Posts Tagged ‘Last Post Fund’

Inadequate funding and a cumbersome bureaucracy have left some families of veterans scrambling to find the money to cover the funeral and burial expenses of loved ones, says a report from the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman. In a toughly worded 19-page report titled Serve With Honour, Depart With Dignity, Veterans Ombudsman Pat Stogran makes seven recommendations to bring the Veterans Funeral and Burial Regulations established by Veterans Affairs Canada and administered by the Last Post Fund up to date for today’s veterans. The Last Post Fund is a non-profit organization and registered charity with roots reaching back to its founding in [...]

The solemn beauty of the Last Post National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire, Que., where privates and high-ranking officers lie side by side in dignified, uniform graves was officially recognized June 21 as a National Historic Site by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The unveiling of a plaque by the board took place during the annual commemoration ceremony held each June in the cemetery adjacent to the Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pointe-Claire, just west of Montreal. More than 1,500 people showed up for the ceremony which not only included the designation but also marked another milestone—the 100th anniversary [...]

It was a proud moment earlier this year when the Field of Honour at Pointe-Claire, Que., was declared a National Historic Site. And it was an equally proud moment for the 100-year-old Last Post Fund, a charity that administers the site, and continues to hold strongly to the conviction that no veteran whose death occurred while in financial need should ever go without a proper and dignified funeral and burial. Since 1922, the Canadian government has given grants to the Last Post Fund, and in subsequent years the fund’s regulations and those of the government’s Veterans Burial Regulations became so similar [...]