Names on our Cenotaph

2009-11-26T13:33:00.001-08:00

The cenotaph is located in Memorial Peace Park just off of 224 Street in Maple Ridge, BC. It commemorates the war dead from WWI and WW2 for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Maple Ridge includes the communities of Albion, Port Hammond, Port Haney, Ruskin, Webster's Corners, Whonnock and Yennadon.

To view photos of soldiers from Maple Ridge, check out Wartime Memories from the Maple Ridge Community Archives at Flickr.

Please note that this page is a work-in-progress. Click on the images to read the names on the cenotaph. If you have any information about a soldier listed on the Maple Ridge cenotaph, please contact the Maple Ridge Museum at mrmuseum@gmail.com .

Note October 3, 2011 - Veterans Affairs Canada recently updated their website information so the links to the VAC Commemoration on this page are now obsolete. I will update the links with new information once the VAC has finished with their upgrades.

WWI 1914-1918

Charles Percy BLAKE, 1891-1916
Regimental # 629549
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view the Memorial Plaque issued to the Blake family.

Leo BUCHANAN, 1885-1916
Regimental # 899
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

J CAMPBELL, Regimental #

Harry Louis Walter CARTER, 1886-1917
Regimental # 790236
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Roy CROMARTY,(aka Sam Roy GARNER), 1883-1917
Regimental # 790949 & 646125,
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration .
Also see VAC commemoration for Sam Roy GARNER
To read Whonnock historian Fred Braches' excellent article about Sam Garner/Roy Cromarty click here .

Hugh Scott DAVIE, 1886-1918
Regimental # 500192
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

William Maurice DAVIN, 1893-1917
Regimental # 629592
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

G DICKINSON, Regimental #

Robert FLETCHER, 1876-1917
Regimental # 464538
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Horace Gilbert FRASER, 1895-1918
Regimental # 129907
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Leacroft Howard FREER, 1884-1915
Regimental # 5089
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Reginald George GOFFIN, 1895-1918
Regimental # 75917 Lieutenant
Son of Benjamin and Lizzie R. Goffin, of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view a photo of him at Flickr.
Click here to read about him in the British Columbian newspaper

L GRIFFIN, Regimental #

Arthur Norman HACKNEY, 1880-1918
Regimental # 2030304
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Charles Edward Russell HALL (E HALL), 1896-1918
Regimental # 50486
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to read about him in the British Columbian newspaper

James Henry HAMPTON, 1897-1918
Regimental # 628701
Son of William and Amanda Hampton, of Hammond, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view a photo of him at Flickr.

Robert Hugh HARRIS, c1877-1916
Duke of Wellington, West Riding Regiment
Medal Card Entry at British National Archives and VAC commemoration

F HART,

E HOWE,

Albert Robert KENDRICK, 1893-1916
Regimental # 75502
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Thomas Henry LAITY, 1894-1917
Regimental # 790712
Son of John Henry and Mary Jane Laity, of Port Hammond, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Wilfred John MACKRETH (MACKREATH), 1891-1918
Regimental # 463326
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Edwin Arnold MCVEETY, 1886-1916
Regimental # 75509
Son of William and Mary McVeety, of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view a photo of him at Flickr.

Frank Leslie MCWHINNIE, 1894-1918
Regimental # 75995
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view a photo of him at Flickr.

Thomas Gordon NEWITT, 1896-1918
Regimental # 790340 (Lieutenant)
Son of Walter and Emma Newitt of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to view photo from the British Columbian newspaper
Thomas Gordon Newitt was awarded a MC and MM for his actions during WWI. Here are his entries in the London Gazette:
Issue 31480, 29 July 1919, page 9795 citation for MM
Issue 30573, 12 March 1918, page 3252 for MM
Issue 31183, 14 February 1919, page 2383 for MC

W NICHOLL,

John OXNAM, 1897-1916
Regimental # 629559
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to read about him and view his photo in the British Columbian newspaper

Stanley Carpenter PARKER, 1897-1918
Regimental # 2137934
Son of Ebenezer Thomas and Anna Marie Parker, of Ruskin, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Peter John PATERSON, 1896-1917
Regimental # 428752
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to read about his death in the British Columbian newspaper and here to view a photo of him.
Peter Paterson was awarded a MM during WWI. Here is his entry from the London Gazette:
Issue 29873, 19 December 1916, Page 12448.

John Arnold POPE, 1891-1916
Regimental # 628702
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration
Click here to read the first part of a newspaper clipping about him in the British Columbian newspaper and here for the remainder of it, which also includes his photo.

Clifford Edward POWERS, 1897-1919
Regimental # 629561
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

N SOMERVILLE,

Alfred SORENSEN (SORENSON), 1895-1917
Regimental # 294372
Son of Andrew E. and Sebina E. Sorensen, of Whonnock, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

B THOMPSON,

Walter Gilbert WHALLEY, 1886-1918
Regimental # 463392
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Thomas Cripwell WILSON, 1881-1917
Regimental # 464349
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Bottom of Cenotaph 1914-1918

Arthur Frederick GOFFIN, 1890-1922
Regimental # 35218
Son of Benjamin and Lizzie R. Goffin, of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Edward BUST, 1885-1917
Regimental # A29515/429515
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

John William SAYERS, 1895-1917
Regimental # 645154
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

More names from the side panel - WWI
1914-1918

John Maxwell BECKETT, 1888-1917
Lieutenant
Son of E. W. and Mary Beckett, of Haney, BC; husband of Elizabeth Beckett, of 663, Mulvey Avenue, Winnipeg.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Harry Morris BLOIS,
1890-1917
Lieutenant
Son of William H. and Mary M. Blois, of Whonnock, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Rupert William EATON, 1896-1918
Lieutenant
Son of Mrs. Agnes Eaton, of Yennadon, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

John Thomas FINNIE, 1898-1917
Regimental # 234690
Son of James and Mary Ann Finnie, of Port Hammond, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Basil Haviland HERTSLET, c1872-1918
Regimental # 1037141
Son of the late Sir Cecil Hertslet, K.C.B., and Lady Hertslet, of Belle Vue House, Petersham Rd., Richmond, Surrey, England; husband of Helen Annie Hertslet, of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Thomas LITTLE, 1888-1918
Regimental # 2380377
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Little, of Port Hammond, BC; husband of Gladys Pearl Little, of Whitemouth, MB.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

J MCKENZIE,

John Donald MCPHERSON, 1897-1917
Regimental # 911412
Son of John and Mabel E. McPherson, of Hammond, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

William Dunbar REID, 1894-1917
Regimental # 883731
Son of the Rev. William M. Reid, and Isabella Jane Rae Reid, of Port Haney, BC.
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

Roland Francis Croasdaile THOMSON (THOMPSON), 1875-1916
Regimental # 629566
Attestation papers and VAC commemoration

WWII
1939-1945

Stephen Otto ADAMS,
1921-1944
Service # K49236
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Mervin Clayton BOND, 1923-1944
Service # K100045
Service file info and VAC commemoration

J DOUGLAS,

George FAIRWEATHER, 1910-1943
Service # K29031
Service file info and VAC commemoration

A FOSTER,

Peter GATEY, 1920-1944
Service # K100074
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Edward James HARRIS, 1922-1942
Service # R128563
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Robert William HIGGINS, 1924-1945
Service # K499
Service file info and VAC commemoration

L JACKSON,

Raymond Marinus KREFTING, 1918-1942
Service # J7530
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Robert Lloyd MAGEE, 1924-1945
Service # K51268
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Gordon K MCKEE, 1916-1943
Service # K52203
Service file info and VAC commemoration

John Reid MARTYN, 1918-1943
Service # R133280
Service file info and VAC commemoration

S W MORRIS,

P J MOYER,

R MCLEOD,

Mathew James NEILL, 1913-1944
Service # K47474
Service file info and VAC commemoration

John PASTOREK, 1921-1943
Service # V46082
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Thomas George Frederick ROCK, 1924-1944
Service # K225
Service file info and VAC commemoration

D W SMITH,

E E STEEN,

Stewart James Nessfield THIRSK, 1923-1944
Service # K50809
Service file info and VAC commemoration

James Robert THOMSON, 1915-1945
Service # K1853
Service file info and VAC commemoration

W VANDEVEN,

William Alfred WHITE, 1914-1942
Service # J5096
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Keith Reginald WILLIAMS, 1920-1944
Service # K47884
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Reginald Frank WILLIAMS, c1920-1943
Service # 43262
VAC commemoration

William J JARVIS, 1922-1944
Service # K46225
Service file info and VAC commemoration

More names from side panel - WW2 1939-1945

Gerrard Roy BING, 1917-1942
Service # J8610
Service file info and VAC commemoration

V FERNQUIST

R FISHER

James Clark HAY, 1922-1943
Service # V14886
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Archie Walker JONES, 1895-1942
Service # R139598
Son of Joseph M. Jones and Margaret Walker
Service file info and VAC commemoration
Archie Jones also served during WWI. Attestation papers
He is also commemorated on the Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial here.

L LAMBRIGHT

Robert Arnold Samuel LASSER, 1921-1944
Service # J7477
Service file info and VAC commemoration

H LYONS

H MCTAVISH

Franklin Miles MURRAY, 1909-1944
Service # H70574
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Benjamin Ernest NORMAN, 1914-1944
Service # K711
Service file info and VAC commemoration

S ROSS

H ROBINSON

Samuel Ferrier SANTY, 1915-1942
Service # R70915
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Leonard Allan SCUTT, 1923-1944
Service # J40067
Service file info and VAC commemoration

R SHARPE

Ross Fraser STEELE, 1920-1944
Service # M2038
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Ernest Alfred TAYLOR, 1920-1944
Service # J85317
Service file info and VAC commemoration

James Murray WILSON, 1919-1942
Service # R59976
Service file info and VAC commemoration

Maple Ridge Cenotaph

Names on our Cenotaph