Bjorkdale Cenotaph

Bjorkdale, Saskatchewan
Type
Other

Erected in 1919 by the Great War Veterans' Association, this memorial was first dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War. A plaque was later added in memory of the local Second World War losses.

Inscription

[north side/côté nord]

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE HEROES, MEN OF THIS DISTRICT, WHO SO NOBLY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

"IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES GROW BETWEEN THE CROSSES ROW ON ROW THAT MARK OUR PLACE"

[east side/côté est]

KILLED IN ACTION

PTE. W. MEW, 28TH BATTN., JUNE 1916, AGED 29 YRS
PTE. L.N. LEWIS, 16TH G.S., JUNE 13, 1916, AGED 29 YRS
PTE. R. STEEN, 15TH BATTN., AUG. 15, 1918, AGED 30 YRS

GASSED

PTE. E. HAM, 3RD BATTN., DIED DEC. 23, 1916, AGED 23 YRS

WW II 1939 - 1945

FT/LT. E. BROWN
F/SGT. J. MILLER
PTE. MCINTYRE
PTE. T. AASTROM
PTE. D. TENEYCKE

"THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"

[south side/côté sud]

KILLED IN ACTION

PTE. J. STONEHOUSE, 243RD BATTN., NOV. 30, 1917, AGED 32 YRS
CPT. J.D. BELANGER, 243RD BATTN., AUG. 10, 1918, AGED 31 YRS

DIED OF WOUNDS

CORPL. H.H. BAVERSTOCK, 43RD BATTN., OCT. 1, 1916, AGED 30 YRS
SGT. F. LAYCOCK, 53RD BATTN., FEB. 6, 1917, AGED 35 YRS

[west side/côté ouest]

KILLED IN ACTION

PTE. H. KELLY, 27TH BATTN., AUG. 5, 1917, AGED 31 YRS
PTE. E. ARMSTRONG, 88TH BATTN., MAY 4, 1917, AGED 21 YRS
CPL. W. ARMSTRONG, 243RD BATTN., NOV. 10, 1917, AGED 24 YRS
PTE. F. ARMSTRONG, 243RD BATTN., NOV. 10, 1917, AGED 23 YRS

Location
Bjorkdale Cenotaph

Needs further research
Bjorkdale
Saskatchewan
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 52.71075
Long. -103.6487397

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