A Colwood family is appealing to the community for the prompt return of a family heirloom that disappeared sometime last weekend.

Maureen and Mike Rose were in the process of cleaning out MikeB次元官网网址檚 father ClydeB次元官网网址檚 house following his move into a care home when on the morning of April 17 they returned to discover a 50-pound brass bell hung in the front yard had been cut from its mount and taken.

B次元官网网址�(April 16) was the first night I hadnB次元官网网址檛 slept in the house in a month of cleaning, one night, and on (April 17) we were going back tools in hand to take the bell off, and someone had sawed it off,B次元官网网址� said Mike Rose. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 super upsetting, we are really upset.B次元官网网址�

Maureen said the bell has great sentimental value to the family and has been in their possession for half a century.

The bell came from ClydeB次元官网网址檚 time in the Royal Canadian Navy. Serving on the submarine HMCS Grilse during the American boatB次元官网网址檚 time in Canadian service from 1961 to 1969, Clyde was gifted the boatB次元官网网址檚 bell when it was returned to the U.S. to be sunk as a target that same year.

From that point on, it lived on his Atkins Road property where it became a highlight for visitors.

B次元官网网址淢om and dad hosted submarine parties every summer at the house, so all the guys got to see it and ring it on their way in. ItB次元官网网址檚 a big part of our family history,B次元官网网址� said Mike.

The Rose family said they have filed a report with the West Shore RCMP, put posters up around the community and reached out to the Navy community in the region in the hopes someone will come forward with information on the whereabouts of the beloved family heirloom.

They are offering a $250 reward for the bellB次元官网网址檚 return, with no questions asked. Anyone with information on the disappearance is asked to contact the family at 250-784-4022.

READ MORE: Bike cops recover stolen truck, Home Depot power tools in Langford

justin.samanski-langille@goldstreamgazette.com
Like us on and follow us on .