Canada Remembers - A Remembrance Day Story - Death on one Kitsilano block

CANADA REMEMBERS

Canada Remembrance Day - Death on One Kitsilano Block

The following story is written on a rock plaque located at Park Site 2601 Point Grey Road (@ Trafalgar Street) in Kitsilano, Vancouver.

Death On One Kitsilano Block

Edna McGillvray, November 1999

I have lived in my home for eighty 

seven years. This is how death affected

 one Kitsilano block, from 1st Avenue to

2nd Avenue on Trafalgar.

We lost the following boys in World

War II: Billy Vandervoort, Bobby Mathers,

Gordon Mantle (our paper boy) and the

two Worthington brothers, Don and Jack.

Don was in command at Falaise in France,

and his brother served under him. Their

father was Dr. Worthington, who owned

the Cut Rate Drug Stores. He had a community

centre for cards and teas built at

4th and Trafalgar in their memory.

It is long gone now.

The sad but inspiring story about the two only sons of Dr.Worthington written by Colonel (retired) Keith D. Maxwell, OMM, CD is in the following link: The Worthington Brothers

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

Canada Remembrance Day - Kitsilano, Vancouver B.C.

Canada Remembrance Day - Kitsilano, Vancouver B.C.

Canada Remembers - Remembrance Day and Events in Vancouver

Canada Remembers 

Canada Remembers - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae

Remembrance Day and Events in Vancouver

We Stand on Guard for Thee

Roedde House Museum

We Stand On Guard For Thee October 27 - November 28 Roedde House Museum in Vancouver, BC

We Stand On Guard For Thee

An Exhibition of Militaria and Memories

October 27 - November 28

Tuesday -Friday & Sundays, 1 - 4 pm

Roedde House Museum

The following information has been provided by The Roedde House Museum:

For Remembrance Month, come discover "We Stand On Guard For Thee", an exhibition of World War I and World War II militaria and memories.

The exhibition is in our Collections room and accessible during our regular tours as well as during Sunday Tea and Tours. 

From October 27  to November 28.

Roedde House Museum 

1415 Barclay Street, Vancouver, BC 

www.roeddehouse.org 

Remembrance Day Ceremony & Parade 
Victory SquareNovember 11th 10:00 am 

Remembrance Day Ceremony and Parade at Victory Square 2012 - Vancouver, BC

Remembrance Day Ceremony and Parade at Victory Square 2012 - Vancouver, BC

Lighting of the cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza

Monday November 11th 8 am 

For more information visit: Lighting of the cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza 

For more information about Remembrance Celebrations visit:

• Vancouver commemorates Remembrance Day  
• Facebook Page: Canada Remembers 
• Veterans' Week November 5 - 11   
• I Remember - Canada's Veterans, Brave and Proud .     

Remembrance Month in Vancouver Pictures

We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver, BC

Letters, WWI - We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver, BC

"In Flanders Fields" war poem by Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae - We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver

 We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver

The British Columbia Regiment (DCO) -  We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver