Nova Scotia

Province Code
NS
City/Municipality
Sydney
Memorial Number
12001-080
Type
Address
101 Dorchester Street
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.1415286, -60.1939413
Inscription

[front of cross/devant de la croix]
ERECTED BY THE CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH NO. 12 SYDNEY
IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR COMRADES
WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE.

1914 - 1918

[rear of cross/arrière de la croix]
1899 - 1902

[plaque/plaque]
VICTORIA PARK ARMOURIES
Home of the Sydney Garrison since 1785

LE MANÈGE MILITAIRE VICTORIA PARK
Foyer de la Garnison Sydney depuis 1785

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Marilyn Gurney
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cross
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those who died in the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 12 in Sydney.

City
Sydney
Country
Type Description
Cross and plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6383
City/Municipality
Sydney
Memorial Number
12001-079
Type
Address
380 Esplanade
Location
Sydney Harbour Board Walk
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.13673, -60.19631
Inscription

1945 1995
50TH
ANNIVERSARY
VE DAY
MAY 8, 1945

A JOINT PARTNERSHIP BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGIONS OF CAPE BRETON
AND THE CAPE BRETON POST NEWSPAPER
WORKING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE.

ALSO MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
GENEROSITY OF ALL CAPE BRETONERS
WHO DONATED TO THE
VE DAY TRUST FUND.

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Marilyn Gurney
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Body Content

This memorial commemorates the 50th Anniversary of V-E Day. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legions of Cape Breton, the Cape Breton Post newspaper and by donations made by Cape Bretoners.

City
Sydney
Country
Type Description
Plaque on shaft
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6382
City/Municipality
Sydney
Memorial Number
12001-078
Type
Address
Off Esplanade
Location
Sydney Harbour Board Walk
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.13673, -60.19631
Inscription

CANADA

COMMONWEALTH

KOREA 1950 - 1953

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES

SF90206 PTE. CHIASSON,MICHAEL 3RCR MAY 3,1953 NEW WATERFORD
SF6362 PTE. CHRISTOFF,JAMES J. 3RCR MAY 3,1953 GLACE BAY
SF2170 PTE. DAWSON,WILLIAM 1RCR OCT.23,1952 RESERVE MIINES
F800684 PTE. DUNPHY,MICHAEL, A. 2PPCLI JULY 11,1951 NORTH SYDNEY
D801006 CPL. MACASKILL,EARL 2PPCLI APR. 3,1951 SYDNEY
SF21836 PTE. MACPHEE,STEPHEN H. 2RCR MAR. 24,1952 PORT MORIEN
SF88249 PTE. MORRISON,WILLIAM E. RCASC APR. 24,1953 GLACE BAY
SB10793 PTE. MORRISON,CHARLES J. 1RCR OCT. 23,1952 GLACE BAY
SF14075 PTE. POWER,EDWARD J. 3PPCLI DEC. 24,1952 NORTH SYDNEY
SB12728 PTE. MCINNIS,ANGUS W. 1RCR OCT. 23,1952 GLACE BAY
A800178 PTE. BUCHANAN,EVERETT, C.2PPCLI JUNE 30,1951 NORTH SYDNEY
TF74509 LIEUT. LEVISON,JOSEPH, Y. 2PPLCI MAY 26,1951 SYDNEY

DEDICATED BY
[The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]
BRANCH - KOREA VETERANS ASSOCIATION - CAPE BRETON

LEST WE FORGET

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surroundings
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those from Cape Breton who died in the Korean Conflict. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Cape Breton.

City
Sydney
Country
Type Description
Stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6381
City/Municipality
Morien
Memorial Number
12001-077
Type
Address
2832 NS-255
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 55
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.12945, -59.87685
Inscription

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
MORIEN COMMUNITY
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICES
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

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Marilyn Gurney
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Honour Roll
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those from the Morien Community who died in the Second World War.

City
Morien
Country
Type Description
Honour Roll
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6380
City/Municipality
Donkin
Memorial Number
12001-075
Type
Address
11 Second St
Location
Yard beside Royal Canadian Legion
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.1855301, -59.8710808
Inscription

[front/devant]
ERECTED TO THE HEROES
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR.
1914 - 1918.

ENOCK EDDY.
NORMAN D. WIGHT.
RICHARD CLARKE.
WELDON YOUNG.
JAMES DUNN.
JOSEPH REID.
WILLIAM SLADE.
ANGUS M. MACLEOD

[side/côté]
NEIL MCVICAR.
ARTHUR M. HOWIE.
BENJAMIN HITCHEN.
ARCHIE MCDONALD.
HAROLD P. MOBLEY.
SAMUEL D. BOUTILER.
WILLIAM KENNEDY.
JOHN J. CARTER.
NURSING SISTER
MARGARET C. MCLEOD.
JOHN T. WILSON

[rear/arrière]
ERECTED TO THE HEROES
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR TWO
1939 - 1945

WILLIAM H. GREEN
SAMMIE COLTON
DONALD J. MCLEAN
GEORGE R. MCDONALD
MURRAY P. HOWIE
WILFRED THORNTON
E. WILLIAM SNOW
FRASER MACGREGOR




[side/côté]
JOHN BAXTER
D. EDGAR MILLS
S.V. BRAITHWAITE

KOREA
1950 - 1953

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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to those who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Donkin
Country
Type Description
Obelisk
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6378
City/Municipality
Reserve Mines
Memorial Number
12001-074
Type
Address
65 Main Street
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 2
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.182594, -60.019916
Inscription

[stele/stèle]
OUR
HEROIC
DEAD

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE VETERANS OF RESERVE MINES
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WARS I, II
AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT 1950 - 53
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

[Tapestry/tapisserie]
Dr. Cecil John Sparrow
Memorial Branch No. 2
Reserve Mines, N.S.

World War I
August 4th 1914
November 11th 1918

World War II
September 3rd 1939
May 8th 1945

Korean War
June 25th 1950
July 27th 1953

Lord God of Hosts,
Be With Us Yet,
Lest We Forget,
Lest We Forget.

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Body Content

These memorials are dedicated to the veterans of Reserve Mines who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean Conflict.

City
Reserve Mines
Country
Type Description
Tapestry and stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6377
City/Municipality
Reserve Mines
Memorial Number
12001-073
Type
Address
26 Main Street
Location
St. Joseph's Parish Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.181033, -60.019224
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]
In Memory of
Reserve Mines Area
Servicemen
Killed In Action

They shall not grow 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.

World War I
[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

World War II
[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

Korea
[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

Merchant Navy
[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

[sign/panneau]
St. Joseph's
PARISH

Est. 1895
MASS:
SAT. 4 P.M.
SUN. 10 A.M.

DONATED BY: C.W.L. 1995

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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the men of Reserve Mines Area who were killed in the First and Second World Wars and the Korea War as well as the Merchant Navy.

City
Reserve Mines
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6376
City/Municipality
Glace Bay
Memorial Number
12001-071
Type
Address
252 West Ave
Location
St. John the Baptist Parish Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.2167979, -59.9677915
Inscription

TO THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
NAMED BELOW WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR THIS ALTER IS
ERECTED BY THEIR SURVIVING
COMRADES. R.I.P.

PTE J.B. CROAK V.C.
E.P. MAHONEY M.M.
SGT J.C. PETRIE
DVR W. ROGERS
ONR J.J. MACNEIL
PTE J. ARSENAULT
" J. ASHWORTH
" ALEX BERENS
" P. FARRELL
" F. GABRIEL
" J. GARDINER
" P. GILLIS
" D. GROVES
" J.R. SLOAN
" C. ST. JOHN
" D. TRACEY
" T. J. MATHESON
" A. MUNROE
" J. MURPHY
" H. MURPHY
" A. MACDONALD
" A.L. MACDONALD
" H. MACDOUGALL
" E. MACLEAN

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This memorial is dedicated to the men of St. John the Baptist Parish who died in the First World War. It was erected by their comrades.

City
Glace Bay
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6374
City/Municipality
Glace Bay
Memorial Number
12001-070
Type
Address
10 Second Street
Location
John Bernard Croak V.C. Memorial School
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.2112229, -59.9632748
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN BERNARD CROAK V.C.
13TH BATTALION QUEBEC REGIMENT
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE WITH VALOR
DURING THE ATTACK ON AMIENS
AUGUST 8, 1918 AND WAS AWARDED
THE VICTORIA CROSS
BY
KING GEORGE V
DEDICATED BY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
AND
THE TOWN OF GLACE BAY

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Marilyn Gurney
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plaque
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Marilyn Gurney
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bust
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Marilyn Gurney
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plaque and bust
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Body Content

The John Bernard Croak V.C. Bust was dedicated by the Royal Canadian Legion and the Town of Glace Bay. It is located inside the John Bernard Croak V.C. Memorial School.

City
Glace Bay
Country
Type Description
Bust
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6490
City/Municipality
Glace Bay
Memorial Number
12001-068
Type
Address
5 Emery Street
Location
Royal Canadian Legion Passchendaele Branch 40
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.1792096, -59.9696444
Inscription

1914 - 1918
OUR
HEROIC
DEAD
1939 - 1945
WORLD WARS I - II

DEDICATED
TO THE
HONOR AND SACRIFICE
OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF
PASSCHENDAELE,
WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN TWO WORLD WARS
ALSO IN THE
KOREAN CONFLICT.

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Marilyn Gurney
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inscription
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Royal Canadian Legion Passchendale Branch 40 sign
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Passchendaele Branch who died during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean Conflict.

City
Glace Bay
Country
Type Description
Shafts and stele
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6488