibb
W.L. Stewart-MacLeod
C.C. Sveinson
C.E. Soucy
S.C. Tater
J.O. Thorne
J.R. Walker
E. Watson
L.C. Wentz
L. Williams
E. Witt