On almost constant display in the museum gallery is a unique book dedicated to the 124 Comox Valley men listed on the Sandwick Memorial Cairn who lost their lives in World Wars I and II.
This “scrapbook” created by Ruth Masters took more than 3,000 hours of work and 2 ½ years to complete in the 1970s. Masters said the book “attempts to record something of each man we lost, with snatches of history and related items to show something of his life and times.”
Masters served for over four years in the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women’s Division) during World War II. She was an ardent environmentalist and a strong supporter of the Courtenay and District Historical Society among many other interests and causes. Ruth Masters died November 7, 2017.
A word to the wise, the “Lest We Forget” book on exhibit is a facsimile created by an art conservator. The original book was so well used that the accumulated damage required the reproduction.
