This memorial was erected in honour of the local war dead of the First World War. A wooden plaque and further inscriptions were added after the Second World War to record the local fallen of that conflict.
Leask Cenotaph
Leask, Saskatchewan
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Inscription
[front/devant]
ERECTED TO]
THE MEMORY OF]
THOSE HEROES]
MEN OF THIS]
DISTRICT, WHO SO]
NOBLY SACRIFICED]
THEIR LIVES
IN DEFENCE OF
THEIR COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR OF
1914-1918
we are the dead, short days ago
we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
loved and were loved and now we lie
in flanders field
WORLD WAR II
1939-1945
PRIVATE H.L. DICUS
SAPPER L. SMITH
RIFLEMAN L. RENAUD
WARRANT OFFICER W.W. DUNCAN
SERGEANT H. DREAVER
SERGEANT L.E. LALONDE
[right side/côté droit]
LEADING SEAMAN
A. SMYTHE
PRIVATES
J. BOURASSA
W. BOURASSA
W. MORROW
W. NUTTER
H. STANNARD
A. CHAMBERS
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Location
Leask Cenotaph
231 1 Ave
Leask
Saskatchewan
Leask Cenotaph
231 1 Ave
Leask
Saskatchewan
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 53.0204778
Long. -106.7430901
Lat. 53.0204778
Long. -106.7430901