Psalm 116:3-4, 2 Samuel 18:6-8, Isaiah 2:4: Remembrance Day Address to the Port Alberni Community by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 293 padre, Captain Michael Ramsay, 11 November 2019. This year we mark the 80 th anniversary of our Nation’s entry into the 2 nd World War and this, just 21 years after the conclusion of the 1 st World War. We remember the veterans of those wars and other conflicts today. We remember the peace that soldiers and others died still longing for. We remember. We remember: at 11:00 on this day 101 years ago church bells rang out celebrating peace after 4 horrible years of war in which 888 246 fatalities were suffered by the military of the British Empire of which Canada was an integral part. When World War One broke out Canada was a country of just over 7 million people. Many left their family and work here to serve in the war there. 619 000 Canadians served in WWI and 66 976 never returned. That was almost 1-out-of-every-5 boys aged ...