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Canadian Service College Royal Roads, later Royal Roads Military College, and now Royal Roads University erected this memorial. It was unveiled on November, 1974. When it was officially opened, the library was dedicated to four members of the first class of the Royal Naval College of Canada established at Esquimalt, who were lost in action during the Battle of Coronel in 1914. Midshipmen Palmer, Silver, Hatheway and Cann were graduates of the Royal Naval College of Canada and were lost along with Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock and all hands of his flagship HMS GOOD HOPE at the Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914. They were the first Canadian casualties of the First World War.

Now Royal Roads University, this campus, which includes Hatley Castle, has been home to HMCS Royal Roads, Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal Canadian Naval-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Services College, Canadian Services College Royal Roads and Royal Roads Military College. Architects John Young McCarter and with Robert W. Chadney constructed the Royal Canadian Naval College buildings 1942–43. In 1995, Hatley Park and the former Royal Roads Military College were declared a National Historic Site of Canada.

The Government of Canada purchased Hatley Park in 1940. The ‘ship on land’ HMCS Royal Roads was initially a training establishment for naval sub-lieutenants who received a truncated 90 day training course to meet the shortage of junior officers in the Canadian Navy. The training consisted of courses in signals, torpedo, gunnery, navigation, seamanship, and asdic. Asdic was an early form of sonar used to detect submarines and was a new addition to the skills of seamanship. In all, 600 sub-lieutenants were trained at HMCS Royal Roads.

In October of 1942, the shortage of officers in the Canadian Navy having been addressed, HMCS Royal Roads was decommissioned and became the new Royal Canadian Naval College. The Cadet (Grant) Block was built to accommodate the growing number of cadets. The stables and mews had been converted to eight classrooms and a gunnery school. The parade ground, gym, and a larger boathouse were also added.

In 1947, the Royal Canadian Airforce joined with the Naval College to create Royal Canadian Navy-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Service College. After one year, the army joined, creating the tri-service Canadian Services College Royal Roads. Nixon Block was opened in 1955, and Millward Block in 1991, to accommodate the increased number of cadets. In 1967, as the Royal Roads Military College, Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy officers were able to complete the first two years of university programs, and in 1977 the school offered a four-year degree program. Women weren’t eligible to attend the college until 1983. In February of 1994 the department of National Defense announced its decision to close the college with the final class graduating in 1995.

Memorials to the college include paverstones inscribed with the names of students and former staff, a stone listing each of the colleges, and stained glass windows. The first two windows were installed in October 1982 to mark the 40th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Royal Canadian Naval College and was donated by former students. Two more windows were later donated by the Royal Military Colleges Club to honour HMCS Royal Roads and Royal Roads Military College. In 1990, another two identical windows were added to mark the 50th anniversary, featuring the new college crest. Also in 1990, Prometheous and the Vulture, an abstract stone sculpture was created by Jay Unwin for the 50th anniversary of Royal Roads Military College.

Since 2001, each year during homecoming, memorial stones are placed along a path between Hatley Castle and the Grant Building commemorating the history of the colleges.

The Royal Roads Cenotaph is also located here.

This memorial, erected by the Royal Canadian Legion, is dedicated to those from the area who have served in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, and as peacekeepers.

This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion. The cenotaph is in the garden bed with the large oak tree near the Juan de Fuca arena. The cenotaph is maintained by West Shore Parks and Recreation. A small Remembrance Day ceremony takes place there on Nov. 11 with two minutes of silence, and wreath laying.

This Honour Roll was erected at St. John the Evangelist Church in honour of members of the congregation who served in the Second World War. By 1977, the church was being served from All Saints', Mission.

This style of an Honour Roll was designed by A.J. Casson when he worked at Sampson-Matthews, a prominent midtown Toronto lithography and commercial art company.

This plaque was erected in honour of Second Lieutenant Robert Hugh Harris who died while serving in the First World War.

This plaque was erected in honour of Private Arthur Norman Hackney who died while serving in the First World War. He was a South African War Veteran.

After the First World War, at meetings of the people of Whonnock in December 1919 and January 1920, it was decided that the Ladies Hall on River Road would be acquired and turned into a Memorial Hall and the funds that were made available in the memory of the soldiers of Whonnock district who fell in the war would be handed over to the Ladies Club to pay off the mortgage and for a memorial: a brass tablet with the names of the fallen soldiers.

In 1920, the Ladies Hall was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers from the area and renamed the Whonnock Memorial Hall. In 1921, a brass memorial plaque dedicated to those from the area who fell in the First World War was attached above the main entrance of the hall. 

In 1944, the Ladies Club handed the deed of the property over to the Whonnock Women’s Institute. The old building fell more and more in disrepair and by 1965 the Women’s Institute moved its meetings to the new Thornhill Hall. In January of 1977, the deed and the hall were turned over to the municipality with the request that the property be held in trust for the community of Whonnock to be used as a memorial park.

After the hall was demolished, the plaque returned to the site for a short time where it was attached to a concrete base. It was moved in 1988 to the Whonnock Lake Centre.

A LAV III Monument is a permanent community symbol of remembrance which pays tribute to our Canadian Armed Forces who served and sacrificed in Afghanistan from 2001-2014. It is constructed from previously used LAV III hulls and remnant parts which have been decommission by the government. They are actual-size, look real but are not functional. A LAV III is a Light Armoured Vehicle made of steel, supported by an 8-wheel drive suspension and powered by a 6-cylinder 350 horsepower diesel engine. It can weigh as much as 16,000 kg, carry various weapons, hold up to 10 passengers and reach speeds of 100 km/h.

The LAV III Monument Selection Committee, which is chaired by Major General (ret’d) David Fraser, a former Canadian Commander of Afghanistan South in 2006 along with other Afghanistan veterans, awards monuments while supplies last. This is a community sponsored monument by the BC Regiment (DCO) Association Charitable Trust. Each monument includes a commemorate plaque and costs $17,500, plus applicable sales tax. The original cost of an operational LAV III ranged from $ 1-4 Million depending upon the configuration. The LAV III is made by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario, Canada.

The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) is an armoured reconnaissance reserve regiment whose soldiers assist the Regular Force in meeting Canada's military commitments both at home and abroad. The Regiment is the oldest in Vancouver with a long history, during which it has been designated as Garrison Artillery, Rifles, Infantry, Armour, and finally Armoured Reconnaissance since 1965. Throughout its history, the Regiment has received 34 battle honours. Approximately 100 members served during the Afghanistan conflict, including the Regiment's former Commanding Officer, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, who completed 3 tours of duty before being appointed as the Minister of National Defence, in 2015.

The BC Regiment Armoury is a designated heritage building located in downtown Vancouver with limited exterior property. As a result, the Armoury could not accommodate the display of the LAV III Monument outside, therefore, a former serving member of the Regiment, William P.J. McCarthy, donated a parcel of his family estate to ensure that his former Regiment could be commemorated in this symbolic way. The LAV III Monument is located close to Mission, overlooking Hatzic Lake and is visible when you drive along Sylvester Road. The Estate is called Shiloh Hill (or Place of Peace Hill) and the grounds will be opened to the public on various occasions throughout the year.

By June 1919, plans were underway by the Maple Ridge Returned Soldiers Reception Committee to create a memorial tablet and monument. A bronze memorial tablet created by O.B. Allan Jewelers was unveiled at the Haney fall fair in September 1919. It listed the names of those who had paid the supreme sacrifice, those who had gone overseas and those who had worked in munitions. Maple Ridge had 221 men who served during the First World War. 

By 1922, the existence of the bronze memorial tablet had almost been forgotten. The Haney Women’s Institute wrote a letter to council requesting that the bronze tablet no longer be concealed in the municipal vault but be erected in some public place, suggesting the new High School for consideration, but refraining from any attempt to influence the Council. Members of council stated that the tablet was in the vault for safety against fire with the intention to place it at the new municipal hall. Further action was referred to the Returned Soldiers Committee.

It is not known when the tablet was moved to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 88. Later plaques were added for the Second World War, Korean War and peacekeeping.