honor roll
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.35.1
- Description
- World War I Honour Roll, plywood panel stained a mid-brown and framed in black. Text is printed in silver. 21 names are listed, killed in action and wounded are noted.
OUR
DEFENDERS
+ R. H. SPICER R. ATKIN
G. ATKINSON + A. RAMSAY
x L. BARNET T. A. BUCKPITT
J. BARNET R. C. SWAN
G. C. FOSTER x H. MAXWELL
J. CALDER H. MOSS
C. BROWN E. PECK
A. HALL F. E. ROBERTSON
W. NEWSOME W. POOKE
A. W. GUSTAFSON
F. W. HAGGMAN
+ R. SMITH
(+ killed in action) (*died of wounds) (x wounded)
- Object History
- Honor Roll was most likely made by someone in the congregation to commemorate those who served in the military in the First World War.
- Measurements
- W: 65 cm x H: 80.5 cm
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Names
- East Burnaby United Church, 1925-2008
- East Burnaby Methodist Church, 1904-1925
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honor roll with frame
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5681.1
- Description
- Framed World War I Honor [sic] Roll for the Burnaby Municipal Police; [c.1918]
Hand-drawn, pen and ink; arch, two pillars each side; six flags at centre of crossbar, world each end; ribbon over top "Municipality of Burnaby"; two ribbons below (above crossbar) "Police", "Department"
There are eight names listed on roll, under columns and heading "HONOR ROLL", "Name" "Rank" "Date of Joining";names listed read: "Nicholson W.F. Private_Aug 1914 / Wright D.S. Leiutenant [sic] Nov 25 1914 / Gilbert J.R. Private Jan 31 1916 / Woolen R.. Private Aug 11 1914 / Kelsberg P. Corporal Mar 28 1916 / Hatt-Cook H. Private Dec 11 1915 / Waddell C.J. Private Jan 10 1918 / Parker H. Bombardier Mar 24 1916"; signature at base of drawing reads "B. Shewbrooks", "Central Park".
The frame is brown wood and has gold border at inner edge; glass. wire for hanging.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
- Waddell, C.J.
- Wright, D.S.
- Hatt-Cook, H.
- Parker, H.
- Nicholson, W.F.
- Gilbert, J.R.
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honour roll
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.54.1
- Description
- Roll of Honor [sic]; 1916; Burnaby; large wooden tripartate frame with typed lists of names in each panel; left list "Burnaby Roll of Honour / Dec. 1915"; centre list "Dec. 1915 May 1916"; right list "May 1916"; watercolour images of war at top of each list; "The Great War" on brass plaque bottom centre.
- Object History
- Honour rolls that recognize individuals that serve in the time of war have been used by communities throughout Canada and the Commonwealth as a traditional act of remembrance. These memorials consist of a list of veterans that is compiled to ensure that names of all service men and women are included, with their rank and service acknowledged. The "Heroic Dead" have been traditionally marked on Canadian honour rolls with the addition of a cross and/or maple leaf beside the honoured name. Typically this sombre memorial is crafted in traditional style using calligraphy for the names listed on the "tablets" and native woods and brass for the frame materials.
Burnaby has a proud history of men and women who served by volunteering for active service. The community honoured its war heroes during World War I with an impressive Honour Roll crafted by civic staff and dedicated at the former Municipal Hall at Edmonds on July 14, 1916. The intention of this memorial was to "keep the record bright before the people of the municipality". At the conclusion of this war over 1,200 names of service men and women were listed including over 90 "Heroic Dead" who paid the "ultimate sacrifice".
The Burnaby Honour Roll remained as an important civic memorial on public display in the old municipal hall and was the focus of many annual Remembrance Day services. It consisted of a wooden frame with three paper "rolls." The Honour Roll unit was removed from the old municipal hall in 1956 when municipal council chambers and offices were relocated to the 4949 Canada Way hall site. It languished in storage and obscurity for decades until being "rediscovered" by a city works crew in 1993 and relocated to Burnaby Village Museum. It was professionally conserved by museum staff and in 2004 was placed in secure storage at the Museum.
In 2005, the Heritage Commission approved a project that would provide a World War II Honour Roll to compliment the first one from 1916. The Government of Canada declared 2005 the "Year of the Veteran" so the City decided to create the new World War II honour roll by November 11, 2005 (Accession number X2834). It was determined that no complete Honour Roll of Burnaby's contribution to World War II yet existed. The research and creatin was completed so that both honour rolls could be displayed in City Hall in 2005. The intention was set that both honour rolls would be stored at the Museum and exhibited at City Hall during the month of November as part of the City's commemoration.
- Marks/Labels
- BURNABY / ROLL / OF HONOR", hand lettered in black ink, title at top of first panel.
"DEC. 1915"/ May 1916", hand lettered in red ink at top of first panel.
"DEC 1915 / MAY 1916", hand lettered in red at top of second panel.
"MAY 1916", handlettered at top of third panel.
"Designed by John Dunlop", handlettered in lower left corner of first panel
"Compiled by Jack Browne", handlettered in lower right corner of first panel
"THE GREAT WAR", etched into brass plaque in centre of bottom frame cross bar
- Maker
- John Dunlop - designer
- Jack Browne - Compiler
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
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Honour Roll Dedication
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.5 x 23.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the dedication of Burnaby's Honour Roll at Burnaby Municipal Hall, Edmonds and Kingsway. A crowd is gathered inside the hall looking toward a decorated stage on which is the honour roll and group of men.
Irish Fusiliers of Canada
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of soldiers sitting and standing in two rows on a porch at Work Point Barracks, in Esquimalt. George A. Grant is sitting in the front row on the far left. These men were members of the 11th Regiment (Irish Fusiliers of Canada), a Canadian Militia infantry regiment at Vancouver, organized…
Labourers at the Barnet submarine works yard
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large number of labourers (all unidentified) seated outside a building at the submarine works yard at Barnet. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs fr…
lapel pin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4745.2
- Description
- Pin, round, enamelled metal, suspended from enamelled bar. Upper part of bar is blue, lower part red, all bordered with brass. Large brass "1914". Loop attached to bar at bottom of centre back. Single link attaches loop at top of pendant to loop of bar. Pendant part of pin is octagonal, with coloured square Union Flag at centre, no white. Flag is centred over white 7-pointed star on blue ground whose points are tipped with gold balls which extend beyond the outer border. White border around edge of pendant has gold print "IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE", edges, and buckle ? at bottom. Four of star's points go over border, three under. Crown at top of pendant is red and blue with gold border and details. Back of pin is brass. Locking pin back on bar has pivoting lock. Wire across lower part of bar has back of loop for link attached. Back of pendant is lighter than bar, has stamped "RYPIE / REGD 1916". Metal has scratches, corrosion. Metal of bar is discoloured. Enamel is worn.
- Object History
- This pin's bar commemorates the work of the wearer during World War I. The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) is a woman's charitable organization based in Canada. The first chapter "Federation of the Daughters of the Empire" was formed in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1900 and the Federation was incorporated as "Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and and Children of the Junior Branch" in 1901. The IODE was incorporated as Canadian women's organization by a special act of parliament of Canada in 1917. The IODE actively promoted military training in schools.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Organizations - Women's Societies and Clubs
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Names
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
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Letter from Joe Royle to Harry Royle
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter addressed to Harry Royle from his brother Joe (J.F.) Royle while serving with the A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) in the E.A. Ex. Force (East Africa Expeditionary Force?) near the end of World War I.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Material Details
- handwritten in ink on both sides of paper
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter addressed to Harry Royle from his brother Joe (J.F.) Royle while serving with the A.S.C. (Army Service Corps) in the E.A. Ex. Force (East Africa Expeditionary Force?) near the end of World War I.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Names
- Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil
- Royle, J. F. "Joe"
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1918]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-15
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Machie Smith
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maxwell (Machie) Smith, Jr. in his World War I military uniform, standing by a small plane.