22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment Memorial

Ottawa (Nepean), Ontario

Type

Other

This tank was dedicated by the 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards) to the memory of its soldiers who fought in Northwest Europe from 1944 to 1945.

Note: This tank is no longer present at the Connaught Range Site. It was reclaimed by the Canadian War Museum and given to an indiviudal in Calgary, AB.

Inscription

[left/à gauche]

THIS M4 SHERMAN TANK BEARS THE
OPERATIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF THE

22nd CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS)

AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ITS
SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN NORTHWEST
EUROPE FROM 1944 TO 1945 WITH COURAGE,
HONOUR AND SELFLESS DEDICATION. THEIR
VALOUR AND SACRIFICE CONTRIBUTED TO
THE LIBERATION OF OCCUPIED EUROPE AND
THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF ENEMY
FORCES.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

FALAISE
FALAISE ROAD
THE LIASON
CHAMBOIS

[centre/centre]

THE SCHELDT
THE LOWER MAAS
THE RHINELAND
THE HOCHWALD

[right/à droite]

CE CHAR D'ASSAUT SHERMAN M4 COMPORTE
LES DÉSIGNATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES DU

22nd CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS)

ET EST DÉDIÉ À LA MÉMOIRE DE SES SOLDATS
QUI COMBATTIRENT EN 1944 ET 1945 DANS LE
NORD-OUEST DE L'EUROPE AVEC COURAGE
HONNEUR ET UN DÉVOUEMENT EXEMPLAIRE.
LEUR BRAVOURE ET LEUR SACRIFICE
CONTRIBUÈRENT À LA LIBÉRATION DE
L'EUROPE OCCUPÉE ET À LA CAPITULATION
INCONDITIONNELLE DES FORCES ENNEMIES

NOUS NOUS SOUVIENDRONS D'EUX

VEEN
TWENTE CANAL
BAD ZWISCHENAHN
NORTHWEST EUROPE 1944-45