Rear-Admiral Walter Hose Memorial

ON LASTING MEMORY OF
REAR-ADMIRAL
WALTER HOSE

CBE RCN
1875 - 1965

RECOGNIZED AS THE FATHER OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AND FOUNDER OF
THE NAVAL RESERVES OF CANADA. HE WAS
THE FIRST CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.

IN ADVERSITY, NEITHER POLITICS
LACK OF MONEY, NOR RIDICULE
COULD BEAT THE DETERMINATION
AND COURAGE OF THIS OFFICER.

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE RCN & RCNR, AND DEDICATED THE
2ND OCTOBER 1967, ON THE 92ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BIRTH OF READ ADMIRAL HOSE. IT IS THEIR TRIBUTE
TO A GREAT AND GALLANT SAILOR-WARRIOR.