We're having a cemetery cleanup morning this Saturday, October 28th, from 9:30 am - 11:30 am.

Please drop in at any time this Saturday morning to assist with the cleanup as we tidy the cemetery prior to the Service of Remembrance, which will be on November 5th.

Many hands make light work!

The remains of at least 161 veterans are interred or commemorated in St. Luke's Cemetery. Our list keeps growing as descendants and others tell us about more veterans to add to the list. Please open and view the list (updated October 24, 2023) from the link below to check if your relative's name is on the list.

If you would like to add the name of a relative or friend who is a veteran whose name isn't yet on the list or send further information about the veteran, please contact Barb Prescott by e-mail or phone St. Luke's Office (250-477-6741). We are always happy to receive further information to add to our records.

A big thank you to two volunteers who cleaned the 161 veterans' markers over the summer and into the fall. What a wonderful project!

As one of the volunteers comments, "This is about our veterans. I have my great great uncle’s WWI scroll as he was killed in action in Belgium. The last line on the scroll reads, Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten."

We are honoured that these volunteers chose to help us remember the veterans in St. Luke's cemetery through their work cleaning all 161 of the veterans' markers.

You are invited to a Service of Remembrance for veterans in St. Luke's Cemetery. 

The service will start in the church and then we will move outside to honour the veterans in the cemetery.

The service will be livestreamed starting at 10 am as well as recorded to view later at your convenience.

In the June 2023 Cemetery News and the July 2023 Cemetery News, we told you about a mystery letter we had found. We have now solved the mystery and have given the letter and photos back to the letter writer's daughter. 

To find out about the letter writer's connection to St. Luke's Cemetery, read these articles which were included in a recent issue of St. Luke's parish magazine, The Prescription:

A Mystery Letter with Family Connections to St. Luke's

Palmer's Penny Candies Were Popular

On Friday, November 10th, Grade 8 students from Cedar Hill Middle School will visit St. Luke's Cemetery to place poppy rocks for their observance of No Stone Left Alone. 

The aim of this event is to educate students about Canada’s rich history of service to country and to remember our fallen by placing the Legion symbol of remembrance, the poppy, at veterans' headstones.

For learn more about the No Stone Left Alone program, visit the No Stone Left Alone website.

See pictures from the No Stone Left Alone ceremonies in previous year at these links:

No Stone Left Alone Ceremony November 3, 2022

No Stone Left Alone Ceremony, November 4, 2021

This e-mail list was compiled from contact information St. Luke’s Cemetery Committee has regarding descendants, family members, and friends of people buried in St. Luke’s Cemetery. 

While we know that many of you don't live in the Greater Victoria area, please feel free to pass along this e-mail to relatives who live in the area.

The e-mail list is used to send out newsletters and information about special events regarding the cemetery several times a year. If you do not wish to be on this list to receive these occasional updates, please reply to this e-mail and let me know and I will take you off the list.

Lots more information about St. Luke's Cemetery is at the cemetery pages of St. Luke's website. Please feel free to browse those pages.