British Columbia

Shawnigan Lake School was founded in 1916 by Christopher Windley Lonsdale in a then-secluded west coast rainforest on Vancouver Island. The first register of Shawnigan Lake School is dated April 27, 1916. As the years passed, Shawnigan withstood two world wars, economic crises and changing approaches to education to forge a place as one of the country's leading boarding schools.

In 1953, the Shawnigan Lake School War Memorial Society and the Old Boys Committee constructed two tennis courts at the school known as the War Memorial Tennis Courts. In March 1953, the Honourable Clarence Wallace C.B.E., Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia presented a roll of honour to the school with the names of 42 Old Boys of Shawnigan killed on active service in the war of 1939-45. The Roll of Honour is in permanent display in the Chapel.

In 1920, Temple Lodge, No. 33 placed a bronze commemorative plaque at the entrance to the Duncan Masonic Temple to commemorate four members of Temple Lodge, No. 33 who died while serving in the First World War. It was removed from the exterior of the Duncan Masonic Temple in 2013 after receiving credible information that it might be targeted for theft due to the scrap value of the bronze from which it was cast.

The plaque was replaced with a new sign at the entrance that was designed by Bro. Paul Philcox (Lieutenant-Colonel retired) and unveiled on 11 November 2013 by W.Bro Mark Anderson (W.M. – 2013-1015) and City of Duncan Mayor Phil Kent.

The plaque commemorating Brothers Alan Robert Bell, William Harrison Ingram, Archer Robert Payze and James Osman Slade Young, who died in Canada’s military service during the First World War (1914-1918) was unveiled on 11 November 2013.

Mount Prevost is one of the mountainous landmarks towering over the community of Duncan, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. The mountain is easily identified by the two humps sitting on the peak of the mountain. At its summit is the Mount Prevost Memorial Park, in which sits two monuments (NICMM #59012-023) – most of the trails on the mountain are rough and not well maintained, making it difficult to reach this memorial park.

This memorial is dedicated to Hamish and William Maitland-Dougall. It was erected by James and Winnifred Maitland-Dougall.

There is no wording on the vases or candlesticks, but in the book on the history of St. Peter's it states that they were presented in 1946 in memory of Anthony Ord Compton-Lundie, a parishioner killed in action in Europe on the last day of the Second World War.

This stained glass window is called the Victory Window. It is believed that St. Peter's Church erected it.

This memorial is dedicated to David Arthur Henry Alexander. It was erected by his parents, David and Edith Alexander.

Lieutenant Arthur Lane presented St. Andrew's Anglican Church with the stem for the lectern from a church in Ypres on Friday, June 16, 1916. The flags and banners have been laid up for safe keeping by the military.

Erected by the government of Canada, this memorial is dedicated to Canada's war dead.

The plaque explains the heroic actions of Charles F. Hoey and other fallen comrades who fought in Burma's Arakan region and places recognition on August 15 1945 when Japan surrendered. Major Hoey led a team in 1944. He was fatally wounded and received the Victoria Cross. Arakan Burma was the scene of a battle in the Second World War where there was a gallant charge made by the allied forces under heavy machine-gun fire. Major Charles F. Hoey personally led his company under heavy resistance to capture a vital enemy position in February 1944. He accomplished this mission in spite of being wounded three times. He was fatally wounded after leading this successful offensive and received the Victoria Cross for valour for his efforts.