Parksville (British Columbia)
Canada
Photo : Wilimapia.
For further photographs of the Parksville War Memorial select here.
The Parksville Cenotaph is located at the Parksville Community Park (100 Jensen Avenue East). It was constructed in 1922-1923 and was built in memory of veterans from Parksville and area who served in the First and Second World Wars.
A Veterans Remembrance Banner Project by the City of Parksville lists the 60 names commemorated on the memorial (44 names for the First World War and 16 for the Second World War). Additionally, the Banner Project website includes photographs of the commemorations on the memorial itself.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.
Private Harold Chapman
646232. 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Son of Mr. J.J. Chapman, of 17, St. Hilda's Terrace, Whitby, Yorks; husband of Irene Lethbridge Chapman, of Tarafal, Crowthorne, Berks, England.
Served in the South African Campaign with B.S.A. Police. Served at Gallipoli, 1915, with rank of Maj. (acting Col.).
Invalided back to British Columbia, 1916. Killed 15 August 1917. Aged 39.
Commemorated on the VIMY MEMORIAL.
(For further details on Harold Chapman, see theinformation on the VIMY MEMORIAL on this website.)
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Photo : Let's Talk Parksville