British Columbia

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West Vancouver Memorial Library

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LEST WE FORGET
THIS LIBRARY WAS FOUNDED
AS A MEMORIAL TO HONOUR
THOSE OF WEST VANCOUVER
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
DURING THE 1939 - 1945 WAR
SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS
WOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM
TO PURSUE KNOWLEDGE
WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE
OPENED ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
NOVEMBER 11TH 1950
PLACED BY
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
WEST VANCOUVER (PACIFIC 60) BRANCH
SEPTEMBER 18TH 1993
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

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THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
OPENED NOVEMBER 11, 1950
EXPANDED 1957, 1962, 1977
EAST ADDITION OFFICIALLY OPENED
ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF
WEST VANCOUVER
BY
MAYOR MARK SAGER

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COUNCILLOR P. BONAME
COUNCILLOR R. DAY
COUNCILLOR D. HUTCHINSON
ARCHITECTS
THE HULBERT GROUP

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COUNCILLOR A. DANYLIU
COUNCILLOR D. GRIFFITHS
COUNCILLOR R. WOOD
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
DARWIN CONSTRUCTION LTD.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 1993

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN LOVING MEMEORY OF
LT. JOHN SPOUSE, C.E.
KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1918.

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THE SOUNDING OF THE CHIMES
THROUGHOUT THIS PARISH
IS OUR MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
1939 - 1945
WHERE CHURCH BELLS RING THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND ARE FREE

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ST. STEPHEN'S
1939 WORLD WAR II 1945
HONOUR ROLL
NAVY
LIEUT. BELL-IRVING. RICHARD MORRIS
R.C.A.F.
P/O. BALDEN. SAMUEL RICHARD
F/O. CORNISH. OLIVER MANSELL
F/SGT. CRICKMAY. PETER HEDLEY
W/O.2 FRY. THOMAS WILLIAM
F/O. HAILSTONE. TERENCE RAMSEY
F/SGT. HALSTEAD. DAVID HARRY
SGT. POWELL. ALBERT RICHARD
P/O. THURLOW. JOHN ROBERT
P/O. WITT. ERNEST MAURICE
R.A.F.
F/LT. SHARMAN. DONALD CHARLES
F/LT. SMITH. FRANCIS WILFRED
ARMY
PTE. LAYTON. PETER TOLSTON
PTE. MONTGOMERY. WILLIAM HUGH
L/CPL. MOON. DAVID CHARLES
A/L/SGT. RONKSLEY. EVERETT ANTHONY
PTE. RUSSELL. GORDON FLECK
CAPT. WATSON. JAMES GRAHAM
PTE. WILSON. RICHARD JUSTLY
IN MEMORY OF F/LT. FRANCIS W. SMITH
BY HIS PARENTS
JAMES H. AND FLORENCE G. SMITH

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"Thou did'st make our Sister Moon and Stars
For Sister Water, praise to Thee, Good Lord.

WILLIAM FRANCIS MILLERD 1918 - 1942

THIS PLAQUE IS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF PEMBERTON BY
1 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE TRANSFER
OF THE REGIMENT FROM CFB CHILLIWACK TO CFB EDMONTON IN
JULY 1996. IT IS GIVEN AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE
AT HAVING BEEN SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY ACCEPTED AND SUPPORTED
BY THE PEMBERTON COMMUNITY.

VALE OF PLENTY

A HUNDRED TIMES WE'VE LEFT THIS PLACE
AND MARCHED AWAY TO DISTANT KINGDOMS

WHERE TO WALK FULL IN HARMS WAY
AND STRUGGLE HARD FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM,

THE WORLD AROUND WE'VE ROVED AND RANGED
TO PAY IN BLOOD ON CAIN'S DARK DEBT.
WE'VE DONE BOLD THINGS YOU CAN'T IMAGINE, AND DESPARATE THINGS WE CAN'T FORGET,

ON NIGHTS WE SLEPT WE DREAMED SWEET DREAMS,
IN SLUMBER'S SHORT LIVED COMFORT LENT
WE
HOMESICK FLEW BACK IN AN INSTANT
TO THIS PEACEFUL VALE OF PLENTY,

FOR HERE IS WHERE WE'VE WOO'D AND WED
AND TUCKED OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN BED,
AND HERE IS WHERE OUR LOVED ONES STAY
AND WORRY WHEN WE'RE FAR AWAY,
AND HERE IS WHERE WE'VE MOURNED AND SAID
OUR SAD FAREWELL'S TO COMRADES DEAD,
TO HERE IS WHERE WE HOPE AND PRAY
WE SAFELY MAKE IT BACK ONE DAY.

GIRT BY ALPINE PALISADE

SAFE FROM EVERY ADVERSARY

MILD, PASTORAL, LUSH AND FERTILE

THIS OUR VERDANT SANCTUARY.

NOW ORDERS COME TO STRIKE THE CAMP,
NOW SAD BEFORE US LIES OUR DUTY
TO SOUND "LAST POST" AND LOW'R THE FLAG
AND LEAVE THIS PLACE OF MATCHLESS BEAUTY.

AS SOLDIERS DO WE'LL HEFT OUR PACKS,
AND STEADFAST MARCH FOR WHERE WE'RE BOUND.
BUT EVER IN OUR HEARTS WILL REST
THIS PEACEFUL VALE AS SACRED GROUND.

WARRANT OFFICER
DANIEL HARTFORD
1 COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT

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THIS CAIRN IS ERECTED IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
RONAYNE MILLER
&
PATRICK GODFREY MERVYN WILSON
THESE MEN DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1939 - 1945

LEST WE FORGET

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF
1914 - 1918
A.S. BRISTER
JOSEPH REYNOLDS
T.B. RAPER
CHARLES CLARK
ANDREW FRAZER
GAVIN HAMILTON
CHARLES EVANS
FRED HALL
BERT GARNER
ANDREW LAW
A.S. WITCHELL
FRED GROVES

1939 - 1945
FRANK RUSS
GEORGE PRINGLE
JOHN BLACK
ALBERT TOOTH

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In Memory of
Our Honoured Dead
1914-1918 - 1938-1945

LEST WE FORGET

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KOREA

1950 - 1953

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WOODFIBRE BRANCH B.E.S.L. NO. 181
LEGION HALL
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

1914-18 - 1939-45

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE