British Columbia Regiment Plaque
plaque
Photo credit: E.T. Barnes
Municipality/Province: Vancouver, BC
Memorial number: 59026-007
Type: Copper plaque
Address: 620 Beatty Street
Location: Beatty Street Drill Hall, on west wall
GPS coordinates: Lat: 49.2795671 Long: -123.1109997
Submitted by: E.T. Barnes
This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the B.C. Regiment who helped liberate Holland in the 1944 - 1945 campaign. It was presented by the grateful Dutch Canadians of Vancouver in 1970. The plaque measures 19 inches by 12 inches.
Inscription found on memorial
TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF
THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT
BOTH LIVING AND DEAD, WHO TOGETHER WITH OTHER
CANADIAN AND ALLIED SERVICEMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE GLORIOUS
CAMPAIGN OF 1944 - 1945 THAT LED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS.
PRESENTED BY
THE GRATEFUL DUTCH CANADIANS OF VANCOUVER
MAY 1970
Street view
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