Reverend McKegney Plaque

Sarnia, Ontario
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Other

St. John’s Church erected a plaque in the foyer honouring Reverend Edgar Watt McKegney, M.A., T.C.D. of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who was a prisoner of war for eight months during the First World War. When the church closed in 2011, the plaque was moved to All Saints' Anglican Church.

Inscription

THE REVEREND EDGAR WATT McKEGNEY, M.A., T.C.D.
BORN AT ST. PAUL MINNESOTA, ON FEBRUARY 6TH. 1892

RECTOR OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, SARNIA, ONT.
OCTOBER 4TH. 1929 TO HIS DEATH ON CHRISTMAS EVE 1937

SERVED WITH THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS 1915 TO MAR. 1918
PRISONER OF WAR 8 MONTHS

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF THIS CHURCH
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED RECTOR
DEDICATED CHRISTMAS EVE 1939

“GREAT DEEDS CANNOT DIE:
THEY, WITH THE SUN AND MOON, RENEW THEIR LIGHT
FOREVER, BLESSING THOSE THAT LOOK ON THEM.”

 

THE M. KEGNEY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
INAGURATED JANUARY 16TH 1939
COMPLETED MAY 14TH 1950

Visitor information

Location
Reverend McKegney Plaque

248 Vidal Street N
Sarnia
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.9758076
Long. -82.4043553
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