Victoria War Memorial
Municipality/Province: Victoria, BC
Memorial number: 59032-001
Type: Pillar - granite, statue - bronze
Address: 501 Belleville Street
Location: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
GPS coordinates: Lat: 48.4205609 Long: -123.3692437
Submitted by: Marjorie Chester. Victoria Edwards.
This memorial was dedicated to the memory of the fallen of the First World War and unveiled on 12 July 1925, by Lieutenant-Governor W.C. Nichol. An estimated 3,000 people gathered to witness the unveiling. Among the dignitaries who attended were Victoria Cross recipient Colonel Cy Peck and lawyer Lindley Crease, who had been the chairman of the war memorial committee.
The Victoria War Memorial was built by public subscription from fundraising that started in September 1924. Frederick Bernard Pemberton played a key role in organizing the committee, coming up with a design for the memorial and seeing it built. He enlisted his friend, Lindley Crease, to lead the fundraising drive. The bronze statue was created by sculptors Vernon and Sydney March.
Later inscriptions were added for the Second World War, Korean War and Afghanistan.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
TO OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD
1914 - 1919
1939 - 1945
THEY DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE
FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY
AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY
KOREA
1950 - 1953
AFGHANSITAN
2001 - 2014
[back/arrière]
IN RECOGNITION OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE
CANADIAN FORCES AND
CANADIAN CITIZENS
IN THE SERVICE
OF PEACE
Street view
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