The Memorial Banquet Hall was dedicated to Masonic fallen from the First World War.
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The Memorial Banquet Hall was dedicated to Masonic fallen from the First World War.
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE. GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN.
1914 YPRES FESTUBERT THE SOMME VIMY HILL 70 1918
PASSCHENDAELE AMIENS CAMBRAI DROCOURT-QUEANT MONS
This Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablet was first dedicated in the New York City office on April 28, 1922. It was relocated to Exporail where there are now two Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablets - the one that was originally at Viger Station, Montreal, Quebec and this one.
To honour those who served and gave their lives during the Great War, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) erected a series of bronze memorial tablets in over twenty select locations along their railway system and offices in Canada, United States, England and China. The tablet depicts Britannia, the national personification of Britain, as a helmeted female warrior with a lion to her right and a shield at her feet, HMS Lion (Admiral Beatty's flagship during the Battle of Jutland) with airplanes above and a tank in front, Canadian Pacific Steamship RMS Empress of Russia (used during the war as an armed merchant cruiser and transport ship), Canadian troops, and a CPR locomotive in a nod to all those who travelled by train across Canada before heading overseas. The plaque was designed by Archibald Pearce, Chief Engineer's Department, Montreal, with its model and casting by the Bromsgrove Guild at Worcester, England.
| Original location | Current location |
| CPR Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | McAdam Railway Museum, McAdam, New Brunswick |
| Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec | Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec |
| Viger Station, Montreal, Quebec | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec | Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec |
| Angus Shops, Montreal, Quebec | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| North Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | Union Station, Toronto, Ontario |
| West Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | unknown |
| North Bay Station, North Bay, Ontario | North Bay Memorial Park, North Bay, Ontario |
| Fort William Union Station, Fort William, Ontario | Thunder Bay Station, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Saskatoon Station, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Thomas Cook Restaurant, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Old Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Regina Station, Regina, Saskatchewan | Casino Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Calgary Station, Calgary, Alberta | CPKC Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta |
| Calgary Natural Resources Building, Calgary, Alberta | The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta |
| Edmonton Station, Edmonton Alberta | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| Nelson Station, Nelson, British Columbia | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, Nelson, British Columbia |
| Vancouver Station, Vancouver, British Columbia | unknown |
| Steamship Office, Victoria, British Columbia | Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia |
| CPR Office, New York, New York, United States | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| CPR Office, Liverpool, England | Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England |
| CPR Building, Charing Cross, London, England | unknown |
| CPR Office, Hong Kong, China | Believed destroyed during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War. |
All tablets were unveiled simultaneously on the same date along with three identical Winged Victory memorials in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE. GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN.
1914 YPRES FESTUBERT THE SOMME VIMY HILL 70 1918
PASSCHENDAELE AMIENS CAMBRAI DROCOURT-QUEANT MONS
This Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablet was first dedicated in Viger Station on April 28, 1922. It was relocated to Exporail where there are now two Canadian Pacific Railway Great War Tablets - the one that was originally at the New York City office and this one.
To honour those who served and gave their lives during the Great War, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) erected a series of bronze memorial tablets in over twenty select locations along their railway system and offices in Canada, United States, England and China. The tablet depicts Britannia, the national personification of Britain, as a helmeted female warrior with a lion to her right and a shield at her feet, HMS Lion (Admiral Beatty's flagship during the Battle of Jutland) with airplanes above and a tank in front, Canadian Pacific Steamship RMS Empress of Russia (used during the war as an armed merchant cruiser and transport ship), Canadian troops, and a CPR locomotive in a nod to all those who travelled by train across Canada before heading overseas. The plaque was designed by Archibald Pearce, Chief Engineer's Department, Montreal, with its model and casting by the Bromsgrove Guild at Worcester, England.
| Original location | Current location |
| CPR Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | McAdam Railway Museum, McAdam, New Brunswick |
| Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec | Du Palais CPR Station, Quebec City, Quebec |
| Viger Station, Montreal, Quebec | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec | Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec |
| Angus Shops, Montreal, Quebec | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| North Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | Union Station, Toronto, Ontario |
| West Toronto Station, Toronto, Ontario | unknown |
| North Bay Station, North Bay, Ontario | North Bay Memorial Park, North Bay, Ontario |
| Fort William Union Station, Fort William, Ontario | Thunder Bay Station, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba | Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Saskatoon Station, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Thomas Cook Restaurant, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Old Moose Jaw Station, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Regina Station, Regina, Saskatchewan | Casino Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| Calgary Station, Calgary, Alberta | CPKC Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta |
| Calgary Natural Resources Building, Calgary, Alberta | The Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta |
| Edmonton Station, Edmonton Alberta | CPKC Archives, Calgary, Alberta (in storage) |
| Nelson Station, Nelson, British Columbia | Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, Nelson, British Columbia |
| Vancouver Station, Vancouver, British Columbia | unknown |
| Steamship Office, Victoria, British Columbia | Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia |
| CPR Office, New York, New York, United States | Exporail, Montreal, Quebec |
| CPR Office, Liverpool, England | Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England |
| CPR Building, Charing Cross, London, England | unknown |
| CPR Office, Hong Kong, China | Believed destroyed during the Japanese occupation in the Second World War. |
All tablets were unveiled simultaneously on the same date along with three identical Winged Victory memorials in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
IN MEMORIAM
1914-1919
YPRES
ST.JULIEN
SANCTUARY WOOD
LA SOMME
VIMY
DEDICATED BY
THE MONTREAL EMPLOYEES
OF THE
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
IN HONOUR OF
THEIR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF
THE TWO HUNDRED WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
COURCELETTE
ARRAS
AMIENS
PASSCHENDAELE
BOURLONWOOD
IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHERE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW.
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW
WE ARE THE DEAD. SHORT DAYS AGO
WE LIVED. FELT DAWN. SAW SUNSET GLOW.
LOVED AND WERE LOVED AND NOW WE LIE.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE;
TO YOU FORM FAILING 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 FLANDERS FIELDS.
This plaque was dedicated by Montreal employees of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the First World War and the 200 who served.
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
C.G.A. MCGILL SEIGE ARTILLERY CANADIAN SIEGE BATTERY
LIONEL OLIVER MERVYN JONES WILLIAM MACRAE GUY AMBROSE HUGH MACDONALD HAROLD SUTTIE ERIC FRASER MORREY CROSS
EDWARD BECKWITH REGINALD FRASER RALPH WILLOUGHBY GRAEME ANDERSON WAYLAND MCRITCHIE WILLIAM HAMILTON DUNCAN CHISHOLM
Located in front McGill University's Sir Arthur Currie Gymnasium, the base of this memorial flagpole names 16 members of the 10th Canadian Siege Battery killed during the First World War. The unit was organized in 1917, composed almost entirely of men from McGill.
The memorial flagpole was dedicated in October 1921 by Governor General Baron Byng.
This commemorative plaque was inaugurated in 2021 in honor of Captain Fadi Mansour, CD member of 34 Combat Engineer Regiment who passed away in 2016 as a result of military service. The plaque was manufactured in 2020 by Master corporal Bégin.
NOS SOLDATS QUI ONT PÉRI PENDANT
LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE
OUR MEN WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II
1939 1945
Following the Second World War, the names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice were listed on a tablet on the east wall.
NOS SOLDATS QUI ONT PÉRI
PENDANT LA GRANDE GUERRE
OUR MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
A tablet was created on the east wall of the atrium bearing the names of Bank Officers killed in the First World War.
The Rededication of the War Memorial Stained Glass Window was held at Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre on Sunday, June 5, 2005. The Special Memorial Event commemorated the 60th Anniversary of V.E. Day. The Stained glass windows are in honour of Jewish Canadians who served to uphold and defend Canada’s principles. Officially renamed the Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre in 2000, in tribute to the fitness guru's financial support, the YMCA/YWCA remains a popular centre for sports.
THIS COLUMN MARKS THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE 18,000 CANADIANS ON THE BRITISH LEFT WITHSTOOD THE FIRST GERMAN GAS ATTACKS THE 22ND-24TH OF APRIL 1915. 2,000 FELL AND HERE LIE BURIED
In 2007 an indoor replica of the Brooding soldier monument was built
in order to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
It was planned, paid for and built by Mr. Speranza
Students and teachers aided in the process.
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