Alberta

Province Code
AB
City/Municipality
Drayton Valley
Memorial Number
48026-014
Type
Other
Address
5024-51 Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.2223781, -114.9813502
Submitted By
Sandra M. Burke
Inscription

[front/devant]

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945 1950 - 1953
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
ON LAND, ON THE SEA AND IN THE AIR
LEST WE FORGET

[plaques with names/plaques avec noms]

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CW Photography
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front
Province
Alberta
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Body Content

This "Wall of Honour" contains plaques of veterans who have resided in the Drayton Valley area and have since passed away. It was originally unveiled in May 2001, it was rededicated in May 2006. There were 89 names at the time of rededication.

City
Drayton Valley
Country
Canada
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Type Description
wall
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7121
City/Municipality
Edson
Memorial Number
48026-012
Type
Other
Address
This cenotaph stands at the corner of 51 Street and 5 Avenue in Edson, Alberta.
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.583543838483, -116.43520093664
Submitted By
Shipley, Bobbi Foulds
Inscription

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Victoiria Edwards
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Bobbi Foulds
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Bobbi Foulds
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Alberta
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Body Content

Plaques representing our fallen WWI, WWII, Korean and Peacekeepers, along with a perpetual flame honour our history and the sacrifices made for our freedom.

Maintained by the Joe Wynne No. 51 Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Edson
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
28
City/Municipality
Drayton Valley
Memorial Number
48026-011
Type
Other
Address
5204-51 Avenue
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 269
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.2223795, -114.9815091
Submitted By
E.A. McGee
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

"TO THOSE WHO SERVED"

[left column/colonne de gauche]

1. GORDON GILESPIE
2. ARTHUR WATERS
3. HOWARD (H.W.) PICK-UP
4. ROBERTSON JOHNSON
5. MAURICE McCOLLAGH
6. JACK McLEAN
7. HUBERT DAVIDSON
8. GLEN WICKSTROME
9. WALT MESTON

[centre column/colonne du centre]

10. JERRY DONAVAN
11. W. G. DURHAM
12. HUGH WILSON
13. LOU MATLOCK
14. BRUCE CABLE
15. BETTY McGEE
16. DON WHITTEN
17. KEITH MACKEY
18. KNUT kYJORLEN

[right column/colonne de droite]

19. JOHN (SANDY) TRUPP
20. ERIC PERCY TURNER
21. CHESTER VIG
22. BILL FLAMMOND
23. R. W. SODEGREN
24. GARY WRIGHT
25. PAT JENKINS
26. FRED JENKINS
27. VAUGHN THOMPSON

[bottom/en bas]

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

OUR DONORS

[left column/colonne de gauche]

VETERANS (AND OR THEIR FAMILIES) DEPICTED
E.A. (BETTY) McGEE
CANADA MILLENNIUM PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
ALBERTA LOTTERIES BOARD
M.D. OF BRAZEAU No. 77
TOWN OF DRAYTON VALLEY
D.V. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
ALBERT LAINSCHBURY

[right column/colonne de droite]

LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY No. 269
BRANDETTE WELL SERVICING LTD.
ALEX KANARSKI
LCT PROFORM SYSTEMS
LAST CHANCE TRUCKING 1995 LTD.
LEWCAN HOLDING LTD.
HEATHER RENNISON - KIM COTE
LEGION VOLUNTEER MEMBERS

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mural (front)
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Alberta
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Body Content

This mural was created by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #269 in partnership with the Alberta Lotteries Board, the Municipal District of Brazeau, the Drayton Valley Agricultural Board, and the Canada Millennium Partnership Program. The mural depicts the faces of twenty-seven veterans from the First World War, Second World War, and Korea. A plaque situated across the street contains a legend with the names of the veterans depicted. It was officially unveiled in May 1999.

City
Drayton Valley
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Painted mural
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2941
City/Municipality
Seba Beach
Memorial Number
48026-010
Type
Other
Address
140 - 3rd Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.5577666, -114.7386453
Submitted By
Susan Dzus
Inscription

[front/devant]

DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY

1914 - WORLD WAR I - 1918
KOREA
1939 - WORLD WAR II - 1945

LEST WE FORGET

Province
Alberta
Body Content

Erected by the village of Seba Beach, this memorial was unveiled in 1994 to replace the village cenotaph which had been constructed after the First World War. The memorial is dedicated to the local veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Seba Beach
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Marble and granite cenotaph
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2940
City/Municipality
Grande Cache
Memorial Number
48026-009
Type
Other
Address
Needs further research
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.88796, -119.11709
Submitted By
Debbie McIaan
Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET

THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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obelisk (front)
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obelisk (plaque)
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Alberta
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Body Content

This memorial to war dead was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Grande Cache
Country
Canada
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Cement obelisk
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3054
City/Municipality
Fort Assiniboine
Memorial Number
48026-008
Type
Other
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
54.33384, -114.77429
Submitted By
Carol Lawton
Inscription

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cairn (front)
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cairn (surroundings)
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cairn (back)
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cairn (side)
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Province
Alberta
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Body Content

Erected by the Ladies' Auxiliary of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 210, this memorial is dedicated to the local veterans of the South African War, the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Fort Assiniboine
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Fieldstone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3053
City/Municipality
Jasper
Memorial Number
48026-007
Type
Other
Address
400 Geikie St, Jasper, AB
Location
Across from the Legion Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
52.879162, -118.0819426
Submitted By
Laurence Lalonde
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

1914 - 1918

S.W. EDWARDS
ED MONTGOMERY
F. MCLEOD
ALEX MCQUEEN
T. NEVITT
JOHN SYMES

1939 - 1945

RAYMOND G. BRASNETT
FRANKLIN N. BRYANT
JOHN BUCKHAM
KARL CHRISTENSEN
ALDEN P. COTTAM
ROBERT F. GOURLAY
BRUCE HARRISON
JOSEPH ARTHUR HORSEFALL
GEORGE JENSEN
NEIL KENNEDY
PATRICK LANGFORD
JAMES MAXWELL
GEORGE MCCREADY
JAMES MCDOUGALL
JAMES ROBINSON
KEITH WRIGHT

"EVER PROTECT THE FREEDOMS FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT"

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Terry MacDonald
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cairn (front)
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cairn (front and left side)
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cairn (front)
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Alberta
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Body Content

This memorial to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion.

City
Jasper
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Stone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
37
City/Municipality
Jasper National Park
Memorial Number
48026-006
Type
Other
Address
Victoria Cross Range
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.04472, -118.40397
Submitted By
David Harvey
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Alberta
Body Content

The Victoria Cross range is a set of mountains in Jasper National Park. Of the nineteen mountains in this range five are named after Victoria Cross recipients and one after a Distinguished Service Medal. This mountain was dedicated to William Antrobus Griesbach D.S.O. Please see the following memorials: Mount McKean # 48026-005 Mount Kinross # 48026-016 Mount Zengel # 48026-017 Mount Kerr # 48026-018 Mount Pattison # 48026-019

City
Jasper National Park
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7365
City/Municipality
Jasper National Park
Memorial Number
48026-005
Type
Other
Address
Victoria Cross Range
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
52.96673, -118.29335
Submitted By
David Harvey
Inscription

no inscription/aucune inscription

Province
Alberta
Body Content

The Victoria Cross range is a set of mountains in Jasper National Park. Of the nineteen mountains in this range five are named after Victoria Cross recipients and one after a Distinguished Service Medal. This mountain was dedicated to George Burdon McKean V.C. Please see the following memorials: Mount Griesbach # 48026-006 Mount Kinross # 48026-016 Mount Zengel # 48026-017 Mount Kerr # 48026-018 Mount Pattison # 48026-019

City
Jasper National Park
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Mountain
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7364
City/Municipality
Wildwood
Memorial Number
48026-004
Type
Other
Address
5111-50 Street
Location
Legion Building
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
53.608969, -115.2379632
Submitted By
Chris Bliznicenko
Inscription

[upper plaque/plaque du haut]

LEST WE FORGET

[lower plaque/plaque du bas]

CANADIAN LEGION

B.E.S.L. NO. 149

WILDWOOD

HONOUR ROLL OF DEAD

ABLE, LEON F.
ALSKOGG, VICTORE
BATEMAN, ARNOLD
BOONE, WILLIAM
DASH, KENNETH
GEORGE, WILLIAM
JOHNSON, BASIL
MCKENZIE, HARRY
SAGMOEN, MARVIN
STEER, KEN
VICKERY, JACK
WILLET, VICTOR
WILLIAMSON, HARRY

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wall (front)
Province
Alberta
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Body Content

This memorial wall was erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 149 in honour of the local war dead.

City
Wildwood
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Brick wall
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2022
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