Vimy Memorial Cross

Victoria, British Columbia
Type
Other

Following the battle of Vimy Ridge, this memorial cross was erected to honour the men of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) Canadian Expeditionary Force, who fell on April 9, 1917. Years later, it was transferred to the Trustees of the 16th Battalion Association from the Imperial War Grave Commission in France and was officially unveiled on October 23, 1938 in Pioneer Square, Victoria, British Columbia, to commemorate all 1,346 soldiers of the battalion who fell in France and Flanders.

The cross was subsequently relocated to the Bay Street Armoury, where it remains to this day, when it was replaced in the square by a stone cenotaph in 1951.

Inscription

[cross/croix]
IN MEMORY
OF
OFFICERS
N.C.O.S & MEN. CANADIAN
SCOTTISH
WHO FELL IN ACTION
VIMY RIDGE
9.4.17

[plaque]

  • 420049 CSM EYDEN F.S.
  • 29257 CSM MIDDLEMASS T.
  • 420819 PTE ALLEN H.W.
  • 736569 PTE ATTWOOD L.M.
  • 625286 PTE ARMITAGE J.A.
  • 700410 PTE BALL E.V.
  • 736746 PTE BETTS E.E.
  • 736108 L.CPL BLAIK T.
  • 160741 PTE BROWN J.M.
  • 718192 PTE BAGULEY F.
  • 871504 PTE BONIVER L.
  • 718661 PTE BROWN J.
  • 736263 PTE BAXTER J.
  • 43945 PTE BRADSHAW
  • 721564 PTE CLEMONS W.
  • 258460 PTE CURLEY H.W.
  • 28823 CPL CHANDLER R.
  • 872090 PTE COOK J.R.
  • 871443 PTE COOPER J.
  • 427642 L.CPL COCKETT H.
  • 718675 PTE DUNCAN F.
  • 160168 PTE DICKSON W.M.
  • 736317 PTE GOODING C.A.
  • 718755 PTE GORRIE J.
  • 722078 PTE GLASSFORD R.A.
  • 624801 PTE GIBBONS J.H.P.
  • A20408 SGT HAMILTON W.
  • 736103 PTE HAWKINS A.J.
  • 105644 PTE HENDERSON W.A.
  • 628188 L.CPL HOWIE J.
  • 736880 PTE HOOPER W.H.
  • 624957 PTE HALLIDAY F.J.
  • 736206 PTE HARVIE J.
  • 832135 PTE KILCUP H.L.
  • 718249 PTE KIRBY A.J.
  • 47014 L.CPL KENNEDY J.C.
  • 426334 CPL LATIMER A.
  • 700022 L.CPL LAYCOCK W.W.
  • 736651 PTE LEITCH S.
  • 718699 PTE MANNING F.J.
  • 427586 PTE MILNE VC W.J.
  • 718847 PTE McMARTIN W.
  • 718887 PTE McNICHOLL W.S.
  • 718526 PTE McWILLIAMS H.
  • 736171 PTE McCANDLESS T.
  • 420765 PTE McGOWAN D.
  • 625136 PTE McGRAY H.J.
  • 466910 PTE McINROY D.A.
  • 856984 PTE OWEN R.
  • 718269 PTE PATTISON R.
  • 736967 PTE PIPER G.B.
  • 105741 PTE PHILLIPS F.V.
  • 624593 PTE PARSONS A.H.
  • 700967 PTE PURNELL W.
  • 737084 PTE POWELL L.G.
  • 417984 PTE RUD A.
  • 129200 PTE RUDDOCK A.F.
  • 77309 SGT SIMMONS J.H.
  • 624447 PTE SNELGROVE T.A.
  • 874370 PTE SPALDING J.
  • 625303 PTE STRICKLER J.M.
  • 736486 PTE SEARLE C.B.
  • 719161 PTE WILLERTON J.G.
  • 129336 L.CPL TARLETON R.A.

[plaque]
THIS
CROSS
WAS
ORIGINALLY
ERECTED
ON THE
BATTLEFIELD
BY THE
BATTALION

Visitor information

Location
Vimy Memorial Cross

715 Bay Street
Victoria
British Columbia
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 48.4356768
Long. -123.3639524
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