Other

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ARMY       NAVY

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY
OF ALL WHO SERVED
CANADA

ERECTED BY
GALIANO LIONS CLUB
2000 A.D.

AIR FORCE       MERCHANT NAVY

THE PEACEKEEPERS

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN,
AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

LAURENCE BINYON 1869-1943

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Founded in 1910, Canada's Naval Service wore the same uniform as the Royal Navy. The traditional "sailor suit" included bell bottom trousers, jumper, flannel "gun shirt" and square collar. The uniform was completed with a lanyard, silk, and a round cap with a ribbon that during peacetime identified the sailor's ship. In 1968 Canada adopted a single uniform for both officers and non-commissioned members of the Canadian Forces.

THE "VETERAN SAILOR"

The statue is of John Mason who enrolled in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve at age 18 in 1942 as a Stoker 2nd Class. After serving in the North Atlantic for the duration of the Second World War he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto and returned to the Navy in 1949 as an officer. He later served during the Korean conflict. In 1964 he was the first Engineering Officer to command a destroyer. He retired in 1978 at the rank of Captain.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
ANTHONY JAMES LOXHAM FARRER
(LIEUT. PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY)
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT CAMP HUGHES, JULY 1930
AGED 22 YEARS
A SCHOLAR AT THIS COLLEGE, 1923 - 1926
HEAD PREFECT, CAPTAIN OF RUGBY & CRICKET, VICTOR LUDORUM

MAJOR HENRY CUTHBERT HOLMES, F.R.I., F.R.S.A., T.P., M.A. (OXON)
1890 - 1968

FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA

CO-FOUNDER AND GOVERNOR OF BRENTWOOD COLLEGE
1922 - 1947 EXPRESSING HIS FAITH, ENTHUSIASM AND
DEDICATION TO CANADA'S FUTURE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
OF INTEGRITY AND UNSELFISH LEADERSHIP IN YOUTH.

BRENTWOOD COLLEGE

ROLL OF SERVICE
ALEXANDER, B.S.
ALLAN, O.B.
ALLEN, M.W.
ANGUS, D.H.W.
ANGUS, F.
ANGUS, J.A.
ANGUS, J.R.J.
ANKETELL-JONES, W.M.
APPLETON, R.J.
ARCHIBALD, J.P.
ASSELTINE, J.W.
BARRETT-LENNARD, W.J.
BARBER-STARKEY, J.W.M.
BASSETT, T.R.
BATE, H.K.
BIBEE, W.H.
BELL, R.M.
BELYEA, A.D.
BERRY, J.M.
BLACKWELL, R.G.
BROCKIE, J.A.
BROWN, A.C.T.
CALHOUN, A.W.
CALLAND, J.C.
CAMPBELL, J.D.D.
CAVENAGH, O.J.A.
CHADWICK, E.M.
CHARLEWOOD, M.
CLARK, D.M.
CLARKE, E.N.
CLIST, A.S.
CLIST, W.M.
COOKE, K.C.
COOPER, H.G.
DAVIDSON, G.H.
DENNISON, A.S.
DEPENCIER, E.A.E.
DIGBY, W.R.W.
EGLESE, E.J.
ELMORE, B.
BYRNE, T.H.
CAMERON, W.H.Q.
ELLIS, M.H.
WRIGHT, W.C. (BILL)

ELMORE, D.
FERGUSON, W.I.
FERRIS, W.D.S.
FIELD, A.M.
FINCH, C.V.
FLEMING, C.S.C.C.
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GILLESPIE, A.C.
GILLESPIE, A.E.
GILLESPIE, A.W.
HURRELL, R.C.S.
GRANT, J.F.
GREER, J.H.
HAMERSLEY, H.L.
HANBURY, R.M.
HASKAMP, H.
HETT, G.M.
HINTON, J.L.
HINTON, [?]
HOLLAND, M.O.
HOLMES, P.D.P.
HOLMES, W.D.C.
HOTHAM, O.A.
HUTCHINGS, G.H.
HUTCHINSON, C.
IZARD, A.P.
IZARD, J.A.W.
JOHNSTON, A.K.
KENNING, A.M.C.
KIDD, G.P.
KINLOCH, D.F.B.
LEASK, J.O.
LECKY, J.
GRAHAM, C.T.
HOMER-DIXON, D.F.
HOBSON, C.G.
HOPE, P.

FOR
KING AND COUNTRY
HONOUR ROLL
1939 - 1945

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BEARD, T.N.E.
BALLACHEY, A.A.
BARRETT, LENNARD
BISHOP, J.P.
BRYDEN, J.T.
CAMPBELL, J.P.
COULTER, A.H.
DUNLOP, A.B.
FIELD, R.C.
GILLESPIE, J.G.
HANBURY, B.A.
BARVEY, B.
GILLESPIE, J.R.
MARLATE, S.P.
MAYHEW, C.A.
OSLER, K.S.
PROCTOR, R.C.
SALTER, L.C.
SMYTH, R.
STUBBS, J.H.
STEWART, D.E.
SVEINSON, G.G.
SYMONS, C.M.R.
WHITE, W.L.T.
WILKINSON, L.R.
WILLIAMS, T.M.

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BURNS, J.M.
BIGELOW, W.G.
ROBINSON, S.C.
DEANE, J.

ROLL OF SERVICE

NICKSON, O.A.
LEIGH, T.E.
LOGAN, K.T.
LORT, R.A.H.
MACASKILL, W.A.S.
MACDONALD, A.R.
MACKENZIE, R.S.
MCCAFFREY, J.A.
MCCAFFREY, R.P.
MCCALLUM, J.S.
MCCLEAN, J.M.A.
MCDOUGALL, D.D.
MCTAVISH, A.F.
MCKEEN, G.B.
MACKIE, W.B.
MALKIN, J.L.
MALKIN, R.E.
MARTIN, J.
MAY, P.G.
MILLIGAN, G.B.
MITCHELL, A.H.
MITCHELL, B.A.
MITCHELL, F.G.
MONEY, G.N.
MUNGER, J.D.
NATION, R.J.
NAIRN, K.R.
NEWCOMBE, C.F.
OSLER, T.R.
PHILIP, K.
PHILLIPS, G.
PHILLIPS, R.
PLAYFAIR, G.A.
PUGH, D.V.
QUIRK, T.J.
RHODES, A.D.
ROBERTS, J.R.
ROBERTSON, H.R.
ROGERS, H.S.
ROOME, R.M.B.
ROSS, R.I.
MATTHEWS, F.W.
RICARDO, W.C.
SHARP, J.T.
HALL, J.R.

NICKSON, J.E.
SCHINBEIN, J.E.
SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, R.
SHIELDS, J.W.
SMITH, F.A.
SMYTHIES, C.O.
SPENCER, W.A.
STAVRAKOV, V.G.
STEPHENS, R.ST.G.
STEWART, C.
SUNDERLAND, E.V.P.
SYMONS, E.J.
TAYLOR, E.A.
TODD, C.T.B.
TODD, D.C.
TODD, J.H.
TODD, R.H.
UNDERBAKKE, G.A.
WATERSTRAT, P.A.
WEIR, C.T.
WELD, G.F.
WESTINGHOUSE, A.H.
WHYTE, R.R.
WILBY, D.R.
WILKIN, R.L.
WILLS, C.H.
WILSON, D.R.
WILSON, G.L.
WILSON, R.S.
WOODCROFT, D.A.
WOODCROFT, J.F.D.
WOODS, W.A.A.
WOOTTEN, D.O.
WHITTALL, H.R.
WORSLEY, G.N.
WRIGHT, P.W.
YORATH, E.J.
YOUNG, M.D.
HEAD, D.
HENDERSON, L.S.
WELLS, W.C.
WESTINGHOUSE, R.L.
MONROE, D.L.
MACRAE, D.R.
MILLER, J.M.

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FERRE VA FERME

[emblem on left side/emblème du côté gauche]
THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH
DEAS GU GATH

[emblem on right side/emblème du côté droit]
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY

"IN MEMORY"
THE AIR FORCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
SEPT. 1975

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THE FINAL BATTLE
August 9 1945

Lt. Gray's leadership and daring earned him many awards;
a Mention in Dispatches, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the
Victoria Cross for sinking the Japanese destroyer Amakusa in
Onagawa Bay, Japan, where his Corsair aircraft was hit by anti-
aircraft fire and crashed into the sea. He was the last Canadian to
fall in combat in the war.

LE DERNIER COMBAT
Le 9 août 1945

Le leadership et l'audace du lieutenant Gray lei ont valu de
nombreuses décorations: une citation à l'ordre du jour, la
Croix du service distingué et la Croix de Victoria pour avoir
coulé le destroyer japonais Amakusa dans la baie
d'Onagawa, au Japon. Son avion Corair, frappé par des tirs
antiaériens, s'écrasa en mer. Il fut le dernier Canadien à
tomber au combat durant la guerre.

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LT. ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY V.C., D.S.C. RCNVR
1917-1945

In honour of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Pilots who served on loan to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air
Arm during the Second World War. Esteemed in their
number was Lt. Gray who was awarded the Victoria Cross,
which was also a symbolic recognition of the
accomplishments of all Canadians killed while serving in
the RN carrier fleet.

Dedicated in the 75th year after the end of the war.

They flew, died, and like the summer breeze that fades
at dusk, they became memories.

En l'honneur des pilotes de la Reserve de volontaires de
la Marine royale du Canada qui ont été prètés à l'aéronavale
de la Marine britannique pendant la Seconde Guerre
mondiale. Parmi ses rangs se trouvait le lieutenant Gray,
lequel reçut la Croix de Victoria, symbolique des
réalisations de tous les Canadiens tués pendant leur
service sur les porte avions de la Marine britannique.
Dédicace 75 ans aprés la fin de la guerre.

Ils s'envolèrent, sont tombès, et comme la brise d'été qui
s'estompe au crépuscule, sont devenus des souvenirs.

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Lieutenant Gray

In 1940 aged 22, "Hammy" Gray, from Nelson, BC, left the University
of BC to join the Royal Canadian Volunteer Reserve. He was
sent to Britain with 150 other young Canadians for naval training.
He qualified as a pilot in Canada, and flying from the carrier HMS
Formidable he attacked the German battleship Tirpitz. He later sank
enemy ships off Japan before being shot down in the last
days of the war.

En 1940, à l'âge de 22 ans, "Hammy" Gray, de Nelson, en Columbie-
Britannique, quitta l'Université de la Columbie-Britannique pour
s'enrôler dans la Réserve de volontaires de la Marine royale du
Canada. Avec 150 jeunes Canadiens, il fut envoyé en Grande-
Bretagne pour suivre une formation navale. Il devint ensuite pilote
d'avion au Canada et, aux commades du porte-avions HMS
Formidable, attaqua le cuirassé allemand Tirpitz. Dans les derniers
jours de la guerre, il coula des navires ennemis au large du Japon
avant d'être finalement abuttu.

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Maple Leaf
Wall
of
Honour

During the Second World War 260 Canadians served
in Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm.

42 of them, including Lieutenant Gray, lost their lives.
Their courage and achievements were recognized
throughout the fleet.

Each small leaf honours a Canadian
who fell in combat. The large leaves represent the
ships in which they served.

You may place a flower in one of the Maple Leaves to
express your appreciation of these valiant Canadians.

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Mur
d'honneur
de la feuille
d'érable

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 260 Canadiens ont servi
dans les porte-avions du service aéronaval de la Royal Navy.

42 d'entre eux, dont le lieutenant Gray, ont perdu la vie. Leur
courage et leurs réalisations ont été reconnus par l'ensemblre
de la flotte.

Chaque feuille rend hommage à un Canadien
tombé au combat. Les grandes feuilles
représentent les navires dans lesquels ils ont servi.

Vous pouvez placer une fleur dans l'une des feuilles d'érable pour
exprimer votre rconnaissance envers ces valeureux Canadiens.

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This monumnent was made possible by the support of Veterans Affairs Canada
and by major contributions from the individuals and organizations recognized here
and numerous donations by participating Canadians

• Peter Keith-Murray
• Anne George
• Jerry Presley
• Maurice Layden
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• Royal Canadian Legion BC / Yukon Command
• Naval Assocation of Canada
• British Columbia Aviation Museum
• Stewart Monumental Works Ltd.
• Rusnak Gallant Design Ltd.
• Terrence Milne
• Stanley Brygadyr
• Gerald Pash
• Joe Buczkowski
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