Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick
In memory of:
Boy Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick
May 30, 1918
Military Service
VR/6150
16
Navy
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. "Rainbow."
Additional Information
Son of James and Lena Kirkpatrick, of Penticton, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 442 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VETERANS' CEMETERY (ESQUIMALT)
British Columbia, Canada
151.
The Veterans' Cemetery National Historic Site is located adjacent to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia. On July 14, 1868 the cemetery was consecrated as a one acre Royal Navy plot. Today the site covers 2.2 acres with most of the land surrounding the cemetery owned by the Gorge Vale Golf Course. Presently the cemetery holds over 1700 graves of Canadian and Commonwealth naval and military personnel and their families. The Esquimalt Veterans' Cemetery is significant for its long history of providing a resting place for military dead.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of June 2, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y152uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
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