More than 200 local soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice are memorialized in video presentations around the city through a Vancouver Island University video project
Pte. William Armstrong Syer was a Nanaimo man who was killed in the First World War and buried in the Crouy British Cemetery in Somme, France.
The Nanaimo Remembers project, begun in 2018, has been displaying the names on video since Wednesday and will continue through Remembrance Day. The names for the project have come from the Dallas Square Cenotaph in downtown Nanaimo. They include a special section that recognizes the contributions of Indigenous soldiers, thanks to research by VIU Elder-in-Residence Geraldine Manson.
It came through an effort to localize a project the university took park in for many years called The World Remembers — a display to honour soldiers around the world who lost their lives in the First World War. Screenings are also taking place at local schools, and the video is being shown continuously in the reception area at the offices of Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools.
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