Royal Roads University Library

Canadian Service College Royal Roads, later Royal Roads Military College, and now Royal Roads University erected this memorial. It was unveiled on November, 1974. When it was officially opened, the library was dedicated to four members of the first class of the Royal Naval College of Canada established at Esquimalt, who were lost in action during the Battle of Coronel in 1914. Midshipmen Palmer, Silver, Hatheway and Cann were graduates of the Royal Naval College of Canada and were lost along with Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock and all hands of his flagship HMS GOOD HOPE at the Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914. They were the first Canadian casualties of the First World War.

C’est le Canadian Service College Royal Roads, qui sera plus tard le Royal Roads Military College, puis la Royal Roads University, qui a érigé ce monument commémoratif dévoilé en novembre 1974. À l’inauguration, la bibliothèque a été dédiée à quatre membres de la première classe du Royal Naval College of Canada, établi à Esquimalt, qui sont tombés au combat durant la bataille de Coronel en 1914. Les Aspirants de marine Palmer, Silver, Hatheway et Cann, tous diplômés du Royal Naval College of Canada, ont perdu la vie aux côtés du Contre amiral sir Christopher Craddock et de tous les hommes du bâtiment amiral HMS GOOD HOPE au cours de la bataille de Coronel, le 1er novembre 1914. Ils ont été les premières victimes canadiennes de la Première Guerre mondiale.