Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y280uvic#mode/1up

Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of December 12, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist59y314uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

Group Photo – Brothers Warren, left, and Despard Pemberton flank fellow Victoria resident Wildy Holmes. All three men died in the First World War.

Newspaper Clipping – Newspaper clipping from the Daily Colonist of November 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y289uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of August 28, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y224uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

Group Photo – Stone Frigate - 1914 -Royal Military College of Canada 989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France. 639 Major Alan Torrance Powell DSO was the son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife. He was the husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. He was a graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 14th Bn. He died on 19 Apr 1918. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Memorial Plaque – A plaque at Christ Church Cathedral describes how a "French farmer" took care of F.D. Pemberton's body and arranged a burial after he was shot down by Germans. Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

Original Gravemarker – An oak cross is affixed to the northwest wall inside the main body of Christ Church Cathedral. It is inscribed: Ici repose le Lieutenant J.D. Pemberton, décédé le 21 août 1917. The cross is believed to have been carved by Louis Milhem, a Frenchman who was dismayed at how the body of the Canadian — actually Capt. F.D. (Despard) Pemberton — was treated by the Germans. Photograph By BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

Memorial Arch – Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston

Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.

Memorial Stained Glass – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.

Memorial Stained Glass – Memorial window, Royal Military College, Kingston

Memorial – Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston

Act of Remembrance – An Act of Remembrance for Captain Frederick D Pemberton, was held on Saturday November 11th 2000 at the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France. The event began by the reading of an eulogy by Bill Seager.

Doll – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 989 Captain Frederick Despard Pemberton (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Bernard Pemberton and Mary A. W. Pemberton, of Victoria, British Columbia. He served with the Royal Flying Corps, 50th Sqdn. He died 21 Aug 1917. He was buried in the Honnechy British Cemetery in Nord, France.

Newspaper Clipping – Times Colonist article written by Jack Knox - November 8, 2013.

Newspaper Clipping (page 2) – Times Colonist article written by Jack Knox - November 8, 2013.