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THE WORLD'S LARGEST TIN SOLDIER

The Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, founded, surveyed, and laid out the City of New Westminster. This Tin Soldier looks out over the Fraser River where the first soldiers set ashore. The detachment of Royal Engineers were instrumental in laying the foundations for law and order, communication routes, communities, government services, and more, during their time here: 1859 to 1863.

The Soldier stands as a replica of a Sergeant Major with his distinctive scarlet tunic, blue trousers with wide red stripes and most noteworthy his red gold-trimmed pill-box hat.

The Soldier was completed as a highlight of the Royal Christmas Festival in New Westminster in support of the Simon Fraser Society for Community Living and their programs for children with special needs and adults with disabilities. Unveiled on November 29, 2000 adjacent to the Armoury of The Royal Westminster Regiment at 6th Street and Queens Avenue, it was moved here and rededicated on February 14, 2002. A time capsule was placed within the Soldier to be opened in 2025.

Built as a labour of love by the joint efforts of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union 280 and the BC Sheet Metal Association (SMACNA-BC) for the benefit of The Simon Fraser Society for Community Living. The Soldier is 32 feet tall, weighs 5 tons and was fabricated using materials to last 100 years or more.

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE ARMED FORCES
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

THIS COMMUNITY MEMORIAL
WAS DEDICATED BY
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 263
DISTRICT OF COQUITLAM
OCT. 21, 1972

"TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS
WE THROW THE TORCH
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH
IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US
WHO DIE WE SHALL NOT SLEEP"

LEST WE FORGET

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OUR HONOURED DEAD
1914 - 1918

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ASHWORTH HENRY
AITKEN WILLIAM
ALLISON W. RODERICK
ANNADALE T.S. JR
ANDERSON G. F.
ANDERSON ROBERT G.
ANDERSON WILLIAM
ANDERSON ROBERT A.
AITCHESON JOSEPH
ADAMSKI S.
ANGELO A.
ABBOTT V.H.C.
BRODERICK J.B.
BOWDEN CHRIS.
BARBER GEO. R.
BRUCE JOHN
BUNDY L.
BARNES A.
BLACKMORE CHAS.
BEATTLE REG.
BURNETT HARRY
BRISTOW SAMUEL
BOWDEN FRED
BATEMAN M.G.
BURR W.R.
BUTCHER ALFRED J
BOYD JOHN
BRISTOWE FRANK L.
BRUCE A.M.
BIRT G.W.
BUCHAN G.W.
BUCKLY S.C.
BOWER W.A.
BOWER W.A.
BATE DOUGLAS S.
BERNAYS L.A.
BLAIR J.F.
CARPENTER F.H.G.
CALLAHAN J.
COOK J.E.
CAMPBELL K.M.
CURTIS T.D.
CRAIGHEAD W.J.P.

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CLITHEROE PERCY
CREIGHTON A.R.
CHESSELL FRED
CANNING GEORGE
CLAPP CHAS. E.
COLLINS GERALD
CHURCH NORMAN
CAMERON JAS. S.
CARRUTHERS W.B.
CLARKE R.M.
CLEGHORN W.S.
CALMAN WM.
CORBETT E.C.
CURTIS LESLIE W.
CUNNINGHAM F.B.
CONNOLY T.A.
CAPLE L.N.
CRANDELL JAS. G.
CULLINGTON ART. H.
CAMPBELL HUGH
CALLANAN J.
COUTU THOMAS
COMBE R.W.
DAY W.M.L.
DUNFORD E.T.
DALLEY G.
DENNISTON JAS.
BEACON C.H.
DAY WM.
DAILEY ALFRED T.
DOUGLASS WALLACE
EASTMAN EDWIN F.
EDGAR ROBERT
FERGUSON T.
FOSTER JOHN A.
FELL R.J.
FOURISTER ROBERT
FLUMERFELT E.
FORREST LEONARD
GORDON OLIVER
GORDON G.C.
GORDON W.

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GAUDIN H.E.
GYOTOKU TOMOKI
GREVENY WM. K.
GOUGH E.B.
GUNN B.B.
GRAY ALFRED
GRAY L.
GRAY JOHN A.
GRAY T.
GLAUSTONE ROBERT
HARPER J.A.
HEPWORTH A.H.
HAPPER A.D.
HAWKES H.
HUME ARTHUR E.
HARRIS FRED
HARRIS H.
HUNTER JOHN W.
HAMILTON WILLIAM
HUGGARD KEN H.
HENDERSON JOHN
HARVIE H.
HURDORD C.H.
ISHIHARA IUDO
IRVIN CHAS. A.
IRVINE E.
JAMES ALBERT
JONES HUGH L.
JAGGER HERB.
JAGGER LOUIS
JOHNSON HENRY C.
JAMES JOSEPH
KELLY WILLIAM
KELLY FRANK W.
KETCHER BERT
KNOX MATTHEW
KENNY N.
KEARY WM. O'B.
KEAN STANLEY W.
LEVY ALFRED J.
LESLIE W.
LINN J. McK.

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

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OUR HONOURED DEAD
1939 - 1945

[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.]

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24 POUNDER FIELD HOWITZERS
THESE TWO GUNS ARRIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER IN 1866
ON BOARD THE HMS SPARROWHAWK.
THEY WERE USED FOR TRAINING LOCAL DEFENSE
UNTIL 1873 BY THE SEYMOUR ARTILLERY COMPANY,
A PREDECESSOR OF
THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT.
RESTORATION OF THE GUNS COMPLETED IN 2004 BY
THE ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THANKS TO MAJOR SPONSORS
THEY CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
AND
THE MILLENNIUM COMMITTEE

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ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF
NEW WESTMINSTER
IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO SERVED
KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR OF
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
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KOREAN CONFLICT

1950 - 1953

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CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MARCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914 - 18 1939 - 45 1950 - 53
THE
LIFE LINE
OF THE
WORLD

POUR LA
SURVIE
DU MONDE
LIBRE

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IN RECOGNITION OF THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF V. E. DAY
DEDICATED ON MAY 7TH 1995
TO THE
ROYAL WESTMINSTER REGIMENT
MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER
AS PEACE KEEPERS
IN
THE TROUBLED WORLD

IN MEMORY OF 1701 MEN OF THE CANADIAN
BANK OF COMMERCE WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

IN MEMORY OF 1701 MEN OF THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

GNR R.J. BEATTY
LT W. BRUCE
GNR F.R. DUNCANSON
2ND LT G.B. PINLAY
3 PTE A.G.H. GODWIN
GNR W.K. GOODING
*PL CADET R.W.R. LITCHFIELD
CAPT A.B.F. LLOYD
C S.M.W. MURRAY
LT J.A. MCGREGOR MC MM
DVR E.G. SHADWELL
GNR R. TAYLOR
LT J.C.E. WALKER

NEW WESTMINSTER
BRANCH

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SHALOM BRANCH 178
ROYAL CANADIAN
LEGION
VANCOUVER BC

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ERECTED BY
GRATEFUL COMRADES
FOR THE MEMORY
OF ALL THOSE
WHO SERVED
IN CANADIAN
ARMED FORCES
AND NOW
LIE IN PEACE

WWI 1914-1918
WWII 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953

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JEWISH
WAR VETERANS
OF CANADA
VANCOUVER BC

LEST WE FORGET   WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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1914   1918

IN MEMORY OF
MEMBERS OF TEMPLE LODGE
NO. 33, A.F. AND A.M.
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR.

BRO. ALAN R. BELL
BRO. WILLIAM H. INGRAM
BRO ARCHER R. PAYZE
BRO. JAMES O.S. YOUNG

THEY DIED
THAT HONOUR AND JUSTICE MIGHT LIVE.

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IN REMEMBERANCE
of the four members of
Temple Lodge, No. 33, A.F. & A.M.,
who gave their lives in the service of Canada
during the First World War, 1914-1918

Alan Robert Bell
(1885-1915)
William Harrison Ingram
(1888-1915)
Archer Robert Payze
(1884-1915)
James Osman Slade Young
(1887-1917)

Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

IN REMEMBERANCE
of the four members of
Temple Lodge, No. 33, A.F. & A.M.,
who gave their lives in the service of Canada
during the First World War, 1914-1918

Alan Robert Bell
(1885-1915)
William Harrison Ingram
(1888-1915)
Archer Robert Payze
(1884-1915)
James Osman Slade Young
(1887-1917)

Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Grave Commission