Nova Scotia

Province Code
NS
City/Municipality
Trenton
Memorial Number
12007-020
Type
Other
Address
94 Main Street
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 29
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.609450024019, -62.639508758556
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[certificate/certificat]

ROLL OF HONOUR

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certificate (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Body Content

This certificate lists the names of the local men who served during the First World War.

City
Trenton
Country
Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
2131
City/Municipality
Trenton
Memorial Number
12007-019
Type
Other
Address
119 Park Road
Location
Trenton Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.62222, -62.62632
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

CARED FOR BY THE MEMORY GUN CLUB. THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BUILT THE ORIGINAL 201 GUNS FOR THE TRENTON IRON WORKS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

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weapon (front and left side)
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Body Content

This memorial, a twin mounted naval or coastal gun, was erected by the Memory Gun Club, former employees of the Trenton Iron Works which produced 201 of these guns during the Second World War.

City
Trenton
Country
Canada
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Weapon
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2130
City/Municipality
Trenton
Memorial Number
12007-018
Type
Other
Address
High Street
Location
Municipal park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6126, -62.63801
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET

TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF

THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
1939 - 1945

[left/gauche]

KOREA 1950 - 1953

[back/arrière]

TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF

THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
1914 - 1918

CECIL R. BROWN

SYLVANNUS DEE

THOMAS DORET

DANIEL MacDONALD

LOCKWOOD GRAY

THOMAS LEADBETTER

FREDERICK PATTON

WILLIAM ULOTH

RUSSELL CROOKS

DANIEL DOBSON

CLARENCE MacDONALD

WILBURN MacDONALD

SYDNEY LELACHEUR

HUNTER MORTON

JAMES SULLIVAN

WILLIAM YOUNG

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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The statue depicts a member of The Pictou Highlanders.

City
Trenton
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Granite shaft and cast metal statue
Memorial CF Legacy ID
478
City/Municipality
Trenton
Memorial Number
12007-017
Type
Other
Address
81 High Street
Location
First United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6118384, -62.637861
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[certificate/certificat]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
First United Church
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

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War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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These certificates list the members of the First United Church who served during the Second World War.

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Trenton
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Paper certificates
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2129
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-015
Type
Other
Address
Church and Willow Streets
Location
Municipal park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6765621, -62.7151889
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney; Richard MacNeil
Inscription

[front/devant]
IN PROUD UNFADING MEMORY OF THE
GALLANT SONS AND BRAVE DAUGHTERS
OF THE COUNTY OF PICTOU
WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918
DIED GLORIOUSLY
IN DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE
AND THEIR CANADIAN HOMELAND

ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE
TO THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

[left side/côté gauche]

GEO. W. HILL.

PICTOU

  • DANIEL ROBERT ADAMSON
  • ROLAND BECK
  • GORDON D. BOWEN
  • CHRISTOPHER BROWN
  • HAROLD WINSOR CARSON
  • J.B.C. CARSON
  • G.R. CHISHOLM, JR.
  • LLOYD CORISH
  • WILLIAM DAVIS
  • JOHN W. DEVEAU
  • LESLIE DONALD
  • DANIEL MCDONALD
  • EDWARD MACDONALD
  • RICHARD F. MACDONALD
  • ROBERT MCFARLANE
  • THOMAS GRAY GILCHRIST
  • DANIEL GILLIS
  • THOMAS HALLIDAY
  • WILLIAM F. HAMILTON
  • FRANK HEIGHTON
  • THOMAS W. JOLLYMORE
  • WILFRID JORDAN
  • HARRY KAYENBURG
  • JOHN C. KENNEDY
  • J.J. WALLACE KING
  • S.STEWART MCKARACHER
  • NEIL WILFRED MCKENZIE
  • JOHN W. LANGILLE
  • J.HAROLD LITTLE
  • JOHN DANIEL LOGAN
  • JOHN DAVID MCLAREN
  • RONALD J. MCLEAN
  • WILLIAM FRANCIS MCLEAN
  • J. ALBERT MURDOCH
  • WILLIAM HARLAN MURDOCK
  • PATRICK MURPHY
  • BERTRAM FRASER MURRAY
  • DUNCAN MURRAY M.D.
  • JOHN STEWART MURRAY
  • J.MURRAY NEVILLE
  • DONALD W. NICHOLSON
  • GORDON MCNAMARA
  • JOHN PERRY
  • WILLIAM NORRIE MCPHEE
  • STRUAN CARMICHAEL ROBERTSON
  • JOHN SHEARER
  • ANDREW SMITH
  • A.D. SMITH
  • DONALD MACG. STEWART
  • FRANK SUTHERLAND
  • JOHN M. TOBIN
  • JOHN ALEXANDER WATT

NEW GLASGOW

  • WILLIAM T. BECK
  • FRASER BETTS
  • JOHN DUNCAN BROWN
  • JOHN MICHAEL BROWN
  • FRANK CAMERON
  • MILLARD CAMERON
  • ALLISTAIR CAMPBELL
  • HARRY CAVANAGH
  • WILLIAM EDWARD CHISHOLM
  • FRANK COBB
  • JACK W. CROCKETT
  • ISABEL K. CUMMING
  • KAROLD MCCULLOGH
  • A. HARVEY DAND
  • FRED DAVIS
  • GEORGE W. DUNN
  • STEWART MUIR DUTHIE
  • HAROLD MCDEARMID
  • ALEXANDER D. MCDONALD
  • DANIEL VINCENT MCDONALD
  • RONALD P. MCDONALD
  • W. MCEACHERN
  • FRANK J. FRASER
  • JAMES DOWNEY FRASER
  • J.G. LAURIER FRASER
  • LOUIS FRASER
  • MARGARET MARJORIE FRASER
  • WARREN FRASER
  • AUBREY E. GRANT
  • DUNCAN GRANT
  • ERNEST GRANT
  • WILLIAM H. GRANT
  • DOUGAL MACGILLIVRAY
  • HUGH A. MACGILLIVRAY
  • IAN C. MACGREGOR
  • ALBERT HAYLOR
  • ALBERT EDWARD HICKEN
  • WILLIAM STEEWART HICKEN
  • FREDERICK W. HINCHLIFFE
  • HARRY C. HORNE
  • COURTNEY A. HULL
  • ALFRED S. MCINTOSH
  • J. HERBERT MCINTOSH
  • W. HAYWARD MCINTOSH
  • HUGH MCISAAC
  • WILLIAM N. JENKINS
  • ARTHUR MACKAY
  • LILLIAS MCKAY
  • J.W. MCKENZIE
  • L.W. MCKENZIE
  • LEO MCKENZIE
  • PERCY LARTER
  • J. HORACE LELACHEUR
  • EARL LOCKERBY
  • THOMAS LOGAN
  • WILLIAM EDWARD LONG
  • ANDREW LOVE, M.D.
  • ARCHIBALD MCLAUGHLIN
  • JOHN WM. MCLAUGHLIN
  • FRED MCLENNAN
  • D.H. MCLEOD
  • ROBERT A. MUIR
  • LILFORD S. MULLINS
  • HARCOURT A. MURRAY
  • WILLARD LAWSON MACMILLAN
  • FRANCIS JOHN ALLEN MCNEIL
  • HERBERT MCNEIL
  • GEORGE V. PASS
  • JOSEPH MCPHEE
  • BOWMAN ROSS
  • WILFRED STANCOMB
  • ROLAND J.B. STEVENS
  • GEORGE SYLVIA
  • DAWSON TUPPER
  • WILLIAM PETTIFER
  • JOHN HENRY ROGERS
  • HUGH ROSS
  • MAXWELL STEVENS
  • GEORGE SYLVESTER
  • JAMES A. TAYLOR
  • FREDERICK EATON WARD

STELLARTON

    EDWARD ALLAN
  • GORDON A. MACARTHUR
  • LEO A. BAIN
  • EDWARD BILLS
  • JOHN S. BOWRAN
  • JAMES BERNARD BROWN
  • G. CAMERON
  • J CLIFFORD CULTON
  • TRUEMAN B. DAVIDSON
  • WILLIAM DEACON
  • ALLAN D. MACDONALD
  • ALEXANDER MACDONALD
  • RODERICK J. MACDONALD
  • GEORGE M. FIFIELD
  • ROBERT FRAMPTON
  • MERTON FULTON
  • WILLIAM MCGUIRE
  • HUGH MCISAAC
  • CHALMERS JACKSON
  • ROBERT JOHNSTON
  • ARTHUR B. MACKAY
  • ROBERT T. MCLAUGHLIN
  • JOHN M. MCLENNAN
  • WILLIAM G. ARTHRELL
  • JOHN A MACARTHUR
  • W.P. BAIN
  • NORVAL R. BLAIR
  • JAMES A. BOWRAN
  • WALTER A. MACBAIN
  • WILLIAM J. CAMERON
  • W.K. CUMMINGS
  • RICHARD DAVIS
  • CHARLES DUNBAR
  • HARRY C. MACDONALD
  • WILLIAM S. MACDONALD
  • ERNEST FORSYTHE
  • HOMER FULTON
  • DONALD W. GORDON
  • RUFFUS MCGRATH
  • RALPH C. MACINTOSH
  • DANIEL JAMESON
  • HARVEY KENNEDY
  • JOHN A. MACKENZIE
  • HECTOR F. MACLEAN
  • J.J. MARTIN
  • EDWARD B. MITCHELL
  • ERNEST PAINTER
  • FRED PATTEN
  • GEORGE QUIRK
  • IRA WILLARD REYNOLDS
  • JAMES P. ROBERTSON, V.C.
  • GREIGHTON STEWART
  • JOHN W. TAYLOR
  • WILLIAM VALETT
  • HARRY WHYLIE
  • HOPTON WILLIAMS
  • ERNEST WORTERS
  • MATHEW MURRAY
  • CYRIL PARTNER
  • RALPH W. PHALEN
  • JOHN E. RAMAGE
  • WILLIAM ROACH
  • GEORGE P. SHARP
  • JAMES W. TUPPER
  • JOHN URQUHART
  • DANIEL WHITE
  • COURTNEY WILLIAMS
  • JOSEPH WOOD

WESTVILLE

  • JOHN APPLETON
  • THOMAS BLAIR
  • DANIEL CHISHOLM
  • ROD FRASER CONNORS
  • ALEXANDER CYR
  • JOHN G. MCDONALD
  • JOHN MCEACHERN
  • GEORGE FOLEY
  • RAYMOND STEWART FRASER
  • SYDNEY HALE
  • WILSON HICKMAN
  • ROBERT HUBLEY
  • HUGH D. MCKENZIE
  • JOHN R. MILLER
  • JOSEPH MYERS
  • DANIEL O’HANDLEY
  • JOHN PATTERSON
  • KENNETH GORDON MCPHAIL
  • CHARLES MCALLISTER
  • GEORGE BOGGS
  • GEORGE CLAY
  • FRED COOMBS
  • ALEXANDER DUNCAN
  • PHILLIP EDWARDS
  • GEORGE FERGUSON
  • JOHN W. FRASER
  • HERBERT HADLEY
  • JOHN HENDERSON
  • JAMES HOLLAND
  • JOHN H. MCINNES
  • AMBROSE HENRY MADORE
  • WILLIAM L. MILLER
  • HARRY MCNEIL
  • MARK S. PATON
  • FRANK MCPHERSON
  • THOMAS FRANCIS MCPHAIL
  • EDWARD RAE
  • JOSEPH RICHARDSON
  • MUIR ROSS
  • ROBERT SMITH
  • CHARLES D. STEWART
  • SAMUEL R. STEWART
  • WILLIAM SULLIVAN
  • ROLAND FRANCIS TURNER
  • AANTHONY WILSON
  • JOSEPH REID
  • ALBERT ROSE
  • JOHN ROBERT SLOANE

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TRENTON

  • CECIL R. BROWN
  • SYLVANNUS DEE
  • THOMAS DORET
  • DANIEL MACDONALD
  • LOCKWOOD GRAY
  • THOMAS LEADBETTER
  • FREDERICK PATTON
  • WILLIAM ULOTH
  • RUSSEL CROOKS
  • DANIEL DOBSON
  • CLARENCE MACDONALD
  • WILBURN MACDONALD
  • SYDNEY LELACHEUR
  • HUNTER MORTON
  • JAMES SULLIVAN
  • WILLIAM YOUNG

FISHER’S GRANT

  • JAMES MACDONALD
  • LAWRENCE FERGUSON
  • JOHN KNOCKWOOD
  • NEIL MACLEOD
  • FRANK TOMPKINSON
  • WILLIAM MACDONALD
  • NOEL FRANCIS
  • ALBERT HUGH MCKINNON
  • STEWART MCPHERSON
  • THOMAS WILMOT

CARIBOU

  • WILLIAM GOODWIN
  • FINLAY MCKENZIE
  • ALEXANDER MCKAY

RIVER JOHN

  • GORDON L. CHAMBERS
  • JAMES C MCCUNN
  • LEEWARD HEIGHTON
  • CARL EATON MCKENZIE
  • ROY LANGLILLE
  • BLANCHARD HENRY ROGERS
  • HAROLD CONSTABLE
  • FRED DOWNING
  • EDWARD GEORGE HINDS
  • EDWARD F. LANGILLE
  • WILLIAM LANGILLE

WEST BRANCH

  • A.J. MCK. BAILLIE
  • JOSEPH R. BAXTER
  • JOHN MCKENZIE
  • HUGH J. SUTHERLAND
  • AMES BAIN
  • WILLIAM GAMMON
  • ALEXANDER ROBB

DALHOUSIE

  • OSBORNE BELL
  • ARTHUR C. MCLENNAN
  • JOHN O. MCLEOD
  • CHARLES SPENCE
  • WILLIAM M. CREIGHTON
  • HARVEY A. MCLEOD
  • RODERICK C. PORTER

HARDWOOD HILL

  • RTHUR CAMERON
  • EDWARD C. MCCALLUM
  • HUGH S. MACDONALD
  • JAMES D. MACLEOD
  • GEORGE TOLSON
  • JOHN KENNEDY CAMPBELL
  • MURDOCH ARTHUR MACDONALD
  • ALEXANDER GUNN
  • A. WALLACE MURRAY

GREEN HILL

  • A. HAMBLIN
  • JOHN EDWARD MCLEAN
  • THOMAS GUNN MACDONALD
  • JAMES A. MACMILLAN

MOUNT THOM

  • HENRY WYMAN FRASER
  • JAMES ALBERT MUNRO
  • HENRY M.S. STEVENSON
  • DANIEL CREIGHTON MCLEAN
  • ALEX GORDON ROBERTSON

MILLBROOK

  • WESLEY FRASER
  • SAMUEL S. ROSS

GAIRLOCK

  • JOHN RODERICK BAILLIE
  • JAMES GORDON MCLEOD
  • GEORGE SUTHERLAND
  • WILLIAM THOMAS BAILLIE
  • JOHN HENDERSON MCPHERSON

ABERCROMBIE

  • ANGUS GRAY
  • ALLAN WRIGHT
  • CHARLES RICHARD SMITH
  • ERIC D. WRIGHT

LITTLE HARBOUR

  • JOHN PARK MCQUINN
  • GEORGE WILSON WHITE

THORBURN & MCLELLAN’S BROOK

  • JOHN S. BEATON
  • JOHN J. MACDONLD
  • ROBERT FLYNN
  • ALEXANDER WM. MCHARDY
  • GEORGE MCKAY
  • LAWRENCE LING
  • HUGH MCNEIL
  • DONALD C. MCPHERSON
  • SIMON REID
  • ANDREW SIMMS
  • HARRY VANCE
  • ALEX D. MACKDONALD
  • OWN FLYNN
  • JAMES EDWARD FRASER
  • GEORGE G. HALE
  • FRANCIS LING
  • EDWARD MAHONEY
  • JOHN PREMBROOK
  • DUNCAN H MCPHERSON
  • GEORGE ROWLANDS
  • ROY STEWART

EAST RIVER

  • J. KENNETH MACDONALD
  • HAROLD FRASER FORBES
  • DONALD S. THOMPSON
  • W. PERCY THOMPSON
  • JOHN T. MACDONALD
  • JAMES A.D. MCINNES
  • J. GRANT THOMPSON

EUREKA

  • JOSEPH GOVANG
  • FREDERICK WILLIAM MCKAY
  • JAMES DAVID MCLEOD
  • W.E. TAYLOR
  • ROBERT H. HASTIE
  • JOHN BRITTON MCKAY
  • JOHN C. MCLEOD

MIDDLE RIVER

  • DONALD WILIAM GORDON
  • GEORGE ALBERT MCLEOD
  • HARRY STROYD
  • DAVID MCLEOD
  • JOHN C. MCLEOD

BAILEYS BROOK

  • HARRY DEARN
  • DONALD MCLASHEN
  • HECTOR N. MCLEAN
  • NEIL H. MCLEAN
  • DONALD MACDONALD
  • IVAN HENDERSON
  • JAMES MACG. MCLEAN

BARNEY’S RIVER

  • WILLIAM D. DUGGAN
  • ADAM JAMES MCKENZIE
  • HARRY C. MCDONALD

MERIGOMISH

  • JOHN MACGREGOR
  • ROBERT KEATING
  • WILLIAM J. HUGGAN

EAST RIVER ST. MARY’S

  • HUGH ALEX. CAMERON
  • RODERICK J. MCDOUGALD
  • WILLIAM WOOD
  • JAMES ALEXANDER CAMERON
  • ALEX R. MCKAY

WENTWORTH GRANT

  • ALGA WILSON MACDONALD
  • SIM REID

TONEY RIVER

  • EDWARD M. FALCONER
  • NELSON ALEX. MCQUARRIE
  • ALEXANDER J.R. MCKENZIE
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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The Pictou County War Memorial was erected on July 11, 1935 to honour all of the soldiers from Pictou County who died in the Great War. It was designed by Canadian sculptor George William Hill and unveiled by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

The symbolism of the three bronze figures - one a returned soldier to typify all his class. The female figure is Justice, who has tested his merits in the scales and has found him worthy of the laurel wreath with which she is about to crown him. The youth is a Boy Scout, too young himself for military service, who welcomes his soldier father home.

George William Hill was born in Shipton, Eastern Townships, in 1861. He learned to carve marble in his father’s company, after he graduated from college. Between 1889 and 1894, he left Quebec to study sculpting at the École nationale des beaux-arts and Académie Julian in Paris. When he returned to Montreal, he opened a studio and worked with architect Robert Findlay and brothers Edward and William S. Maxwell. Known for his public monuments and war memorials, he is now considered one of the most important Canadian sculptors of the early twentieth century.

Hill designed several monuments commemorating Canadians lost in the South African War, including the Strathcona and South African Soldiers' Memorial in Quebec and Boer War Soldiers Monument in Ontario. At the end of the First World War, Hill was awarded several contracts by towns and cities wishing to pay homage to citizens who had died on the battlefields. Between 1920 and 1930 he designed these monuments: Westmount Cenotaph, Magog Cenotaph, Argenteuil Cenotaph, Richmond Cenotaph, Sherbrooke War Memorial in Quebec; Pictou County War Memorial in Nova Scotia; Soldier's Monument, The Soldier and Nurses’ Memorial in Ontario; and the Soldier's Monument in Prince Edward Island.

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Pictou
Country
Canada
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Shaft - granite, statues - metal
Memorial CF Legacy ID
454
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-014
Type
Other
Address
10 Prince Street
Location
First Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6772706, -62.7143453
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[certificate/certificat]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
First Presbyterian Church Pictou, N.S.

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Marilyn Gurney
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certificate (front)
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This certificate lists the members of the congregation who served during the Second World War.

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Pictou
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Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
2127
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-013
Type
Other
Address
87 Caladh Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6754971, -62.7118537
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

1916      1920

No. 2 Construction C.E.F.
First Headquarters Site
CANADA'S FIRST & ONLY BLACK BATTALION

"THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY HONOURABLY"

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Town of Pictou
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No. 2 Construction C.E.F. Memorial
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No. 2 Construction C.E.F. Memorial and plaque
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Town of Pictou
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No. 2 Construction C.E.F. Memorial, No. 2 Construction Battalion Interpretive Panel and plaque
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Nova Scotia
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A memorial to honour the No. 2 Construction Battalion in Pictou was first suggested in 1982, but it took until July 1993 before a permanent memorial was unveiled not far from where the battalion began its existence at Market Wharf. 

In 1987, it was suggested to then Mayor of Pictou that Market Wharf receive recognition for its role in Canadian history. Four years later, Pictou town council declared the site a municipal historic property. Pictou council and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia joined efforts to gain national recognition for the site and the battalion. In 1992, the federal government designated the No. 2 Construction Battalion a national historic event, on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. A commemorative plaque was unveiled next to the memorial in 1993. An updated No. 2 Construction Battalion Interpretive Panel was unveiled on 5 July 2022.

After considerable lobbying by Black Canadians and white supporters, Canada fielded one Black battalion during the First World War — but they had to fight with shovels, not rifles. No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916 in Pictou, Nova Scotia and was composed of Black men from across Canada, the United States and the British West Indies. Its officers were white, with the exception of the unit’s chaplain, Honorary Captain The Reverend William Andrew White. The unit moved to nearby Truro after two months in Pictou. 

On 9 July 2022 the Government of Canada officially apologized for the appalling way these patriots were treated.

City
Pictou
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Slab - granite
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2126
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-012
Type
Other
Address
105 Coleraine Street
Location
St. Andrew's Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.676945612701, -62.709266235839
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
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ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

ROLL OF HONOUR
1914 - 1919

THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MEN FROM THIS CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR FOR LIBERTY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WHO LIE IN A FOREIGN LAND THAT WE MAY LIVE HERE IN PEACE

AND THY NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

AND AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

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Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
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plaque (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This memorial is dedicated to the nine men from the congregation of St. Andrew's Church killed during the First World War.

City
Pictou
Country
Canada
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Brass plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2125
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-011
Type
Other
Address
105 Coleraine Street
Location
St. Andrew's Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.676939990497, -62.709322562225
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
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ROLL OF HONOUR
OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR KING AND COUNTRY

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE ABOVE AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM MCLURE
FOR MANY YEARS A LOYAL WORKER AND ADHERENT OF THE CHURCH

1914 - 1919

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Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
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plaque (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Erected in honour of those named and a former member of the church, Mr. William McLure, this memorial lists the names of the local veterans of the First World War.

City
Pictou
Country
Canada
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Bronze plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2124
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-010
Type
Other
Address
105 Coleraine Street
Location
St. Andrew's Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.676939990497, -62.709335973269
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

ROLL OF HONOR
1939 - 1945
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FELL

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Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
Caption
plaque (front)
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This plaque lists the names of the local veterans and war dead from the Second World War.

City
Pictou
Country
Canada
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Brass plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
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