West Vancouver Memorial Arch

The Cairn

The Cairn on the west side of the Memorial Arch, lists the following veterans who died in WWI (1914-1918). Twenty one names are listed. The inscription at the top PRO PATRIA MORI comes from the line by Horace, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” that translates roughly to “It is sweet and proper to die for one's country”.

Twenty one names are listed.
© Photo taken June 2006 by Sharon Bliss

C. R. CHAFFEY	G. MARSHALL
W. F. CHAFFEY	G. W. MITCHELL
J. F. DOUGAL	T. PETERSON
C. R. DOLLING	R. J. SPINKS
J. DOWLING	G. A. SPENCER
A. J. DOWNEY	G. STEPHENSON
F. T. GRAFTON	H. L. SIMONDS
H. HUNGERFORD	J. TURNER
T. LANCE	I. WILLIAMS
D. McD. LAWSON	F. H. L. YATES
J. MAHOOD

For detailed information about the men listed above please click on their name. The files are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Click here to download this free program, if you do not have it.

For our friends, which are not on the Internet, the pages have been printed and put in two binders. One is available for viewing at the West Vancouver Memorial Library and the other copy is available in the Lounge at Branch 60.

Do you have photographs or personal memorabilia relating to the names listed above? If so, please email rcl60membership@gmail.com

Researched by a Branch member from the following sources:

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Veterans Affairs Canada
• Library & Archives Canada – Soldiers of the First World War
• London Gazette
• West Vancouver (Capilano View) Cemetery
• British Columbia Vital Statistics