NORTH SAANICH — The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to ensure that Canadian Victoria Cross winners who are buried in Canada are commemorated in the best possible way, has provided a new upright grave marker for more prominent visibility for visitors.
On Aug. 2, the grave of Maj. Gen. George R. Pearkes received its new marker in the presence of John A. Pearkes (son) and his wife Joyce, members of the Saanich Peninsula Branch No. 37 of the Royal Canadian Legion, and Col. (retd.) Robert Peacock, representing the Princes Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.