Fort Petrie Memorial Plaques
Municipality/Province: Fort Petrie, NS
Memorial number: 12010-072
Type: Three plaques on shaft
Address: 3479 New Waterford Hwy
Location: Beside Fort Petrie Historic Military Museum
GPS coordinates: Lat: 46.2493577 Long: -60.1537444
Submitted by: Marilyn Gurney
One of these three plaques is dedicated to those from Sydney who participated in protecting shipping on the North Atlantic and erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Another plaque is dedicated to all those from New Waterford and surrounding area who served in war and peace time. It was erected in July 2000. The third plaque is dedicated to the members of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals who died while serving their country. It was erected by the Atlantic Signals Association in 1998.
Inscription found on memorial
ATLANTIC BULWARK
LE REMPART DE L'ATLANTIQUE
During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy and
the Royal Canadian Air Force protected shipping on vital
North Atlantic [The wording in the photo is not clear./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.] which were the lifeline of the Allies.
Army [?] shared in the defence of the [?] which were
essential to that shipping. In the face of a determined
campaign by German submarines [?]
the Atlantic routes were kept open. In this struggle Sydney
played an important role. It was a major convoy [?]
port, protected by [?] batteries and included
an airfield, seaplane base and [?] dockyards.
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la Marine et l'Aviation
royales du Canada protégèrent les navires marchands qui
[?] les Alliés par la voie de l'Atlantique-Nord. Des
unités de l'Armée de terre participèrent à la défense des ports
essentiels à ce traffic. En [?] de [?] des sous-
marins allemands et de lourdes pertes, les routes de
l'Atlantique demeurèrent ouvertes. [?]
des [?] Sydney joua un rôle important dans cette [?].
Sept batteries [?] protégeaient ses [?] chantiers
[?].
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada
DEDICATED TO
THOSE WHO SERVED
ON THE SEA, LAND AND IN THE AIR
IN WAR AND PEACE TIME
FROM NEW WATERFORD
AND SURROUNDING AREA
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
JULY 19, 2000
Dédié à
CEUX ET CELLES DE NEW WATERFORD
QUI ONT SERVI
SUR LA MER, SUR TERRAIN, et EN L'AIR
et les Environs
EN TEMPS DE GUERRE et EN TEMPS DE PAIX
NOUS EN SOUVIENDRONS
le 19 juilllet, 2000
THIS MEMORIAL
PLACED HERE
IN MEMORY OF
FALLEN COMRADES
OF
THE ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS
BY
THE ATLANTIC SIGNALS ASSOCIATION
1998
VELOX VERSUTUS VIGILANS
CE MONUMENT COMMÉMORATIF
A ÉTÉ ÉRIGÉ ICI
PAR
L'ASSOCIATION ATLANTIQUE DE SIGNALISATION
EN MÉMORIE DU PERSONNEL TOMBÉ
DU
CORPS ROYAL CANADIEN DE SIGNALISATION
1998
VELOX VERSUTUS VIGILANS
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