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West Vancouver Memories vo. 34. No. 4 November 15, 2017 680-17th Street West Vancouver B.C. V7V 3T2 phone: (778) 279-2235 email: wvhs@shaw.ca website: wvhs.ca Find us on Facebook Board Members President: Rod Day Past President: Wendy Topham Vice-President: Michael Barnes Treasurer: Marilyn Rhodes Secretary: vacant Membership: Wendy Topham Memories: Dave Barker Municipal Liaison: Rod Day Lightstation: Elaine Graham Laura Anderson: General Meetings and Public Relations Director at Large: Tom Wardell Non-Board Volunteer: John Moir: website Our Corporate Sponsors British Pacific Properties Chapman Land Surveying Dr. Bryan Hicks Hollyburn Funeral Home Vancouver Historical Society Laura Millar Edit. and Arch. Services Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #60 Capilano Golf and Country Club Simpson's Home Hardware Barry's Automotive Service Sager Legal Advisors LLP School District #45 (West Vancouver) West Vancouver Community Foundation We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver through its Community Grants Program. From the West Van Library In the lead-up to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, West Vancouver Memorial Library's Youth Department began a project to identify and research the 91 fallen soldiers from the First and Second World Wars whose names are inscribed on the cenotaph in West Vancouver's Memorial Park. Funded by a grant from the World War Commemorations Community Fund from the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Library partnered with West Vancouver schools and the Royal Canadian Legion to provide high school students with the opportunity to participate in this research using primary sources. The main goal of this project is to help people in our community forge meaningful connections with local history. "The cenotaph in Memorial Park only provides first initials and last names," says Youth Department Head, Shannon Orirny. "We want to give community members the chance to learn the stories behind these names, and provide them with an entry point into history to learn more." The first stage of this project is now complete, and research packages on 25 soldiers -- each with a brief history on the soldier; questions to guide further reading; and copies of real papers, documents, and photos from local soldiers' service records -- are available at the Library for anyone to borrow and explore. Looking ahead, there are still 66 soldiers' names on the cenotaph that needed to be researched. The Library continues to pursue options to see those stories told, shedding light on this important time in West Vancouver's history. New Members The Society would like to welcome the following new members. Peter Cruikshank Neville Cohen Jan Currie Elizabeth Dropko by Julie Backer - West Van Librarian RESEARCH TO REMEMBER RECHERCHE MEMORABLE Word War Premi.r. Guerre Mondiale Page 2