Nova Scotia

Province Code
NS
City/Municipality
Londonderry
Memorial Number
12002-006
Type
Address
Needs further research
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4939179, -63.6220249
Inscription

[front/devant]

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

(needs further research/recherche incomplète)

Image
Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
Caption
stele (front)
Province
Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars. The stele also incorporates a monument to the local men killed in mines and at ironworks between 1849 and 1914.

City
Londonderry
Country
Type Description
Granite stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1654
City/Municipality
Great Village
Memorial Number
12002-005
Type
Address
20 Station Rd (Grass Area Nearby)
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4144, -63.59716
Inscription

[front/devant]

IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
P’TE. WILLARD M. SPENCER
P’TE. LAWSON E. MATTINSON
L’C’PL. JOSEPH McK BLAIKIE
P’TE. EVERETT F. ARCHIBALD
C’PL. G. McKENZIE DICKSON
C’PL. CLYDE A PATRIUIN, D.C.M.M.M.
P’TE. HAROLD D. SPENCER
P’TE. FRANK McK. PEPPARD
P’TE. W. WALLACE BOWERS
L.C’PL. E. ALLSION MacDORMAN
P’TE. WILLIAM J. ARCHIBALD
P’TE. WALTER N. ROSS
P’TE. CHARLES H. FORBES
LC’PL .D. WEBSTER GRAHAM
P’TE. SAMUEL D. PRATT
P’TE. GLENDO E. McCULLOCH
S’GT. GRODON A. FLETCHER
P’TE. JOHN E. GRAY

[left/gauche]

1939 1945

IN MEMORY OF
THE BOYS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND GREAT WAR

JOHN S. BLAIKIE
LLOYD G. BROWN
DONALD W. CONGSON
WARREN J. HILL
PAUL C. LAYTON
PHILIP J. PASCOE

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE

[right/droit]

KOREA 1950 - 1953

UN PEACEKEEPERS
NATO

Image
Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney; Carmen Goold
Caption
front view
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
Side view
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
details
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
details
1 of 4 images
Province
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and to the memory of the Korean War.

City
Great Village
Country
Type Description
Granite statue and shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1649
City/Municipality
Five Islands
Memorial Number
12002-004
Type
Address
Needs further research
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.486335, -64.0223321
Inscription

[upper plaque/plaque du haut]

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO FELL

1914 - 1918
PTE. FULMER, JOHN WESLEY
PTE. GRAHAM, DANIEL WEBSTER
PTE. TAYLOR, HAROLD JESSIE
PTE. WILLIGAR, MORLEY

1939 - 1945

FLT. SGT. WADMAN, LEONARD A.

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

[lower plaque/plaque du bas]

KOREA
1950 - 1953

Image
Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney; Carmen Goold
Caption
cairn (front)
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
cairn (surroundings)
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
details
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
details
1 of 4 images
Province
Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Five Islands
Country
Type Description
Granite cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1648
City/Municipality
Economy
Memorial Number
12002-003
Type
Address
3323 Glooscap Trail
Location
Economy Recreation Centre
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.38492, -63.911741
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO PAID THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE AND SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY IN
WAR AND PEACE

LEST WE FORGET

Image
Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney; Carmen Goold
Caption
surroundings
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
cairn (front)
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
surroundings
1 of 4 images
Image
Caption
details
1 of 4 images
Province
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead.

City
Economy
Country
Type Description
Stone cairn
Memorial CF Legacy ID
1646
City/Municipality
Debert
Memorial Number
12002-002
Type
Address
1273 Plains Rd
Location
Debert Cemetery
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.43538, -63.45508
Inscription

[centre/centre]

DEBERT BRANCH NO. 106
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR COMRADES WHO PERISHED IN ALL PAST CONFLICTS

[left/gauche]

THOSE GAVE THE WORLD AWAY POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH

[right/droit]

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

Image
Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
Caption
stelia (front)
Province
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Body Content

Erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 106, this memorial is dedicated to comrades killed in Canada's past conflicts.

City
Debert
Country
Type Description
Three granite stelia
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2799
City/Municipality
Amherst
Memorial Number
12002-001
Type
Address
86 Victoria Street East
Location
Victoria Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.8333902, -64.2129708
Inscription

[front top plaques/plaque supérieure avant]

(plaque 1)

  • STEWART, CHAS. J. Lt. Col.
  • ADSHADE, W.A. Pte.
  • ALLEN, KENNETH B. Pte.
  • ALLEN, WILLIAM D. Pte.
  • AMON, ALEX. Pte.
  • ANGUS, ALLEN B. Pte.
  • ARSNEAU, GILBERT Pte.
  • AUSTIN, NOBLE Pte.
  • AUSTIN, THOS. A. Pte.
  • BAILEY, MELVILLE McK. Pte.
  • BAIRD, WILLIAM Pte.
  • BARRETT, ALEX. Pte.
  • MUNRO, DONALD R. Lieut.
  • BATHGATE, JAMES Pte.
  • BEATON, EDWIN E. Pte.
  • BEKER, GEORGE Pte.
  • BELLIVEAU, FRED Pte.
  • BENJAMIN, HAROLD E. Pte.
  • BENJAMIN, PERCY E. Sgt.
  • BENNET, PRESTON Pte.
  • BENTLEY, HUBERT K. Pte.
  • BIRD STEPHEN C. Pte.
  • BLACK, HERMAN Pte.
  • BLACK, IRA G. Pte.

(plaque 2)

  • RALSTON, IVAN Major.
  • BOND, CLIFFORD C. Pte.
  • BORDEN, WM. McLEAN Pte.
  • BOSS, OSCAR Pte.
  • BOUTILIER, S. McK. Pte.
  • BOYD, JOHN L. Pte.
  • BREILEY, JOHN Pte.
  • BRODERICK, ARTHUR Pte.
  • BRODIE, PETER Pte.
  • BROUGHTON, THOS. Pte.
  • BROWN, EDWARD D. Pte.
  • BROWN, GEO. J. Pte.
  • LAWSON, DOUGLAS Lieut.
  • BROWN, J. E. Pte.
  • BROWN, JOHN R. Pte.
  • BROWN, ROBERT Pte.
  • BROWNELL, CHAUNCEY Pte.
  • BROWNELL, FRANK Pte.
  • BROWNELL, HESSEL Pte.
  • BRUNDAGE, CLAUDE L. Sgt.
  • BUCHANAN, JOHN Pte.
  • BURNLEY, FRANK Pte.
  • BURNS, DAVID M. Pte.
  • CAMERON, BLAIR E. Pte.

(plaque 3)

  • DICKY, HORACE Capt.
  • CANNINT, LAWRENCE Pte.
  • CANNING, LEO. V. Pte.
  • CARTER, ALVA Pte.
  • CARTER, CLYDE Pte.
  • CASEY, LEON M. Pte.
  • CHAPMAN, FRED Sgt.
  • CHAPMAN, GEORGE Pte.
  • CHAPMAN, PERCY Pte.
  • CHAPMAN, ROLAND Pte.
  • CHAPMAN, WM. P. Pte.
  • CHAPPELL, FRANK F. Pte.
  • CURRY, LEON H. Capt.
  • CHOISNET, THOS. C. Pte.
  • CHRISTENSEN, ROB. Pte.
  • CLARKE, OWEN S. Pte.
  • COATES, ROBERT Pte.
  • COLBORNE, JAMES L. Pte.
  • COLBURN, RUSSELL Pte.
  • COLE, BLAIR G Pte.
  • COLEMAN, DAVID Pte.
  • COMO, JAMES Pte.
  • COOK, HERBERT Pte.
  • COOKE, ALBERT Pte.

(plaque 4)
ERECTED BY
SENATOR AND MRS. CURRY
IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON
CAPTAIN LEON HALL CURRY
AND HIS BROTHERS IN ARMS
FROM
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
TO THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT GERMAN WAR
1914 - 1918

(plaque 5)

  • CUTTEN, LESLIE R. Capt.
  • COPP, CURRIE Pte.
  • CRAIT, ALEX Pte.
  • CRAWSHAW, JOS. Pte.
  • CROOKS, JAS. R. Pte.
  • CUMMINGS, JOHN Pte.
  • CUVILIER, EDWARD L.Sgt.
  • DELVEAUX, ARSENE Pte.
  • DILL, W. H. Pte.
  • DONALDSON, ROB Pte.
  • DOWNEY, ARCHIE P. Pte.
  • DOYLE, HARRY W. Pte.
  • BENTLEY, FREEAND Lieut.
  • DUFFY, STEWART R. Pte.
  • DUNCAN, GEO. S. Pte.
  • DUPUY, HARRY L. Pte.
  • ELDERKIN, ST.CLAIR L.Cpl.
  • ELDERKIN, VERNON E. Pte.
  • FAGE, WILLIAM Sgt.
  • FAULDS, JAMES Sgt.
  • FERGUSON, FRED B. Sgt.
  • FISHER, RENTON Pte.
  • FORBES, CHAS. H. Pte.
  • FOREST, FRANK Pte.

(plaque 6)

  • MITCHELL, F. H. Capt.
  • FORSYTH, ERNEST Pte.
  • FOSTER, ALEX. Pte.
  • FOSTER, EARL B. Pte.
  • FOWLER, RALPH B. Pte.
  • FRASER, ALBERT W. Pte.
  • FRASER, JACK Pte.
  • FRASER, ROBERT Pte.
  • FREEMAN, CARL C. Pte.
  • FULLER, HARRY C. B. Cpl.
  • GARRISON, HORACE Pte.
  • GAYTON, EDMUND P. Pte.
  • DAVIS, HAROLD C. Fl.Lieut.
  • GIBBONS, ARTHUR B. L.Cpl.
  • GIBBONS, PETER Pte.
  • GILBERT, ALONZO C. Pte.
  • GILROY, LLOYD Pte.
  • GOLDRICK, ARTHUR Pte.
  • GOLDRICK, STANLEY Pte.
  • GOLDRICK, WALTER Pte.
  • GOODWIN, ALONZO Pte.
  • GORDON, GEORGE R. Pte.
  • GORDON, HOWARD C. Pte.
  • GORDON, JOHN Pte.

(plaque 7)

  • MORRIS, CORBETT Lieut.
  • GRAHAM, EVERETT Pte.
  • GRAY. WILLIAM Spr.
  • GREGORY, JACK Pte.
  • GREEN, ALFRED Pte.
  • GRIFFITHS, JOHN H. Pte.
  • GUTHRO, HERBERT Pte.
  • HANNAH, E. WYLIE Pte.
  • HARDY, A. Pte.
  • HARPER, WM. C. Gnr.
  • HATHERLY, J. S. Pte.
  • HATFIELD, SAMUEL Pte.
  • PARKS, HERBERT C. Lieut.
  • HEWSON, CHAS. C. Pte.
  • HICKEY, WALSH P. Pte.
  • HIGGS, LLOYD A. Pte.
  • HILL, ALRED Pte.
  • HOBEN WM. D. Pte.
  • HOEG, FRED Pte.
  • HOLLIS, CHAS. W. tpr.
  • HOOD, ERNEST Pte.
  • HOPE, WM. K. Pte.
  • HOWARD, ROY Pte.
  • HUGHES, LORNE A. L. Cpl.

[front bottom plaques/plaque inférieure avant]

(plaque 1)

  • PTE. ADAMS OWEN W.
  • PTE. ARSENAULT FRED
  • CAPT. BACON ROLAND
  • CAPT. BIRD STEPHEN S.
  • F/L. BOOMER CARL
  • F/L. BROWN WALLACE H.D.F.C.
  • F/O. BILLETT PERCY T.
  • SGT. BAKER GEORGE
  • SGT. BLACK DOUGLAS G.
  • BDR. BABINEAU WILLIAM J.
  • PTE. BABINEAU OLIVER J.
  • PTE. BOUDREAU RAOUL F.
  • A/B/ BRODIE CLARENCE
  • PTE. BROWN MARK S.
  • W.O.2. COATES EDDIE D.
  • W.O.2. CORMIER ERVAL
  • SGT. CORMIER GERALD
  • RFN. CORMIER LEO. A.
  • PTE. COOKE CLARENCE W.
  • F/L. DAVIS WILLIAM G.

(plaque 2)

  • P/O. DUNLOP DAWSON
  • SGMN. DAHR GEORGE E.
  • PTE. DELAHUNT JAMES
  • CAPT. EMBREE WM.H.M.D.
  • CPL. FRASER JOHN D.
  • L/C. FARROW DOUGLAS B.
  • GNR. FORREST LEONARD J.
  • MAJOR GRAY ERROL S.M.C.
  • PTE. GALLANT ARTHUR
  • PTE. GALLANT CAMMILLE
  • GNR. GALLANT GARNET J.
  • GNR. GOODWIN MEDLEY E.S.
  • PTE. GOTREAU PATRICK
  • S/L. HANWAY ALBERT
  • P/O. HAGEN HARRIS G.
  • F/L. HILLCOAT HORACE
  • F/O. HOGAN JOE D.
  • P/O. KENT GERRY
  • CAPT. LONGLEY GRAHAM
  • F/O. LOWTHER ROBERT

(plaque 3)
ON THIS MONUMENT
GRATEFUL CITIZENS
ARE PLEASED TO ADD
THE NAMES OF THE MEN
FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"

(plaque 4)

  • P/O. LOWTHER CREIGHTON
  • P/O. LISTER GERALD L.
  • W.O.2. LEGACY VALERIE D.
  • W.O.2. LOGAN CARSON
  • F/O. MACMANAMAN R. WILLIS
  • P/O. MACARTHUR G. REGINALD
  • P/O. MACDONALD COLING B.
  • W.O.2. MACLENNAN JOHN
  • T/SGT. MCCORMICK W. MONTAGUE
  • PTE. MCGILVRAY PHILLIP ROYAL
  • PTE. MCIVOR FREEMAN
  • PTE MCKENZIE LESTER B.
  • PTE. MCPHERSON RONALD E.
  • GNR. MCNEISH SAMUEL W.
  • LIEUT. MURPHY HAROLD E.
  • SGT. MILLS ROBERT W.
  • SGT. MORSE RAYMOND D.
  • TPR. MELANSON JUDE
  • PTE. MERRILL CARMEN L.
  • PTE. MORRE GORDON S.

(plaque 5)

  • SGT. NEAL DONAL A.
  • PTE. NICHOL WILLIAM
  • PTE. O'BRIEN THOMPSON
  • CAPT. PUTNAM CHARLES L.
  • CAPT. ROGERS N. MCLEOD
  • P/O. ROACH SHERMAN
  • L/C. RICHARD LEON J.
  • PTE. RUTLEDGE CHESTER R.
  • P/O. STACK DANIEL
  • F/L. TAYLOR LLOYD
  • LIEUT. TINGLEY RALPH H.
  • P/O. TUCKER KENNETH
  • SGT. TUTTLE RALPH B.
  • L/C. THORNTON ARNOLD E.
  • PTE. TOOKE A.M.
  • F/O. WHITE LESTER J.D.
  • W.O.2 WHITE ALLEN R.
  • SGT. WEBB IVAN LEROY
  • PTE. WELCH HOWARD K.

 [right side/côté droite]

(plaque 1)

  • LAWLOR, RAY H. Lieut.
  • JOHNSTON, DANIEL Pte.
  • JONES, DAVID Pte.
  • JONES, CLIFFORD H. Pte.
  • JONES, MURRAY Pte.
  • KERR, CHAS. R. Pte.
  • KING, FRED E. Pte.
  • KING, LLOYD N. L.Cpl.
  • KIRBY, GEO. B. Pte.
  • KIRWAN, M. W. Pte.
  • KUMREI, FRED Pte.
  • LAMB, JOSEPH Pte.
  • HENNESSY, HAROLD Lieut.
  • LANGILLE, DOUGLAS Pte.
  • LEIGHTON, THOMAS Cpl.
  • LESLIE, WALTER I. Pte.
  • LETCHER GRANVILLE Pte.
  • LETCHER, HARRY Pte.
  • LIGHT, RICHARD Pte.
  • LINDSEL, CHAS. Pte.
  • LIVINGSTON, GEO. T. Cpl.
  • LLOYD, JAMES Pte.
  • LOCKERBY, A. Mcl. Pte.
  • LOCKHART, HAROLD Pte.

[back/arrière]

(plaque 1)

  • DAVIS, HARRY Lieut.
  • LOGAN, CARSON E. Pte.
  • LOGUE, H.A.J. Pte.
  • LOWTHER, NELSON Pte.
  • LUNN, GLENDON S. Pte.
  • LYNCH, JOHN W. Pte.
  • McBURNEY, JAMES Pte.
  • McCALLUM, DAVID W. Pte.
  • McCALLUM, R.D. Pte.
  • McCANN, WESLEY Sgt.
  • McCLARY, JOHN C. Pte.
  • McCORMICK, GEORGE Pte.
  • CORMIER, ALFRED Lieut.
  • McDONALD, HENRY E. Pte.
  • McDONALD, ROBERT Pte.
  • McDONALD, SEWARD Pte.
  • McELMON, ARTHUR R. Pte.
  • McINNES, JACK Pte.
  • McINNES, JAMES A. Pte.
  • McKAY, ARCHIBALD Pte.
  • McKIM, INGLIS Pte.
  • McKIM, WILLIAM Pte.
  • McKINNON, W. C. Pte.
  • McLELLAN, ROY D. Pte.

(plaque 2)

  • CHURCHILL, CLAIR Lieut.
  • McLEOD, J Pte.
  • McPHEE, JAMES Pte.
  • McPHERSON, ALLEN Pte.
  • McPHERSON, MATTHEW Pte.
  • McPHERSON, PURDY Pte.
  • MacKAY, HARRY J. Pte.
  • MacKENZIE, JAMES Pte.
  • MacLELLAN, HARRY H. Gnr.
  • MacLEOD, COLIN Pte.
  • MacLEOD, CUTHBERT Pte.
  • MacNETT, CHAS. R. Pte.
  • CHRISTIE, NORMAN Lieut.
  • MacNUTT, ELMER Pte.
  • MacPHERSON, ANDREW Spr.
  • MacPHERSON, JOSEPH Pte.
  • MAHONEY, WILLIAM B. Sgt.
  • MASON, FRANK M. Pte.
  • MEADES, HENRY Pte.
  • MEAGHER, THOS. R. Pte.
  • MEEKINS, JAMES N. Pte.
  • MILLBURN, WM Pte.
  • MILLER, ARTHUR L.Cpl
  • MILLER, JOSEPH A. Pte.

(plaque 3)

  • FRASER, ALEX D. Lieut.
  • MILLS, CLARKE W. L.Cpl.
  • MILLS, OSCAR, W. Pte.
  • MILLS, SELDEN H.G. Pte.
  • MILLS, W. S. Pte.
  • MINAHAN, PARTICK M. Pte.
  • MOFFATT, FRANK R. Pte.
  • MOFFATT, GUY E. Pte.
  • MOORE, HUGHIE S. Pte.
  • MORRIS, CLIFFORD Pte.
  • MORWICK, ROY S. Pte.
  • MOSHER, C. R. Pte.
  • LANDELS, BERTRAM Lieut.
  • MOUNTAIN, NICKEL T. Pte.
  • MURPHY, HAROLD Pte.
  • NEAL, FRED J. Pte.
  • NEGUS, THOS Cpl.
  • NICHOLS, HUGH M. Pte.
  • NICHOLSON, STEPHEN Pte.
  • NOILES, WALTER, G. Pte.
  • O'BRIEN, HAROLD W. Pte.
  • OUDERKIRK, HENRY Pte.
  • OULTON, D. Pte.
  • PARSONS, JAMES L. Pte.

(plaque 4)
"To you from falling hands
we throw the Torch;
be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith
with us who die,
we shall not sleep,
though poppies grow
In Flaners fields"

(plaque 5)

  • WILLIGAR, LLOYD Cadt.
  • PAUL, HERBERT Pte.
  • PEARCE, CHAS. A. Pte.
  • PEARCE, NORMAN F. Pte.
  • PETTIGREW, ORAN Cpl.
  • PHILLIPS, CLIFFORD P. L. Cpl.
  • PORTER, ARTHUR T. Pte.
  • PORTER, WILLIAM Pte.
  • PRICE, BASIL Pte.
  • PRICE, JACK Pte.
  • PUDDINGTON, FRED Pte.
  • RESS, CLARENCE Pte.
  • FOLLETTE, MINNIE Nurse
  • REEVES, DANIEL G. Pte.
  • RICHARDS, CECIL Pte.
  • RILEY, PERCY C. Pte.
  • RIPLEY, MILLEDGE T. Pte.
  • RIPLEY, RAYMOND J. Pte.
  • RIPLEY, ROBERT Pte.
  • RIPLEY, STANLEY N. Pte.
  • RIPLEY, THOS. A. Pte.
  • BIPLEY, WM. H. Pte.
  • ROBERTS, BERT Pte.
  • ROBERTS, VERNON Pte.

(plaque 6)

  • SIDDLE, ERNEST Sgt.Maj.
  • ROBERTSON, WILFRED Pte.
  • RUSHTON, LEWELYN M. Pte.
  • RUSHTON, OSCAR E. Pte.
  • ST.PETERS, THOS. F. L.Cpl.
  • SCIDMORE, EDWIN S. Pte.
  • SCOTT, ALBERT Pte.
  • SHAND, CARROL S. Pte.
  • SHARPE, GEORGE A. Pte.
  • SHEPHERD, GEORGE Pte.
  • SHERWOOD, R. L. Pte.
  • SIMPSON, GEORGE H. Pte.
  • SLACK, CHESTER Cpl.
  • SLACK, HAROLD Pte.
  • SMITH, CECIL L. Pte.
  • SMITH, FRANK S. Pte.
  • SMITH, GARNET Pte.
  • SMITH, GEO. WM. Pte.
  • SMITH, HARRIS Pte.
  • SMITH, PERCY D. Pte.
  • SMITH, RALPH L. Pte.
  • SMITH, ROBERT H. Pte.
  • SNOWDEN, WILLIAM Pte.
  • SPICER, ANDREW Pte.

(plaque 7)

  • SPTERLING, ST. CLAIR Pte.
  • STEWART, ALLISON C. Pte.
  • STEWART, JAMES C. Pte.
  • STEWART, JOHN W. Pte.
  • STEWART, ROSS Pte.
  • STILES, BEDFORD A. Cpl.
  • STONEHOUSE, FRANK Pte.
  • STUART, STEPHEN R. Sgt.
  • SUMARA, ALBIAN Pte.
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KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES

PRIVATE BORDEN BRUCE BROWN
PRIVATE HAROLD CARLEN HARRISON
PRIVATE EMERSON EDWARD PATTERSON
PRIVATE RALPH ELVIN TURNBULL

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Town of Amherst
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Cumberland County Soldiers Memorial Monument
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left side
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Town of Amherst
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back
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The Cumberland County Soldiers Memorial Monument was erected by Senator Nathaniel Curry and Mary Hall Curry in memory of their son, Captain Leon Hall Curry, as well as the other Cumberland County war dead of the First World War. Curry was the first University of Acadia graduate to fall in the Great War.

Following the official presentation by Senator Curry, it was unveiled on July 2, 1921, at three o'clock Saturday afternoon by Colonel C.E. Bent, C.M.G., D.S.O. An impressive silence settled over Victoria Square as the loose folds of the Canadian flag, which shrouded the monument, were drawn slowly asunder disclosing the life like bronze statue of a Nova Scotia Highlander, representing Cumberland's contribution of men in the Great War. Designed by the famous Italian sculptor A. G. Ghiloni, who took as his basic idea, Colonel John MacRae's immortal poem "In Flanders Fields". 

The base of the gray native granite was cut and erected by the local firm of J.A. Tingley and Sons, and is surmounted by a heavy bronze tablet form that is surrounded with interwoven poppies and crosses, flanked at regular intervals with flaming torches. The bronze design extends around the whole monument, the tablets bearing the printed names and ranks of the 336 Cumberland men who gave their lives in the war. In the front, the metal work terminates in a large bronze plate topped by the Nova Scotia Coat of Arms. In the rear of the monument a similar plate contains the verse from "In Flanders Fields". The surmounting statue's face is a remarkable likeness of the late Captain Leon Curry. The figure is attired in the full dress uniform of the 85th Highlanders - highland kit and beret, standing in the natural posture of ease, with one arm leaning on a stout cane.

The cenotaph was later expanded to include the 79 names of the war dead from the Second World War. Amherst celebrated its centennial year in 1989 and a time capsule was sealed in the base of the memorial. In 1992, the statue was struck by a vehicle. In the course of repairing the memorial, additions were made to the time capsule and it was sealed again.

On November 4, 2020, the Korean War plaque made by Liberty Enterprises Ltd. of Brookdale was unveiled. It was placed on the west side of the cenotaph, the side facing the courthouse and the direction in which Canadian soldiers would have travelled in order to reach Korea. Hal Patterson, who spent 13 months fighting in Korea with the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, helped Amherst Mayor David Kogon unveil the plaque.

City
Amherst
Country
Type Description
Statue - bronze plaques, concrete wall
Memorial CF Legacy ID
395
City/Municipality
Port Hawkesbury
Memorial Number
12001-117
Type
Address
Corner of MacSween and Reeves Street
Location
Veterans Memorial Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6179134, 61.357937
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Victoria Edwards
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Maple leaf memorial by Timothy Schmalz
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The maple leaf shaped memorial was unveiled in the Veterans Memorial park on November 11 2014. The brass sculpture by Timothy R. schulz depicts 200 faces of people serving in the branches of the armed forces from the Boer war to the present day.

City
Port Hawkesbury
Country
Type Description
Statue
Memorial CF Legacy ID
9999
City/Municipality
Port Morien
Memorial Number
12001-116
Type
Address
2832 NS-255
Location
Royal Canadian Legion - Branch No. 55
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.1294921, -59.8762068
Inscription

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ERECTED BY
BRANCH 55
ROYAL CANADIAN
LEGION
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
KOREA
1950 - 1953
"LEST WE FORGET"

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Victoria Edwards
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Cairn
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Honour Roll
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This memorial was unveiled June 10, 1990 by the members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 55 and is dedicated to those who served in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. "The Legion cenotaph was constructed in the 1990's from beach rocks from the Catalone Beach. Although beach rocks, (or ships' ballast) were available in Port Morien, it was illegal to remove them, however, a few were taken from the Port Morien shore. Ron MacDonald, William MacKenzie (using his truck), Neil (Buddy) Nicholson, Gordie Butts, Joseph Thomas and Carl Kim from Tower Road, worked on the monument laying out the stones. Buddy was a stone mason and bricklayer. The stone heart inserted above the plaque was found on the Catalone Beach and is located in the cenotaph to this day."

City
Port Morien
Country
Type Description
Cairn - beach stone, ships' ballast rocks and masonry cement
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7845
City/Municipality
Sydney
Memorial Number
12001-115
Type
Address
Off Esplanade
Location
Sydney Harbour Board Walk
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.1423047, -60.1983022
Inscription

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This panel explains the contributions Sydney Harbour made in the Second World War.

City
Sydney
Country
Type Description
Interpretative panel
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7294
City/Municipality
Glace Bay
Memorial Number
12001-114
Type
Address
11 Second Street
Location
John Bernard Croak V.C. Memorial School
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.2113962, -59.9629479
Inscription

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JOHN BERNARD CROAK V.C.
MEMORIAL SCHOOL

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Marilyn Gurney
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front of school
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This school was dedicated to John Bernard Croak V.C. by the Royal Canadian Legion and the Town of Glace Bay on September 1, 1976. A bust of John Bernard Croak is located inside the school.

John Croak was born in Little Bay, Newfoundland, on May 18, 1892 to James and Cecelia Croak. When he was four years old, they moved to New Aberdeen, now part of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He left school at 14 to work in the coal mine at the Dominion No. 2 Colliery.

In early 1914, Croak did some trapping in Western Canada. On his way back to Cape Breton for a visit, he enrolled in the 55th (New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force at Camp Sussex, New Brunswick. A few days later, Croak joined the battalion at Camp Valcartier, Quebec, where he completed basic training.

John Croak departed from Montreal with his unit on the SS Corsican on October 30, 1915 ,and arrived in Britain on November 9.  He arrived at the Canadian Base Depot in France on April 16, where he trained for the rigours of trench warfare. On June 12, he joined the Black Watch at the front. He fought at the Somme, Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.

The Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously to John Croak for his heroism at Hangard Wood.

There is also a park and a Royal Canadian Legion branch (since closed) named in his honor.

City
Glace Bay
Country
Type Description
School
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7115