Constructed in memory of West Vancouver residents who lost their lives in World Wars I and II. A population of approximately 3,000 raised enough money to build the memorial on land donated by the Municipality. The Duncan Lawson Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, were primarily responsible for raising the money. The architect who designed the memorial was Mr. Theodore Frederick Korner, who was living in West Vancouver at the time. The stonesmason awarded the contract was A. McRitchie of Vancouver. The Memorial Arch was unveiled on July 5, 1925, by Baron Byng of Vimy, Governor-General of Canada. On Dec. 9, 1979, two granite plinths, with names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War, was installed in front of the arch. On July 24, 1988 a new granite inscription commemorating the Korean cease-fire was unveiled. In the fall of 1999, two-thousand tulip bulbs were planted at the site which were a donation from the Town of Diemen, Holland.
Inscription
[west stele/stèle d'ouest]
PRO PATRIA MORI
C.R. CHAFFEY
W.F. CHAFFEY
J.F. DOUGAL
C.R. DOLLING
J. DOWLING
A.J. DOWNEY
F.T. GRAFTON
H. HUNGERFORD
T. LANCE
D. McD. LAWSON
J. MAHOOD
G. MARSHALL
G.W. MITCHELL
T. PETERSON
R.J. SPINKS
G.A. SPENCER
G. STEPHENSON
H.L. SIMONDS
J. TURNER
I. WILLIAMS
F.H.L. YATES
[west slab/dalle d'ouest]
1939-1945
IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO DIED
IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
[left column/colonne de gauche]
ALLEN C.
ALLEN E.A.
ANDERSON J.K.
BAKER W.L.
BALDEN S.R.
BELL-IRVING R.M.
BONNALLIE D.A.
BROWNE R.J.
BUCHANAN S.L.G.Y.
BULLEN E.G.K.
CHILD C.G.
COLQUHOUN F.D.
[centre column/colonne du centre]
CORNISH O.M.
COWAN G.P.
CRICKMAY P.H.
CUSHING E.T.
DANSEY C.
DICKENSON A.H.
EMERSON J.A.
FIDDES J.D.
FROUD R.
FRY T.W.
GIBBONS N.J.
HAILSTONE T.R.
[right column/colonne de droite]HALSTEAD D.H.
HUMPHREYS E.O.E.
HYLAND T.V.
ILLINGWORTH C.G.
JARVIS T.P.
JEFFERIES J.
KERR L.W.
LAYTON P.T.
MAIR C.M.
MARSHALL W.K.
MARTIN L.C.
[east slab/dalle d'est]
1939-1945
[left column/colonne de gauche]
MARTIN R.Mc.
MATTHEWS R.H.
MCDONALD J.A.
MENZIES H.J.
MILLER G.
MILLERD W.F.
MITCHELL P.A.
MONTCOMERY W.H.
MOON D.C.G.
MURRAY W.H.
PARKER J.R.
PARKJURST K.E.
[centre column/colonne du centre]
PHILLIPS J.
POWELL A.R.
REID R.M.F.
RICHARDSON J.M.
ROBINSON G.A.
ROBSON T.C.
RONKSLEY E.A.
RUSSELL G.F.
SEEDS E.A.
SHARMAN D.C.
SHEFFIELD R.A.P.
SHIRLAW N.G.
[right column/colonne de droite]
SIMPSON D.A.
SMITH F.W.
SPROULE E.A.
THURLOW J.R.
VANDERBERGH J.W.
WAITE A.H.
WATSON J.G.
WILSON R.J.
WILSON R.G.
WITT E.M.
[bottom/en bas]LEST WE FORGET
[arch, on separate stones/arcade, sur des pierres séparées]
LAID BY
THE GRAND LODGE
A.F. AND A.M.
30TH MAY 1925
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF WEST VANCOUVER
UNVEILED BY BARON BYNG OF VIMY
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA
JULY 5, 1925
KOREA
1950-1953
Visitor information
West Vancouver Memorial Arch
Marine Drive
West Vancouver
British Columbia
Lat. 49.3420174
Long. -123.2119415
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Julie Clements
surroundings
front view, at ceremony
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