Captain James Forsyth Memorial
Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON
Memorial number: 35061-002
Type: Sculptured sandstone statue on shaft
Address: 280 Beechwood Avenue
Location: Beechwood Cemetery, section 29, lot 51
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.445329 Long: -75.669378
Submitted by: H. Taylor Vergette
Erected in the 1870s by members of the 2nd Ottawa Field Battery, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of a former commander, Captain James Forsyth.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
FORSYTH
[left side/côté gauche]
IN MEMORY OF
CAPT.
JAS. FORSYTH
LATE COMMANDER
OF THE
OTTAWA FIELD BATTERY
BORN 26TH JUNE 1806
DIED
2ND SEPTEMBER
1872
ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THAT CORPS AND
THEIR FRIENDS
[back/arrière]
FORSYTH
Street view
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