Rockcliffe Remembers

ROCKCLIFFE REMEMBERS

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MORE ESPECIALLY, IT RESPECTS AND HONOURS
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THIS WAR AND WHO WERE
REGISTERED RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKCLIFFE PARK
DURING THE WAR.
 
NEARLY TWENTY PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE SERVED IN
THIS WAR, WHICH WAS NEARLY TWICE THE CANADIAN AVERAGE.

ROCKCLIFFE SE SOUVIENT

CETTE PLAQUE COMMÉMORE LE 50^e ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA FIN DE LA
SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE. EN PARTICULIER, ELLE REND HOMMAGE AUX
HOMMES ET AUX FEMMES QUI ONT SERVI PENDANT CETTE GUERRE ET QUI
COMPTAIENT PARMI LES CITOYENS INSCRITS DU VILLAGE DE ROCKCLIFFE
PARK DURANT LA GUERRE.

PRÉS DE VINGT POUR CENT DES CITOYENS DU VILLAGE ONT SERVI
PENDANT CETTE GUERRE, SOIT PRESQUE DEUX FOIS LA MOYENNE POUR
L’ENSEMBLE DU CANADA.

IN HOMMAGE
(W.W.II)

THE FEW WERE VALIANT
BUT MANY WERE THE FEW
WHO AMONGST THEIR BRETHERN
GATHERED SOME ONE IN FIVE
TO JOURNEY TO JOIN THE FRAY,
SOME HAVE LOST THEIR WAY,
SOME ARE WITH US STILL
BUT NONE ARE FORGOTTEN
NOR REMAIN UNKNOWN
AS ROCKCLIFFE REMEMBERS,
TODAY, AND TOMORROW,

M. E. MACLEAN
18/05/95