Newfoundland & Labrador

Province Code
NF
City/Municipality
Arnold's Cove
Memorial Number
10001-001
Type
Other
Address
387 Main Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
47.7574729, -53.9898447
Submitted By
W.T. Meadus
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ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF
ARNOLD'S COVE
TO PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF
THE YOUNG MEN OF
THIS PLACE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914—1918

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

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IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
PTE. A. GUY,
KILLED IN ACTION AT
GUEDECOURT OCT. 12, 1916

NOBLY HE FELL WHILE FIGHTING
FOR LIBERTY

PTE. G. ROSE,
DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED
AT VIMY RIDGE SEPT. 14, 1918

BRIEF, BRAVE & GLORIOUS
WAS HIS YOUNG CAREER

[side/côté]

W. H. PEACH

PTE. W. ADAMS

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First World War
Province
Newfoundland & Labrador
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Some 30 families purchased a plain granite shaft which they erected as a memorial to their war dead. Funds for the memorial were raised by Corporal A. Adams and Veterans of Arnold’s Cove. The site was chosen as it is visible from all parts of the cove and it was only a several feet away from the Church of England Church, their place of worship. 

Shortly before the 7 August 1921, unveiling ceremony, Mr. T. Wakeley, accompanied by Isaac Wakeley and some 30 Veterans, arrived by motor boat from Harbour Buffett, Haystack, and nearby places. Mr. Wakeley unveiled the memorial and after the draped Union Jack fluttered down the memorial, the firing party fired three volleys.

City
Arnold's Cove
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Obelisk - marble
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2363

No Stone Left Alone holds events in communities across Canada to engage youth in the personal act of placing a poppy on the headstones of veterans - thus encouraging understanding and an ongoing legacy of remembrance for those who have served.

On Sunday, November 10, Sea Cadets from 251 RCSCC Southern Cross will be placing poppies at five cemeteries concurrently; Chapel’s Cove (Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Cemetery), Colliers Catholic Cemetery, Conception Harbour (St. Anne’s Cemetery), Harbour Main (Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery) and Holyrood South Side Cemetery.

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Isabella Hutchings
National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother Isabella Hutchings. (Photo: courtesy of Janice Sexton)(Photo: courtesy of Janice Sexton)

Mrs. Isabella Hutchings from St. John’s, Newfoundland, was the 1993 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 1993, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.

On Oct 10, 1945, her son, Able Seaman Samuel Grenfell Hutchings, was killed while on duty when he was swept off the deck of the HMS Sainfoin while returning home following the war.

Mrs. Isabella Hutchings, née Flynn, was born in Forteau, Newfoundland in 1895. She moved to Birchy Head, Bonne Bay Newfoundland upon her marriage to Samuel Hutchings, a resident of there. They were parents to seven children Samuel, Jean, Leslie, Hattie, Mae, Shirley and Netha.

Early in their married life, Mrs. Hutchings and her husband worked in logging camps near Deer Lake. They eventually moved to Cornerbrook where they raised their children while working at the mill. Mr. Hutchings served as cook, while Mrs. Hutchings was responsible for the baking--making up to 75 pies a day often on a wood stove. She continued to bake and share up to ten pies at a time well into her 90s. Mrs. Hutchings, who was widowed in 1967, lived until 1996.

Province
Newfoundland & Labrador
Town
St. John’s
Start Year
1993
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Alice Murphy
National Memorial Silver Cross Mother Alice Murphy. (Photo: Garry Best)(Photo: courtesy of Garry Best)

Mrs. Alice Murphy of Conception Bay, Newfoundland, was the 2006 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 2006, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.

On January 27, 2004, her youngest child, Corporal Jamie Brendan Murphy, was killed by an explosion, believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber, in the western district of Kabul, Afghanistan. He was on duty with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battalion Group.

Mrs. Murphy, née Skeffington, was born in Amherst Cove and was a teacher in Newfoundland. Upon her marriage to Norman Murphy, she moved to Conception Harbour and became a stay-at-home mother to their four children–John, Rosemary, Norma and Jamie.

Province
Newfoundland & Labrador
Town
Conception Harbour
Start Year
2006
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