North Vancouver Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: North Vancouver, BC
Memorial number: 59015-001
Type: Stone shaft
Address: 650 Lonsdale Avenue
Location: Victoria Park, on east side of Lonsdale Avenue
GPS coordinates: Lat: 49.3170328 Long: -123.0723408
Submitted by: Francis Mansbridge; Hellmut Shade; Robert Irvine
The North Vancouver Cenotaph, located in Victoria Park, was constructed in 1923 in memory of the citizens of the City and the District of North Vancouver who gave their lives during the First World War. The monument was later rededicated to commemorate the fallen of the Boer War, the Second World War, the Korean War and various peacekeeping missions around the world. The Cenotaph was designed by Blackadder and MacKay, Architects, and erected by the British Columbia Monumental Works of Vancouver. (Henry Blackadder was a resident of North Vancouver and served during the First World War.) The 1995 Cenotaph Enhancement Project upgraded the surrounding area of Victoria Park with new memorial markers, a commemorative lawn, extended walkways, lighting, a drinking fountain, floral plantings and additional benches.
Inscriptions added and Cenotaph rededicated 26 May 2013:
AFGHANISTAN 2001-2011
PEACEKEEPING
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
1914-1918
THE GLORIOUS DEAD
[plaque/plaque]
IN MEMORY OF
THE CITIZENS
OF
NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY & DISTRICT
WHO SERVED
IN THE ALLIED FORCES
IN THE WARS
1899 - 1902
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
[bottom/en bas]
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE
[right side/côté droite]
YPRES
VIMY
[back/arrière]
KOREA
1950-1953
Inscriptions added and Cenotaph rededicated 26 May 2013:
AFGHANISTAN 2001-2011
PEACEKEEPING
Street view
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