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My VAC AccountROYAL CANADIAN
ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
IN GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY GOD
The Lord shall bless thee
in all thy Works
To the Nursing
Sisters
of Vancouver
in both War
and Peace
PATIENCE PASSE SCIENCE
This window is dedicated to the Nursing Sisters of Vancouver both in War and Peace. At the top of this window is the crest of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and at the bottom right is the crest of the Vancouver General Hospital with the Maltese Cross.
At the bottom left is the family crest of Major Skitt Mathews. Major Matthews was the City of Vancouver's first archivist and this window is also a tribute to his wife who was a military nurse in the Second World War.
CUIDI CH'N RICH
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAJOR T.C.B. VANCE,
KILLED IN ACTION IN ORTONA, ITALY, CHRISTMAS EVE. 1943
"LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS, WE BESEECH THEE"
The Christ Church Cathedral is the Regimental Church of The Seaforth Highlanders and this window is a memorial to Major T. C. B. Vance who died in the Second World War. Major Vance was killed in action in Ortona, Italy on Christmas Eve 1943. The crest at the top of the window is of the Vancouver Regiment, The Seaforth Highlanders, whose motto is: "Cuidi Ch'n Righ" in Gaelic: Help the King.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. COLONEL DONALD GRANT WORTHINGTON
COMMANDING OFFICER 28TH CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT)
KILLED IN ACTION BEFORE FALAISE
ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND COMRADES AS A TRIBUTE
TO A BRAVE SOLDIER AND A GALLANT GENTLEMAN
This memorial was erected in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Grant Worthington, Commanding Officer, 28th Canadian Armoured Regiment, by his friends and comrades, as a tribute to a brave soldier and a gallant gentleman.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS
OF
THE 28TH CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FRIENDS AND
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT WHO RETURNED
This memorial was erected by the friends and members of the Regiment who returned from the Second World War.
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[battles listed on around borders/liste des batailles sur les côtés]
[102 badge/102 insignes]
1914 - 1918
IN GRATITUDE
TO
ALMIGHTY GOD
BY WHOM ALONE VICTORY IS
SECURED AND IN MEMORY OF
SIX HUNDRED & SEVENTY SIX
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE
102ND BATTALION
NORTH BRITISH COLUMBIANS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
TELL CANADA YE
WHO PASS THIS WAY
WE REST CONTENT
THE COLOURS OF THE BATTALION WERE DEPOSITED
IN THE CHURCH ON SEPT. 22ND 1919
This memorial is in memory of six hundred and seventy officers and men of the 102nd Battalion (North British Columbians) who gave their lives in the First World War. The colours of the Battalion were deposited in the Christ Church Cathedral on September 22nd, 1919.
The Colours of Vancouver's Regiments
THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT (DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S OWN)
THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA
THE IRISH FUSILIERS OF CANADA (THE VANCOUVER REGIMENT)
In Memory of Those Who Lost Their Lives So That We May Live In Peace
LEST WE FORGET
This memorial is in memory of the members of Vancouver's Regiments who lost their lives so that we may live in peace.
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This cabinet for Vancouver's Regimental Colours
is a gift of the Rix Family Foundation in Memory of
Staff Sergeant Master Samuel Henry Courtney
Service# 30149 3rd Division, Trained Canadian
Army Service Corp. Died: October 4, 1917.
La Targette British Cemetery, Vimy Ridge.
LEST WE FORGET
This memorial was dedicated by the Rix Family Foundation in memory of Staff Sergeant Master Samuel Henry Courtney, 3rd Division, Trained Canadian Army Service Corp.
[Roll of Service/Liste nominative]
[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]
Needs further research
INDIA
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GT. BRITAIN AND IRELAND
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW ZEALAND
NEWFOUNDLAND
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF
COMMONWEALTH MEMBERS
OF THE SERVICES WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
THEY DIED IN EVERY
QUARTER OF THE EARTH
IN THE AIR AND
ON THE SEA
"THEIR BODIES ARE
BURIED IN PEACE.
BUT THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOREVERMORE."
This plaque is in memory of all the Commonwealth Members of the Services who gave their lives in the First World War, Second World War and Korean War.
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1 BRITISH COLUMBIA
[battles listed on around borders/batailles énumérées sur les côtés]
FRANCE & FLANDERS
1914 - 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE
64 OFFICERS
AND
1335 N. C. O.'s AND MEN
OF THE
7TH BATT. C.E.F.
(THE 1ST BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIMENT)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THIS TABLET
WAS ERECTED BY THOSE MEMBERS
OF THE REGIMENT WHO
RETURNED
PASSCHENDAELE
This memorial is in memory of the 64 Officers and 1335 Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the 7th Battalion - Canadian Expeditionary Force who gave their lives in the First World War, erected by the members of the Regiment who returned.
