Cenotaph, Charles Hoey Park

Lest We Forget

The Cenotaph is in Charles Hoey Park, on Canada Avenue in downtown Duncan.

Charles Hoey Park is named for Major Charles Ferguson Hoey, M.C., V.C. (29 March 1914 – 17 February 1944), who was born and raised in Duncan and was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his actions in leading an attack on a Japanese position in Burma (now Myanmar) on 16 February 1944.

Here are some sites with more information on Major Charles Hoey: Canadian Virtual War Memorial, CBC Digital Archive, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment,

Lest We Forget, here are the names listed on the Duncan Cenotaph. In order that these veterans may be better remembered, we will gradually add links to separate pages with information on each individual name on the Cenotaph.

World War 1 – 1914 to 1918

David Arthur Henry ALEXANDER (died 25 May 1915)
Frederick ALLARD (died 9 April 1917, while serving with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles)
G. ASHDOWN-GREEN
G.M. ATKINSON
George Henry ATTWOOD (died 9 August 1917)
Ernest Robert BAILEY (killed in action 10 November 1917, aged 27. No known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium)
Arthur William BAKER (died 28 July 1916, aged 40, Battle of the Somme)
H.O. BANON
Lasselles de Barry BARNETT (died 3 July 1916, aged 37, at the Somme, France, while serving as a Captain in the Royal West Kent Regiment. Buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France)
Alan Robert BELL (died 24 May 1915, in France, possibly near Festubert. A member of Temple Lodge, No.33, Duncan)
George Thomas BELL (died 21 February 1915, aged 39)
William BELL (died aged 18, possibly on 30 October 1917 near Ypres, Belgium)
William Gardiner BENZIE (died 9 April 1917, near Arras, France)
F.S. BETT
Benjamin BONSALL (Private. Died 28 January 1918, aged 24. Buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, France)
J.R. BOOTHBY
R. BOWRING
F.W. BRICKMAN
H.M.G. BRICKMAN
T.L. BRIGGS
K.D. BRODIE
E.C. BROOKE-SMITH
A.G. BROWN
F.A. BROWN
W. BURGESS
M. CAMPBELL
E.A. CATHCART
Alick Thomas Bentall CHARLESWORTH (2nd Lieutenant. Died 30 May 1917, aged 24, while serving with the Royal Flying Corps. Buried in St. Mary and St, Peter’s Churchyard, Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, U.K.
James Arthur CHILDS (killed in action 24 April 1915, aged 20, at Ypres. Menin Gate Memorial)
H.S. COLES
Oliver COLLIARD (Private. Died 19 August 1917, aged 21, while serving with the 29th Battalion, C.E.F.. He is buried in Fosse No. 10, Communal Cemetery Extension, Sans-En-Goheele, Pas de Calais, France.
Eric Ormond COLLINSON (killed in action 18 May 1915 at the Battle of Festubert, aged 26)
Ernest Hugh COPEMAN (2nd Lieutenant. Killed in action 18 March 1916, aged 27. Loos Memorial)
Hugh Searle COPPOCK (Lieutenant, killed in action 10 April 1918, aged 21. Ploegsteert Memorial)
John COWIE (killed in action, October 1917, aged 21, while serving with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles))
C. COX
W.H. DANN
Thomas G. de DENNE (2nd Lieutenant, Killed in action 4 October 1917 while serving in France with the Wiltshire Regiment)
Robert Edmund Barry DENNY (Private. Died in France on 22 May 1915, aged 24, while serving with the 16th Battalion, C.E.F. Buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France)
Hubert William DICKINSON (Lance Corporal. Killed in action 13 June 1916, aged 22. No known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium)
H.W. DOBBIE
John Shedden DOBBIE (Captain. Died 5 October 1917, aged 23.)
James Kinver DONEY (killed in action, 1 March 1917. Vimy Memorial)
Frederick James DOUGLAS (Sergeant. Killed in action in April 1917 at Vimy Ridge while serving with the Royal Canadian Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.)
W.O. EAGLE
F. EATON
Edward Wilfred ESTRIDGE (killed in action 13 November 1916, aged 31, at the Battle of the Somme. Thiepval Memorial)
M. FARRADAY
Lionel Richard FAWKES (Private, killed in action 3 June 1915, aged 27, at Ypres. Commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium)
James Scott Elliot Gillon-FERGUSSON (killed in action 27 April 1915, aged 29, at Ypres. Menin Gate Memorial)
Edgar Norton FORD (killed in action 24 April 1915, aged 18, at Ypres. Menin Gate Memorial )
M. FRASER
H. FRY
J. GARDINER
H.J. GARDNER
A. GORDON
A.A. GREENE
T.E. GUNS
Harry HARDY (Sergeant, killed in action 22 April 1915, aged 37, while serving at Ypres with the 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. No Known grave. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium)
Frederick Gerald HAYCROFT (died 22 February 1915, aged 18)
G.M. HENDERSON
F.G. HILL
F.M. HILLS
J.D. HODDING
C. HOOK
R. HUNTER
William Harrison INGRAM (died 24 April 1915, possibly at the Battle of St. Julien, France. A member of Temple Lodge, No.33, Duncan)
Denzil Tattersall JONES (Sergeant. Died 6 April 1917, aged 28, of wounds sustained while serving with the 16th Battalion. Buried in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France)
Hugh LIPSCOMB (Private. Full name Charles Hugh Pearson Lipscomb. Died on 18 April 1917, aged 36, of wounds sustained in action at Vimy Ridge, while serving with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.)
W.F. LUTON
J.L. LUKIN JOHNSON
H.B.G. McCARTNEY
J. McDIARMID
J.W. McDONALD
R.W. McGREGOR
T.N. McKINNON
Hamish Kinnear MAITLAND-DOUGALL (Killed in action, aged 19, at Vimy Ridge, April 1917. Vimy Memorial)
William. McKinstry MAITLAND-DOUGALL (Died aged 23, commanding the British submarine D3 when it was sunk in a “friendly fire” incident by a French airship in March 1918)
A.R. MARGESSON
H.F. deB. NELSON
Joseph NEWNHAM – (Private. Died of wounds, 6 June 1916, aged 40, while serving in France with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. Buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France_
J.A. OWEN
H. PARKER
Archer Robert PAYZE (died 3 June 1915 in Le Treport Military Hospital, Le Treport, France. A member of Temple Lodge, No.33, Duncan)
A.H. PLASKETT
C.L. PRICE
E.A. PRICE
F. PRIESTLEY
H. RAMSDEN
H.L. RAVENHILL
H.A. REES
E. ROBERTS
R.S. ROBINSON
W.S. RUTHERFURD
John Alexander STRUTHERS (died at Vimy Ridge, 13 April 1917, aged 26. Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France)
Thomas Ethelbert TOMBS (died 19 November 1916, aged 16, while serving in France on the Somme with the 50th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France.)
W. TRUESDALE
W.W. TRUESDALE
Dorothy TWIST (died 26 September 1918 while serving as a Voluntary Assistance Detachment nurse at Frensham Military Hospital, Farnham, Surrey, U.K.)
Harry Peere WILLIAMS-FREEMAN (Captain, died 9 August 1918 while serving in Italy with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Buried in Barenthal Military Cemetery, Italy)
James Osman Slade YOUNG (died 30 October 1917, possibly at the Battle of Passchendaele. A member of Temple Lodge, No.33, Duncan)

World War 2 – 1939 to 1945

I.H. ACLAND
W.G. ADAMSON
V. ALLAN
N.F. ALSOP
L.S. ANDERSON
G.T.A.S. ARCHBOLD
E.T.Y. BARKLEY
C. BEARISTO
A. BENNINGTON
Harold BISCHLAGER (1921-1941) died on 18 December 1941 while serving with 97 Squadron (Bomber Command) in Lincolnshire, U.K. Buried in Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, U.K.
W.J. BLYTH
N.R. BOWMAN
H. BRENTON
T.J. BREWER
R.J. BURNS
W.A. BRYDON
J.K.H. CALVERT
H.W. CALVERT
D.S. CAMPBELL
R.M.B. CHARTER
A. CLARK
James Francis CODVILLE – Pilot Officer, died 5 November 1941, aged 20, while serving with 407 Squadron R.C.A.F. in the U.K. Buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery, Netherlands.
T.O. CRANKO
R.G. DAY
A.K. DEAKIN
Grant DEUCHARS – buried in St. Mary’s Anglican Cemetery, North Cowichan, B.C. A member of Temple Lodge No. 33, Duncan.
R.L. DICKIE
A.B. DUNLOP
H.H. DUNNETT
R. DWYER
E.F. ELFORD
H. ELSE
J. ELSE
R.E. FAWCETT
Henry FEDUN
Donald Edward FILION
J. FIRTH
L.P. FRASER
Harold H. FROST
C. GABOURIE
Angus Frederic GALLOWAY – Captain; killed in action 31 May 1940, aged 25, at La Penne, Belgium, while serving with the Royal Engineers. Buried in La Penne Communal Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
D. GARRISON
A.R. GIBSON
Jesse F. GIDLEY
O.R. GILL
F.P.J. GIROUX
Basil HALHED
T.A. HAVEMEYER
Guy K. HOBSON
Charles Ferguson HOEY, V.C. (died 16 February 1944 in Burma (now Myanmar). Awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Charles Hoey Park is named for Major Charles F. Hoey.)
Trevor Ferguson HOEY (died 21 July 1944 in France)
R.W. HORSFIELD
T.W. HUNTINGTON
J. HUTCHINSON
L.E. JACOBSON
K.M. JOYCE
F.A. KENNEY
H.T. KEMP
J.F. KINGSCOTE
W.J.H. KNIGHT
V.C.L. KNOX
C.C. LEASK
P.L. LEIGHTON
R.F. LEIGHTON
J.D. LEMARE
James Edward LEMON – (Flight Sergeant. Killed in action 25 July 1942, aged 22, while serving with the R.C.A.F. in the U.K. Buried in Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, U.K.)
C.O. LESLIE
J.F.M. LOGAN
R.H. LITTLE
W.L. LONG
P. LOUGHEED
A.O. COMPTON-LUNDY
T.J. McINTYRE
C.D. McIVOR
C.G. McGLADREY
C.H. McINNIS
R. McMILLAN
W. McMULLEN
P. MAINGUY
D.A. MATTHEWS
G.N. MATTHEWS
H. MERSER
H.M. MONK
R.R. MOORE
Percy Victor MORGAN – (Private. Killed in action on 15 August 1944, aged 31, while serving in France with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. Buried in Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
J. MUIR
P. MURPHY
J.M. MUTTER
F.R. NIXON
J.J. NOONE
R.E. OVINGTON
R. PARLEE
A. PATTERSON
H. PAYNE
A.J. PEDERSON
J.A. PIDDINGTON
R.T.N. PORTER
F.G. RADCLIFF
K.E. RADCLIFF
H. RAE
L.E. RAE
K.W. REILLY
Francis Lawrence REY – (Pilot Officer, Air Gunner, died in action over France, aged 19, on 25 June 1944. Buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France)
T. ROBERTSON
E.L. ROBINSON
S.R. ROSS
R.J. SANDERSON
C.D. SHELLEY
A.B. SLEE
R.A.B. SLEE
W.R. SLOAN
Richmond Douglas STARKIE-BENCE – (Sergeant – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 5 September 1941, aged 25, when his plane crashed in the English Channel. No known grave. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial)
A.W. SMITH
E.O. SMTHE
Harold Edward SQUIBB (Flight Sergeant, R.C.A.F., died 13 August 1944 in air operations over Germany. Buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany)
W.L. STEWART-MacLEOD
C.G. SVEINSON
C.E. SOUCY
S.G. TATER
J.O. THORNE
J.R. WALKER
E. WATSON
L.C. WENTZ
Lionel Harry WILLIAMS (Sergeant in R.C.A.F. Died 2 October 1942, aged 24, while serving with the R.C.A.F. 405 Squadron. Buried in Noordwijk General Cemetery, Netherlands)
Ernest Maurice WITT (Pilot Officer, R.C.A.F. Died 14 July 1943, while serving with the R.C.A.F. 405 Squadron. He is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands.)

Here are some additional names which appear in Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives records but which do not appear on the Cenotaph:

William Herbert BAMBRIDGE (died 19 August 1917)
Dr. Lewis Emerson CLARK (killed in action, 7 June 1917)
J.R.M. ELLIS (killed in action, August 1916)
A.E. FREEMAN (killed in action, 2 September 1918, aged 21)
Leslie William PROCTOR (died September 1916, aged 27)
Douglas Bute STEWART (killed in action, 29 March 1945, aged 26)
Geoffrey Saxton WHITE (killed in action, 27 January 1915)
Aucher Wilbraham TAYLOR (killed in action, 26 September 1916)
James William YOULE (killed in action at Vimy Ridge, 13 April 1917)

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