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honour roll
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36455
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV994.41.2
- Description
- Honour roll; solid wood base with carved maple leaf at top between dates; gold lettering, outlined in black; "1939 1945" / VANCOUVER HEIGHTS / PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / Roll of honour"; metal hanger at top.
- Object History
- The object was made by a member of the congregation of the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
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military memorial stained glass window
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36929
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.21.4
- Description
- stained glass memorial window; red, blue, orange, purple and gold stained glass; lead cames and solder joints; depicts a crown with a cross at the top and an eagle in middle; "ARDUA <> AD ASTRA: [see shape drawn in register] PER - TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ROB ROY AND GORDON F. MACGREGOR. ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION".
- Object History
- Flying Officer Roy MacGregor and Pilot Officer Gordon MacGregor were the only members of the congregation of the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church to be killed in service during World War II. In memory of the brothers, the church and family sponsored two stained glass windows that were installed in the church in 1947. The windows feature the symbol of the Royal Air Force (also used by other Commonwealth air forces) and the motto per ardua ad astra which means "through adversity to the stars."
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Glass, Stained
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
Images
military memorial stained glass window
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36930
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.21.5
- Description
- stained glass memorial window; red, blue, orange, purple and gold stained glass; lead cames and solder joints; depicts a crown with a cross at the top and an eagle in middle; "ARDVA <> AD ASTRA: [see shape drawn in register] PER - TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ROB ROY AND GORDON F. MACGREGOR. ERECTED BY FATHER, MOTHER AND IAN".
- Object History
- Flying Officer Roy MacGregor and Pilot Officer Gordon MacGregor were the only members of the congregation of the Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church to be killed in service during World War II. In memory of the brothers, the church and family sponsored two stained glass windows that were installed in the church in 1947. The windows feature the symbol of the Royal Air Force (also used by other Commonwealth air forces) and the motto per ardua ad astra which means "through adversity to the stars."
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Glass, Stained
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
Images
