Lieutenant Colonel H. J. Rous Cullin
88th (Victoria Fusiliers) Battalion

Every single man, be he in civil service, bank, or store, etc., whether he is paid fifty or have hundred dollars a month, should at once, without further persuasion, set down his pen or hammer and come to the colors. All this work can be looked after very well by the gentler sex, just as is being done in other countries.

(Victoria Daily Times, 18 Oct 1915, 14)

Harold Joseph Rous Cullin was a British Columbia commercial architect. Born on 5 December 1875 in Liverpool, England, he was a cadet officer, cricket player, gymnast, member of the London Rifle Brigade and officer in the Royal Engineers. He immigrated to Canada in 1904.

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