This memorial is dedicated to the men of the 102 Battalion North British Columbians who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. It was erected by the Town of Comox and the Royal Canadian Legion in front of the Post Office on Comox Avenue in approximately 1920.
In 1978 it was moved to the front of the Town Hall on Beaufort Avenue and it sat to the left of the entirely new Cenotaph built to include other casualties from all conflicts to that time.
In approximately 1995 it was determined that holding the Remembrance Day Parade on the sloping road at that site was very difficult for aging Veterans, who insisted on marching despite their age. Volunteers from Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 poured the concrete slab and the original memorial was moved to the present site on Comox Avenue.
The granite plaques commemorating all First World War, Second World War and Korean casualties were relocated from the Cenotaph at Town Hall to the concrete apron in front of the this memorial. A granite plaque honouring “THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY” was added at that time. A Bronze plaque in honour of Peacekeepers was added by the Peacekeepers Association of Canada later.
The Cenotaph at Town Hall remains in its original location honoured by a plaque placed by The Town of Comox. There are Time Capsules, commemorating contemporary era, embedded in both of these Monuments.
