Obituaries
Captain George Adolphus Claud Biddle
At the residence, 3865 Amroth Place, Victoria, Rev. Canon George A. Biddle, aged 76 years, born in Bournemouth, England, former Rector of St John’s Church for 25 years, he ministered at St. Philips Church, Vancouver, for seven years and was formerly of the Diocese of Calgary where he ministered at three parishes. He is survived by his loving wife, Ethel, at the residence; 3 daughters, Mrs. J.D. (Mary) Jameson, of Victoria; Mrs. G.R. (Ann) Lightbody of North Vancouver and Joan Biddle at home; 4 granddaughters. He was a charter member and former Chaplain of the Victoria Lions Club, a member of St. Andrews Lodge, AF & AM, No. 49, B.C.R. and a Veteran of World War One serving with the 31st Alberta Battalion.
Accompanied to the Chancel of St. John’s Church, Quadra St., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Friday, August 21st. Funeral service at 1 p.m. in the Church and will be conducted by Most Rev. H.E. Sexton, Archbishop of B.C. (Ret.), Rev. Canon C. Bishop and Rev. Canoe G. Baker. Burial will take place at Royal Oak Burial Park. (Flowers gratefully declined) McCall Bros. Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
Captain Biddle served in the 31st Battalion, CEF in the First World War and was the Chaplain for the 11th (Vancouver) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA during the Second World War.
At the residence, 3865 Amroth Place, Victoria, Rev. Canon George A. Biddle, aged 76 years, born in Bournemouth, England, former Rector of St John’s Church for 25 years, he ministered at St. Philips Church, Vancouver, for seven years and was formerly of the Diocese of Calgary where he ministered at three parishes. He is survived by his loving wife, Ethel, at the residence; 3 daughters, Mrs. J.D. (Mary) Jameson, of Victoria; Mrs. G.R. (Ann) Lightbody of North Vancouver and Joan Biddle at home; 4 granddaughters. He was a charter member and former Chaplain of the Victoria Lions Club, a member of St. Andrews Lodge, AF & AM, No. 49, B.C.R. and a Veteran of World War One serving with the 31st Alberta Battalion.
Accompanied to the Chancel of St. John’s Church, Quadra St., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Friday, August 21st. Funeral service at 1 p.m. in the Church and will be conducted by Most Rev. H.E. Sexton, Archbishop of B.C. (Ret.), Rev. Canon C. Bishop and Rev. Canoe G. Baker. Burial will take place at Royal Oak Burial Park. (Flowers gratefully declined) McCall Bros. Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
Captain Biddle served in the 31st Battalion, CEF in the First World War and was the Chaplain for the 11th (Vancouver) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA during the Second World War.
Gunner James (Jim) Alvin Davis
Wednesday, July 8 1970, late of the Wascana Nursing Home, Regina. Predeceased by two brothers and one sister. Mr. Davis is survived by two brothers, Edward E. Davis and Frederick E. Davis, both of Rocanville, Sask. Mr. Davis was a member of the 60th Battery of Canadian Field Artillery, Regina. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 10, 1970, at 1:30 p.m. in Speers Funeral Chapel. Dr Allan W. Martin will officiate. Internment in the Soldiers Plot in Riverside Memorial Park. Flowers gratefully declined.
Gunner Davis was a member of the 60th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery during World War I.
Wednesday, July 8 1970, late of the Wascana Nursing Home, Regina. Predeceased by two brothers and one sister. Mr. Davis is survived by two brothers, Edward E. Davis and Frederick E. Davis, both of Rocanville, Sask. Mr. Davis was a member of the 60th Battery of Canadian Field Artillery, Regina. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 10, 1970, at 1:30 p.m. in Speers Funeral Chapel. Dr Allan W. Martin will officiate. Internment in the Soldiers Plot in Riverside Memorial Park. Flowers gratefully declined.
Gunner Davis was a member of the 60th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery during World War I.
Brigadier General Robert Adam Fraser
19 January 1970
A funeral service for Brig.-Gen. Robert A. Fraser, a veteran of two world wars, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow from the Chapel of Jos. C. Wray and Bros. , 1234 Mountain St.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser died yesterday at Ste. Anne’s Veteran’s Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 75 years of age.
Born in Montreal in 1894, he was educated at Montreal High School and at McGill University. In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery. Having proceeded overseas, with the rank of Sergeant-Major, he was later commissioned in England.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser saw action as a subaltern with the Ulster Division of the British Army and later as a Captain with the RCA. Between the wars, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the First Montreal Regiment, RCA (militia)
Also president for many years of Fraser Bros. Ltd., Canada’s oldest firm of auctioneers. Brig.-Gen. Fraser was appointed commander of the Royal Canadian Artillery with the 2nd Division in March, 1940.
As second in command of the division, he took charge of the divisional transfer to the United Kingdom in September, 1940, and served with the Division until January, 1942. Later with headquarters in Victoria, B.C., he commanded all artillery defences on the West Coast of Canada.
Brig.- Gen. Fraser was a past-president of the Senneville Golf and Country Club, the Canadian Artillery Association, the Westmount Parent-Teachers Association and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, of which he was a life member.
He was also a former governor of the Hermitage Club, the Royal Montreal Curling Club, The Royal Montreal Golf Club, the University Club of Montreal and the Montreal Rotary Club.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Louise Johnson; two sons, David R. of Victoria and Ian H. of Montreal and six grandchildren.
Brigadier-General Fraser served with the 5th Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery during the First World War.
19 January 1970
A funeral service for Brig.-Gen. Robert A. Fraser, a veteran of two world wars, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow from the Chapel of Jos. C. Wray and Bros. , 1234 Mountain St.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser died yesterday at Ste. Anne’s Veteran’s Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 75 years of age.
Born in Montreal in 1894, he was educated at Montreal High School and at McGill University. In 1915 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery. Having proceeded overseas, with the rank of Sergeant-Major, he was later commissioned in England.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser saw action as a subaltern with the Ulster Division of the British Army and later as a Captain with the RCA. Between the wars, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the First Montreal Regiment, RCA (militia)
Also president for many years of Fraser Bros. Ltd., Canada’s oldest firm of auctioneers. Brig.-Gen. Fraser was appointed commander of the Royal Canadian Artillery with the 2nd Division in March, 1940.
As second in command of the division, he took charge of the divisional transfer to the United Kingdom in September, 1940, and served with the Division until January, 1942. Later with headquarters in Victoria, B.C., he commanded all artillery defences on the West Coast of Canada.
Brig.- Gen. Fraser was a past-president of the Senneville Golf and Country Club, the Canadian Artillery Association, the Westmount Parent-Teachers Association and the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, of which he was a life member.
He was also a former governor of the Hermitage Club, the Royal Montreal Curling Club, The Royal Montreal Golf Club, the University Club of Montreal and the Montreal Rotary Club.
Brig.-Gen. Fraser is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Louise Johnson; two sons, David R. of Victoria and Ian H. of Montreal and six grandchildren.
Brigadier-General Fraser served with the 5th Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery during the First World War.
Bombardier Harold Poyser
On April 8, 1970, Harold Poyser of 49 E. 39th Ave., Vancouver. Funeral service was held April 13 in the Mount Pleasant Funeral Chapel. Internment Mountain View Cemetery.
Bombardier Poyser served with the 5th Canadian Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery in the First World War.
On April 8, 1970, Harold Poyser of 49 E. 39th Ave., Vancouver. Funeral service was held April 13 in the Mount Pleasant Funeral Chapel. Internment Mountain View Cemetery.
Bombardier Poyser served with the 5th Canadian Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery in the First World War.
