Nova Scotia

ST. GEORGES CHURCH

ROLL OF HONOUR
OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

[92 names are listed, but are not clear in the photo./92 noms sont inscrits, mais ils ne sont pas clairs sur la photo.]

This organ is dedicated to the glory of
God and in proud memory of the men
and women of St. Andrew's United Church
Halifax, Nova Scotia, who served the cause
of freedom in two World Wars 1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945

Their name liveth forevermore

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

1914 - 1918
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF

LIEUT. C. JOSEPH ROCHE 13TH HIGHLANDERS YPRES JUNE 20TH 1916
JOHN B.C. CARSON P.P.C.L.I. COURCELLETTE SEPT. 15TH 1916
G. CARLETON SKEAD 26TH BATTALION VIMY RIDGE APRIL 5TH 1917
CAPT. ERIC R. DENNIS M.C. 2ND BATTALION VIMY RIDGE APRIL 5TH 1917
LIEUT. J. HUTTON WALLACE 25TH BATTALION ARLEUX APRIL 26TH 1917
A. DONALD KENNEDY 72ND HIGHLANDERS CAMBRAI SEPT. 27TH 1918

WHO KNOWETH IF IT BE NOT DEATH TO LIVE AND LIFE TO DIE

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
MAJOR CECIL VERGE STRONG MC
O.C. 15TH FILED COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
MARCH 10TH A.D. 1917. AGE 23 YEARS.
"HE BEING DEAD YEE SPEAKETH"

DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN TWO WORLD WARS
1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
"LEST WE FORGET"

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
FOR JUSTICE AND FOR HONOUR
1939 - 1945

JOHN A. ALGAR
ALBERT F. BEDWIN
KENNETH M. GRANT
LLOYD K. HALL
DERYCK HOGAN
W. GORDON HUTTON
G. DEWAR MACLEOD

DONALD B. MACHUM
IAN T. MACHUM
PAUL D. MOSHER
GORDON H. NELSON
ARTHUR G. PHILLIPS
JOHN M. SMITH
J. ROBERT [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

"THEY BEING DEAD YET SPEAK"

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
CORNWALLIS ST. UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH
WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

[38 names are listed, but are not clear in the photo./38 noms sont inscrits, mais ils ne sont pas clairs sur la photo.]

SECOND WORLD WAR

WILLIAM EDWARD HALL VC

THE FIRST NOVA SCOTIAN AND THE FIRST MAN OF COLOUR
TO WIN THE EMPIRE'S HIGHEST AWARD "FOR VALOUR"
BORN AT HORTON, NS APRIL 20TH, 1821
DIED AT AVONPORT, NS AUGUST 27TH, 1904
ON NOVEMBER 18TH 1857, WHILE SERVING ON HMS SHANNON
HALL WAS PART OF A CREW UNDER THE COMMAND OF A LIEUTENANT
WHICH PLACED A 24 POUNDER GUN NEAR THE AMOLE OF THE
SHAH MUJJIFF AT LUCKNOW. WHEN ALL BUT THE LIEUTENANT
AND HALL WERE EITHER KILLED OR WOUNDED, HALL WITH UTTER
DISREGARD FOR LIFE KEPT LOADING AND FIRING THE GUN
UNTIL THE WALL HAD BEEN BREACHED AND THE RELIEF OF
LUCKNOW HAD BEEN ASSURED.

HIS GREAT PRIDE WAS HIS BRITISH HERITAGE.

THE PORTSMOUTH CROSS

THE PORTSMOUTH CROSS WAS MADE
IN THE DOCKYARD AT PORTSMOUTH
FROM WOOD FROM TWO SHIPS WHICH
FOUGHT AT TRAFALGAR. THE BRITISH
SHIP VICTORY AND THE FRENCH SHIP
DUGUAY TROUIN AFTERWARDS IMPLACABLE.
IT WAS PRESENTED ON EASTER DAY 1950
TO CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS OF
CANTEBURY, PORTSMOUTH. THE DESIGN ON
TOP AND SIDES IS A MAPLE LEAF. CARVING
INCLUDES NAVAL AND ARMS OF DIOCESE OF
PORTSMOUTH, SEAL AND CREST OF CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.

TO THE MEMORY
OF
MAJOR WILLIAM HENRY ODELL
52ND OXFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
ONLY SON OF
THE LATE WILLIAM HUNTER ODELL
OF ROCKWOOD
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK
SENATOR OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA
BORN 6TH MAY 1852,
DIED 8TH NOVEMBER 1894,
AT RAWALPINDI, INDIA

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY
HIS BROTHER OFFICERS - PAST AND PRESENT.