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City/Municipality
Fort Langley
Memorial Number
59010-007
Type
Location
9000 block Glover Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1675241, -122.5808723
Inscription

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This row of eighteen horse chestnut trees were planted on the west side of Glover Road after the First World War as a living memorial to local soldiers killed during the war.

City
Fort Langley
Country
Type Description
Trees - chestnut
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2676
City/Municipality
Fort Langley
Memorial Number
59010-006
Type
Address
23105 St. Andrews Avenue
Location
Fort Langley Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1673048, -122.5837548
Inscription

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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM LANGLEY DISTRICT
1914-1918
THEY DIED THAT HONOUR MIGHT LIVE
IF YE KEEP NOT FAITH WE SHALL NOT SLEEP
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF LANGLEY MUNICIPALITY

[south side/côté sud]

KILLED IN ACTION

GORDON MCDONALD
J. MCDONALD
J. MCKAY
A. MCINTYRE
F.H. READ
D. ROBERTSON
FRED. O. ROBERTS
C.E. SELLERS
HAZIE R. SIMMONDS
L. SWAIN
J. TOPPING
S. TYRES
A.W. TRATTLE
G.H. TOPHAM
J. WRIGHT
G. WARNER
MONTY WIX
H.M. WHITE

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DIED SINCE ARMISTICE

E.W. BERRY
FRANK W. GLOVER
H.J.R. JACKSON M.C.

KILLED IN ACTION

B. BUTLER
W. WILSON

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KILLED IN ACTION

E. ALLARD
W.E. BERRY
HARRY BRAWN M.M.
C.H. BROWN
HEW M. BRADSHAW
S. BOUNDY
T. BRAND
JACK CARVOLTH
C.H. DAVIS
V.C.L. DAVIS
M. GUEHO
D.W. HOWES
J.C. HENDERSON
D. HOWELL
A.T. JOHNSTON
HY JOHNSTON
N.W. KENDALL
W. LEE

[bottom plaque/plaque en bas]

1939 "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" 1945

[first column/première colonne]
R.H. BAXTER
T.G. BAERG
C.J. BENNETT
H. CANNELL
J. COMISH
J. COWIE
W. DEWAR
D. DAVIES
K.S. DAVIES
W. DAVIDSON

[second column/deuxième colonne]
R. DUFF
G.T. EVE
J.W.H. FRISBY
W. FREEMAN
N. FRUNO
J. GALBRAITH
V. HAYWARD
J.W.D. HADDEN
J.C. HADDEN
H. HOUGH

[third column/troisième colonne]
G.E. JAYNES
R. JAMIESON
J. JONES
R. KIMMELL
C.H. KIMMELL
G.L. KIMMELL
R. KENDALL
G. LANG
L. MORRIS
R. MONAHAN

[fourth column/quatrième colonne]
L. MARINELLO
R.E. McAULEY
L. McBURNEY
H. ROLSTON
J. SENDALL
G. SAWATZKY
J.W. TOON
R.W. WOODS
R. WARMAN
J.T. YEOMANS

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Body Content

Erected by local citizens, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War.

City
Fort Langley
Country
Type Description
Granite cross and shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
88
City/Municipality
Fort Langley
Memorial Number
59010-005
Type
Location
Corner of Glover Road and 96 Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.1683299, -122.5799918
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

Heritage Tree
Big Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)
This tree was planted in 1923 in honour of A.W. Wilson who was killed in action near Vimy Ridge, France in 1917. Many more commemorative trees, some now lost, were planted throughout the community in honour of falled World War I soldiers from Langley. Dedicated by the Langley Heritage Society & the township of Langley.

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Body Content

The Wilson Memorial Maple Tree was planted as a memorial to a soldier, A. W. Wilson, at the intersection of 96th Avenue and Glover Road in Fort Langley. In front of the matured Broad Leaf Maple tree is a bronze memorial marker that lists the name of a soldier being commemorated and a small tribute. Broad-leaf maple is the largest growing maple species native to British Columbia (reaching up to 36 meters), but they are the symbol of Canada and an early expression of Canada’s nationhood – the maple leaf was the first military insignia for Canada, and is appropriate to memorialize fallen Canadian soldiers with maple trees. Wilson joined the 360 men from Langley who went overseas to fight in the First World War. He died at Vimy Ridge in 1917 – one of about 36 who died in the line of duty. 

Dr. Benjamin Marr and Archie Payne, Langley residents who were members of the Langley Volunteers division, wanted to honour their fallen comrades by having broad-leaf maple trees planted and named after the soldiers. They also arranged for the street names on which each Maple stood to be changed to the last name of the soldier being memorialized at that particular site. This tree is one of four First World War memorial maple trees that have survived in the Township and represented the residents’ pride in their community and their civic-mindedness in honouring those who fought and died in the First World War. The trees were planted in 1923.

City
Fort Langley
Country
Type Description
Tree - maple, plaque - bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2682
City/Municipality
Aldergrove
Memorial Number
59010-002
Type
Address
26607 Fraser Highway
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.0589959, -122.4871199
Inscription

[front]

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KOREA
1950 - 1953

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Body Content

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 265, this memorial is dedicated to the war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. This memorial was unveiled on November 11, 1964.

City
Aldergrove
Country
Type Description
Granite cross and fieldstone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
68
City/Municipality
Abbotsford
Memorial Number
59010-001
Type
Address
32388 Veterans Way
Location
Thunderbird Square
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.0532265, -122.3283071
Inscription

RCAFA
861 WING
PER ARDUA
AD ASTRA
1996

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE R.C.A.F
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING
WORLD WAR II
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF DECEASED MEMBERS
OF 861 (ABBOTSFORD) WING
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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Body Content

Erected by 861 Wing, Royal Canadian Air Force Association, in 1996, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of Jim Grant, DFC. In memory of Canadians who lost their lives during the Second World War and subsequent actions, as well as members of 861 Wing Air Force Association. The Memorial is now used to commemorate the Battle of Britain with a parade and laying of wreaths.

City
Abbotsford
Country
Type Description
Ciarn - concrete cairn, cross - iron cross
Photo Credit
Pat Marples; E.A. Norris
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3256
City/Municipality
Kimberley
Memorial Number
59009-106
Type
Address
170 Wallinger Avenue
Location
Kimberley Veteran Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.6858476, -115.9821716
Inscription

[left wall/gauche]

DAY
Chester Reid
29914
BOER WAR
WW1
Can. Military Police
1901 - 1918

DAY
Richard Bruce
22405
1943 - 1970

ANDERSON
John Boyd
Gunner/Lance Bombardier
19142 1945
Gladys Ellen
WREN - Nurse
1943 - 1945

DICKENS
James Thomas Rid Sgt.
ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS
B26229
1939 - 1945
You are not Forgotten

BLAIN
Robert (ken)
Rocky Mountain
Rangers
Lorne
Royal Canadian
Navy
For Our Freedom

NESBITT
Ernie NWMP
Barb RCAF
Don RCN
Robert RCAF
Murray RCAF
They Served

HONEYMAN
Mary CWAC/RCAF
Ron RCAF
Harold RCAF
Dale RCAF
ALWAYS REMEMBERED

NICHOLSON
Arthur (Duke) RCAF
1912 - 1976
MOODY
Arthur (Skipper) RGN
1897 - 1971
Lest We Forget

ORDWAY
Harry Clinton
K68748
WWII
1942 - 1946
Always Loved

MATTHEWS
Cpl Clarence W.
H77192
18th Man Armored Car Regt.
WWII
1941 - 1946
ALWAYS REMEMBERED

LEVESQUE Gérard E.
Sgt R120174
Royal
Canadian
Air Force
1941 - 1948
"My Guardian Angel"

CHATSON
Kenneth Lawrence
WWII
1942 - 1945
RCAF R188737
Dad
We Honour & Thank You

HRADEC
Frank Rt'd Sgt.
WWII
K11098
R.C.A. Coastal
Guns
"Always my Friend"

BLOOMER
Terrant Ogden
Able Seaman 1st G.
1926 - 2017
WWII
HMCS Prince Robert
Liberation of Hong Kong

LOWES
Francis C. Rtd Sgt.
222282
RCAF
1939 - 1945
Bomber Command
DUTY - LOYALTY - COURAGE

Some Gave All

 

[right wall/droit]

All Gave Some

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Body Content

Kimberley Memorial Walls were installed by Kootenay Monument Installations on May 16, 2018. The Memorial Walls commemorate some of the local individuals who have served.

The Kimberley Cenotaph is also located in the Kimberley Veteran Memorial Park.

City
Kimberley
Country
Type Description
Wall - granite
Photo Credit
Cindy Postnikoff
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10529
City/Municipality
Kimberley
Memorial Number
59009-104
Type
Address
170 Wallinger Avenue
Location
Kimberley Veteran Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.6858478, -115.9821717
Inscription

[front/devant]

[left stele/stèle gauche]

WORLD WAR I

More than 424,000 Canadians went to war
at least 60,000 did not return.

Major conflicts include, but are not limited to:
Ypres - Artois - The Somme - Arras
Vimy Ridge - Passchendaele
Hindenburg Line - Cambrai
Valenciennes - Mons
Hil 70 - Loos - Le Transloy

Previous to Confederation Canadians
participated in other major conflicts
such as the Boer War

[center stele/stèle centre]

Peacekeeping and Other Conflicts
1945 - 2016

Over 200,000 Canadians were deployed,
more than 2,316 did not return.

Major operations to date include,
but are not limited to:
South Korea - Kasmire - Korea - Middle East - Indochina - Sinai - Lebanon
Congo - West New Guinea - Yemen - Cyprus - Dominican Republic - India
Nicaragua - Namibia - Kuwait - Haiti - El Salvador - Angola - Cambodia
Western Sahara - Golan Heights - Persian Gulf/Red Sea/Arabian Gulf - Yugoslavia
Somalia - Balkans - Uganda - Rwanda - Mozambique - CMAC
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Azerbaijan - Former Yugoslavia
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Zaire - Croatia - Guatemala - Italy - Honduras
Kosovo - Central African Republic - Turkey - East Timor - Sierra Leone
Ethiopia and Eritrea - Albania - Afghanistan - Senegal
Democratic Republic of Congo - Liberia - Sudan - Sri Lanka - Gaza
United States - West Bank-Palestine - Burma - Mali - Phillipines - Nepal

This monument is a marker in time, but it is not the end of the efforts of losses of Canadians.

[right stele/stèle droite]

WORLD WAR II

1.1 million Canadians went to war
at least 45,000 did not return.

Major conflicts include,
but are not limited to:
Battle of the Atlantic - Hong Kong
Dieppe - Germany - Juno Beach - Sicily
Assoro - Leonforte - Centuripe - Arnhem
Normandy - Dunkirk - Anzio - Ortona
Battle of Britain - Scheldt
Battle of the Bulge - Chambois

[cement base/base de ciment]

IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO HAVE SERVED

[left side of left stele/côté gauche de la stèle gauche]

KIMBERLEY AND DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

1939    1945

  • D.C. ALDER
  • W.R. ALDER
  • C. ALTON
  • L.L. ARMOUR
  • L.J. BARIBEAU
  • G.W. BRADFORD
  • A.R. BONNER
  • N.W.E. BURDETT
  • D.R. GILL
  • C.J.D. GREENLAND
  • H.B. GUNNARSEN
  • J.H. HALL
  • G.F. HIGGINS
  • W.H. KEAYS
  • G. LEVESQUE
  • G.W. LINDSAY
  • D.H. MANSON
  • A. ORDWAY
  • M. PATRICK
  • R.J. PRICE
  • J.O. RICE
  • S.E. RUAULT
  • S. SODERHOLM
  • R.M. WEST

D.C. ALDER
W.R. ALDER
C. ALTON
L.L. ARMOUR
L.J. BARIBEAU
G.W. BRADFORD
A.R. BONNER
N.W.E. BURDETT
D.R. GILL
C.J.D. GREENLAND
H.B. GUNNARSEN
J.H. HALL

G.F. HIGGINS
W.H. KEAYS
G. LEVESQUE
G.W. LINDSAY
D.H. MANSON
A. ORDWAY
M. PATRICK
R.J. PRICE
J.O. RICE
S.E. RUAULT
S. SODERHOLM
R.M. WEST

LEST WE FORGET
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Designed & constructed by
Military Ames Veterans Camaraderie Group
2016

[right side of right stele/côté droit de la stèle droite]

KOREA
1950 - 1953

[back/arrière]

Lest We Forget

[center stele/stèle centre]

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
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, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

LC John McCrae

(1872-1918) Canadian Army

 

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Body Content

The Kimberley Cenotaph and Kimberley Veteran Memorial Park were unveiled on July 8, 2017. A Veterans group, Military Ames, realized the old cenotaph was in need of being replaced, as it was crumbling and had moss growing on it. They approached the City of Kimberley about a vacant lot downtown, presented their plans for a Memorial Park and cenotaph, and the City dedicated the land to them. Military Ames received several grants and assistance, including from Kimberley District Heritage Society, to construct the Park. The memorial commemorates Canada’s World Wars participation, peacekeeping efforts and Canada’s Vietnam War Veterans.

Memorial Walls are also located in the park.

City
Kimberley
Country
Type Description
Stelia - granite
Photo Credit
Cindy Postnikoff
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10485
City/Municipality
Grasmere
Memorial Number
59009-103
Type
Address
Mount Gerry Andrews
Location
50 km southeast of Fernie
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.162074, -114.7683154
Inscription

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Mount Gerry Andrews

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Map - Location of Mount Gerry Andrews (map by Natural Resources Canada/ Government of Canada)
War or Conflict Term
Province
Body Content

Mount Gerry Andrews is named in honour of Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Smedley Andrews CM, MBE, OBC. The mountain was named by the Government of British Columbia on March 10, 2011.

Gerald Smedley Andrews was born in Winnipeg and initially worked as a teacher in British Columbia. He went on to obtain a Forestry degree before undertaking graduate studies in aerial photogrammetry at Oxford and Dresden, Germany. With the onset of the Second World War, he joined the military and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers before transferring to the RCE in July, 1940. Assigned to 1 Canadian Corps Field Survey Company, the ensuing years saw him progress in rank and responsibility. In June 1943, General McNaughton assigned him to create an Air Survey Section for the Canadian Army Overseas. One of his greatest accomplishments involved preparations for D-Day. There was a desperate need for detailed hydrography of approaches to the invasion beaches in France. Using a method of correlating velocity of beach waves with depth of water and determining the wave velocity from consecutive timed air photos, Gerald’s unit computed and compiled more than 100 beach profiles. He continued to serve until demobilized in March 1946. After the war, he returned to British Columbia where he laid the foundation for BC’s mapping service as Surveyor General and Director of Surveys and Mapping. He retired in 1968 but continued to be active in mapping and surveying. Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Smedley Andrews CM, MBE, OBC, passed away in Victoria in December 2005 at the age of 102.

City
Grasmere
Country
Type Description
Geographical feature
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9146
City/Municipality
Cranbrook
Memorial Number
59009-102
Type
Address
803 Cranbrook Street North
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24 (located in the lower level of the Heritage Inn)
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
49.5199914, -115.759367
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City
Cranbrook
Country
Type Description
Framed photographs
Memorial CF Legacy ID
8054
City/Municipality
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Memorial Number
59009-101
Type
Address
Mount Bishop
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
50.4370692, -114.8894705
Inscription

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War or Conflict Term
Province
Body Content

This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Colonel W.A. "Billy" Bishop VC. Bishop was a Canadian fighter pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War. Bishop shot down a total of 72 enemy aircraft including three on the daring, solo, dawn attack on a German airfield for which he was awarded the VC. During the Second World War he served as an Air Marshall, playing an important role in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan by inspiring a new generation of pilots to serve their country in the air at its time of need.

City
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Country
Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7470