British Columbia

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Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray
V.C., B.S.C., R.C.N.V.R.
Royal Canadian Fleet Arm Fighter Pilot
Born November 2, 1917
Died courageously in defense of his country on August 9th, 1945

A Nelson boy who gave his life for freedom and earned the Empire's highest decoration, the Victoria Cross, for courage in the Second World War.

In Affectionate Memory of
MAJOR PERCY RIGBY,
OF THE SEVENTH BATTALION, FIRST CONTINGENT,
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
WHO WAS KILLED AT FLEUX BAIX, FRANCE,
ON MARCH 10, 1915.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CERTAIN OF THE MEN OF
HIS BATTALION, IN MEMORY OF A GALLANT OFFICER,
A BRAVE SOLDIER, AND A TRUE FRIEND.

"One who never turned his back but marched breast
forward."

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IN MEMORY OF

LIEUT.
R. HAMPTON GRAY
V.C. D.S.C.

R.C.N.V.R.

KILLED IN ACTION

AUGUST
9TH
1945

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LT. R.H. GRAY, V.C., D.S.C., R.C.N.V.R.
1917-1945
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY, V.C., D.S.C.,
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
THE LAST CANADIAN TO BE KILLED IN ACTION DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR, LIEUTENANT GRAY,
FROM NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, DIED WHEN
HIS CORSAIR AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN AS HE
FEARLESSLY LED A CARRIER AIR STRIKE AGAINST
THE SHIPS OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
AT ONAGAWA BAY, ON AUGUST 9TH, 1945.

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ERECTED
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE BRAVE MEN OF
NELSON AND DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
AND
1939-1945

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KOREA
1950 - 1953

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HONOUR ROLL

WAR 1914-1918

S. ALLAN
R.B. ALLAN
L.C. AMAS
H. ANDREWS
R. ANDERSON
C. ANTHONY
L. APPLETON
J.R. ARMSTRONG
P.J. AUDY
A. BARISINA
W. BARNES
B. BAILY
A.E. BAYLEY
F.C. BASFORD
A. BEER
W. BEATTIE
H. BEAUMONT
G. BELL
H. BENTON
G.W. BENNETT
R. BERE
J. BERNARD
R. BERUK
H. BIRD
T.C. BLAND
A. BLAKE
W.F. BLONDIN
M. BOSTOCK
W. BOWYER
C.J. BREWSTER
G.C. BROWN
A. BROUGHTON
M. BURROWS
A.C. BUTLER
A. CAMPBELL
M. CAMPBELL
K.B. CARRUTHERS
H.W. CARTER
S. CHAPMAN
T. CHRISSOP
E. CHRISTENSON
J.B. CHRISTISON
C. COUGHLAN
J. COWAN
J. COWAN
W.A. COWIE
W. COOK
A. COOMBER
B. CROWTHERS
H. CUNNINGHAM
E.T. DALLEN
D.G. DAVIES
E.O. DAVIS
J. DAWSON
F. DAY
J. DEFERRO
P.S. DEWAR
DEAN
W. DOWAR
W. EBBS
F.F. ELLIOTT
W. ENDICOTT
J. ENGLAND
A. EVANS
J. EVANS
A.J.L. EVANS
R.M. FERGUSON
E. FITTON
J. FOSTER
W.G. FOSTER
P. FOTHERGILL
J. FRAME
G. FYFE
R. GEORGES
G. GIBSON
D.B. GILLESPIE
F.J. GOLDSMITH
W.H. GOODWIN
J.E. GOULDING
J.H. GRANT
C.W. GRENTLEY
R.A. GRIFFITHS
W.G. GRIFFITHS
H. GUILLE
F. GUILHAMOULIE; C.E.H. HALES; E.T. HALL; J.G. HALLIDAY; R.J. HALLIDAY; J. HANNAH; F. HANNEL; E.S. HART; C.I. HAZEN; R. HEPPELL; W. HEPPELL; F. HENLEY; T. HIND; W. HILL; C.H. HILL; W.H.O. HILL; W. HOARE; P. HODGE; T. HOLT; T.H. HUME; M.C. HUNT; R. HUGHES; C. INCHES; R.C. INGLIS; R.F. INGLIS; J.A. INGRAM; R.F. IRVINE; A. ISAAC; A. JAMES; R.A. JAMES; E. JACKSON; F. JEFFREYS; A. JENNINGS; H. JENKIN; C.M. JOHNSON; B. JOHNSTONE; W. JONES; B.H. JORDAN; A.J. KENNEAR; J. KESSON; A.J.A. KILLOUGH

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HONOUR ROLL

WAR 1914-1918

H. KIRBY; A.C. LANDRETH; R.L. LANGILL; F. LANGHORNE; H. LAYCOCK; F. LEBERGE; J. LEHMAN; J. LOEWEN; T. LLEWELLYN; S. LONG-INNES; W.A. LUFF; W. LYNCH; W. MCAULEY; D.J. MCASKILL; J.H. MCANDREW; J. MCDAVID; H. MACDONALD; J.A. MCDONALD; H.D. MCDONALD; P. MCDONALD; R. MCDONALD; R.G. MACFARLANE; G.R. MCFARLAND; J.D. MCINNES; N. MCIVOR; M. MCIVOR; W. MCKAY; K. MCKAY; D. MCKENZIE; W.C. MCLELLAN; F. MACMAHON; L. MCKILLAN; J. MCPHAIL; D.A. MCQUARRIE; D.N. MCVICAR; W.J. MCVICAR; D. MALLOCH; J. MANKIN; R.R. MARTIN; W.F. MAWDSLEY; H.ST.C. MARLATT; H.C. SMITH; J. MATHESON; F.J. MAY; F.B. MILLAR; F.S. MILLER; J.K. MIDDLETON; T.W. MONTGOMERY; H. MORRISON; F. MORRISON; D.J. MORRISON; J. MORRISON; J.A. MORGAN; J. MURRAY; T.P. NICKLEBY; F.S. OLIVER; W.E. OLIVER;

A.T. PARK
A.S. PATTERSON
O.B. PAULSON
A. PEEL
G. PHILLIPS
A. PORTER
C. PRITCHARD
G.H. ROWLING
S. RATCLIFF
E.G. REVELL
H. REEKIE
S. READ
S. REED
C. REEVE
P. RIGBY
E. ROCKWOOD
E. ROBINSON
G. ROE
H. ROE
G. ROWELL
H. ROWELL
A. SAMUEL
W.G. SAVAGE
D. SKELLEY
H.G. SLATER
L.C. SMITH
J.T. SMITH
D. SMITH
G. SMITH
N. SMITH
R. SMITH
A.T. STIRLING
F.E. STANTIAL
A.W. STATTERD
B. STRATTON
J.W. STEWART
H. STEPHENSON
H. STEVENS
R.S. STEVENS
C.E. SWANNELL
T. TATTERSALL
W. TATTRIE
J. TAYLOR
R. TAYLOR
J. TENNANT
R.E. THOMPSON
S.A. THOMPSON
W.J. THOMPSON
G. THOMPSON
J. THOMPSON
S. THOMPSON
A. THOMAS
F. TOMPKINS
E.A. TOWGOOD
J.E.K. VINCENT
J. WADE
N. WARD
C.L. WALES
A. WALDIE
S. WATERS
K. WEIR
W. WESLEY
W. WELLSPRING
J. WHITE
R. WILTON
W. WILLIAMSON
A. WILLIAMS
J. WOOD
R. SJOBO

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HONOUR ROLL

WAR 1939-1945

W. ALLEN
E.M. ANDREW, BOB
R. ARMSTRONG
M. AYLMER
A. BAIN
W.D. BARWIS
J.L. BEATTIE
N.H. BOSS
A.J. BRENNAN
R.C. BURGESS
J.A. CAMPBELL
S.F. CASTLE
J.E. CLARK
R.S. CLARK
B. CLEATON
E.A. CORNFIELD
R.C. CRAUFORD
A.E. DALGAS
J. DINGWALL
O.A. DORVAL
J.J. ECCLES
G. FLEGEL
F.L. FLYNN
D.E. GIBBON
J.W. GRANT
J.B. GRAY
R.H. GRAY, V.C.
R. GREAVISON
G.A. GREENWOOD
G.E. GREENWOOD
J.C. HARLOW
J.E. HOOVER
H. HARTRIDGE
R.E. HALL
S.R. HORSWILL
J.R. HUGHES
R.S. JARDINE
R.B. JONES
J.R. KUBIN
M.C. LATORNELL
C.H. LEQUEREUX
R.G. LUDLOW
R.L. MAIN
F.J. MILLER
D.C. MOTLEY
K.G. MCBRIDE
C.F. MCDOUGAL
H. MCKEAN
M.T. PRESTLEY
G.H. RASMUSSEN
J.M. ROUTH
E.D. ROGERS
T.B. ROWLEY
I.F. RUPPEL
E.G. SHARDELOW
S.A. SPIERS
R.W. SMITH
C.W. STEELE
L.J. STEWART
J.H. STUBBS
T. WALLACE
W.C. WALLACE
H.D. WARNER
J.W. WILSON
W.P. WOODS
W. SWIFT
W.S. SMITH

[building/édifice]
1902
DRILL HALL

[plaque/plaque]
NELSON DRILL HALL

THIS WAS THE SITE OF THE NELSON DRILL HALL
FROM 1902 - 1994

THE HALL WAS THE CENTRE OF MILITARY LIFE
IN THE NELSON AREA AND WAS HOME TO MANY UNITS
OF THE CANADIAN ARMY INCLUDING:

SOUTH KOOTENAY RIFLES ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGERS
54TH KOOTENAY BATTALION CDN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
24TH HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGT ROYAL CDN. ARTILLERY
44TH FIELD ENGINEER SQD. ROYAL CDN. ENGINEERS

THE DRILL HALL WAS ACQUIRED BY THE PROVINCE
IN 1964 AND SERVED MANY CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS
UNTIL ITS DEMOLITION IN 1994

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

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L.T.R.H. Gray, V.C., D.S.C., R.C.N.V.R.

1917 - 1945

In honoured memory of

Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray V.C., D.S.C,

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

The last Canadian to be kill in action during

the Second World War. Lieutenant Gray,

from Nelson, British Columbia, died when

his corsair aircraft was shot down as he

fearlessly led a carrier air strike against

the ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy

at Onagawa Bay on August 9th, 1945.

[photographs/photographies]

PRIVATE ALEXANDER BAIN
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1914 - 1944

FL/LT HENRY BIRKLAND
POZNAN OLD CEMETERY POLAND
1917 - 1944

GUNNER EDWARD WILLIAM BRYAN (LUND)
MORO RIVER CEMETERY ITALY
1919 - 1944

LANCE SERGEANT JOHN DAVID CRUICKSHANK
VILLANOVA CEMETERY ITALY
1921 - 44

PRIVATE WILLARD ALBERT ELLISON
HOLTEN CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1945

SGT.(AIRGUNNER) JOSEPH LAMBERT FITZPATRICK
REUCHWAKD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, GERMANY
1917 - 1944

FLYING OFFICER GUSTAF FLEGEL
MANDAL CHURCHYARD NORWAY
1921 - 1944

FLYING OFFICER, JOHN WILLIAM GRANT
SHROPSHIRE, UK
1921 - 1943

FLIGHT SGT. ALEXANDER ALAN HADIKEN
BERLIN CEMETERY, BRANDENBURG GERMANY
1915 -1943

PRIVATE RAYMOND EDMOND HALL
CASSINO CEMETERY, ITALY
1923 - 1944

FLIGHT SERGEANT MERLIN LINDSAY JOHN
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
1922 - 43

PILOT OFFICER, RICHARD BARRON JONES
HANOVER CEMETERY, HANOVER, GERMANY
1914 - 1945

FLYING OFFICER (PILOT) LAWRENCE HERBERT MCLEOD
MISSING IN ACTION
1923 - 45

RIFLEMAN EARL VERNON MULHERN
BENY-SUR-MER CEMETERY, NORMANDY
1923 - 1944

CORPORAL RAYMOND AUREAL SEGUIN
GROSBEEK CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1922 - 1945

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
GOD AND COUNTRY
WWI    WWII
FROM BEAVERDELL & DISTRICT
WITH THANKS
BEAVERDELL BOY SCOUT GROUP