Québec

Province Code
PQ
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-009
Type
Address
Dirigeables Street
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.52643, -73.42929
Inscription

[park sign/enseigne du parc]

Parc
du Soldat-
Simon-
Longtin

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Michel Landry
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Private Simon-Longtin Park sign
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Private Simon-Longtin Park
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On August 27, 2013, Longueuil city council adopted a resolution to name the park located on Dirigeables Street in honour of Private Simon Longtin, a member of the 3rd battalion of the Royal 22e Régiment, who died in Afghanistan on August 19, 2007.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Park
Photo Credit
Michel Landry
Memorial CF Legacy ID
11213
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-008
Type
Address
Lavallee and Frontenac Streets
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5327071, -73.4800417
Inscription

[park sign/enseigne du parc]
Parc
Léo-Major

 

[educational plaque/plaque didactique]

LEO MAJOR (1921 - 2008)

Résilience et héroïsme
Enfant d'und famille canadienne-francaise modeste des quartiers populaires de Montréal, Léo Major quitte le nid familial à 14 ans durant la Grande Dépression et vit de petits métiers jusqu'à l'éclatement de lat Second Guerre mondiale. Malgré sa faible constitution, il s'enrôle comme militaire le 28 juin 1940, s'entraînant au camp militaire de Montréal-Sud avant de rejoindre le Royal 22e régiment où il intègre volontairement le Régiment de la Chaudière sur le point de partir en Europe.

Arrivé en Angleterre, il devient tireur d'élite et singaleur. Il participe au débarquement de Normandie du 6 juin 1944, se distinguant par la destruction d'un bunker et la capture de prisonniers. Malgré la perte d'un œil causée par une explosion quelques jours plus tard et une fracture du dos en février 1945, il s'oppose constamment à son rapatriement.

Après un nouvel entrainement à Ville Jacques-Cartier, la guerre de Corée (1950-1953) ser également pour lui un théâtre d'eploits remarquables. En novembre 1951, assisté d'une escouade de 18 hommes qu'il a minutieusement choisis, il résiste à un siège de trois jours et libère la colline 355 détenue par l'armée chinoise depuis plusieurs semaines.

Léo Major est mort le 12 october 2008 à Longueuil, une des rares villes du Québec à lui rendre hommage. Le sens de l'éthique, l'engagemetn et la persévérance de ce soldat d'exception lui on mérité les plus grans honneurs britanniques soit la Distinguished Conduct Medael et ce, à deux reprises.

La contribution du Canada lors de la
Seconde Guerre mondiale
Lorsque le Canada entre en guerre contre l'Allemagne, le 10 septembre 1939, l'armée permanente canadienne ne compte environ que 4 500 hommes, Dès les premières semaines, ce sont près de 58 000 hommes et femmes qui s'engagent volontairement. Le Royaume-Unit choisit le Canada comme principal lieu d'entraînement aérien où sont formés plus de 167 000 membres des forces aériennes du Commonwealth britannique, dont 50 000 pilotes provenant de 14 pays différents, entre 1940 et 1945.

Ses exploits militaires les plus marquants se dérouleront aux Pays-Bas, entre autres, à la bataille de l'Escaut où il capture 93 soldats allemands à lui seul au course de la nuit du 30 au 31 octobre 1944. L'année suivante, il se démarque comme l'acteur principal de la libération de la ville de Zwolle, le 13 avril 1945.

Les troupes canadiennes se battront contre l'Axe sur plusieurs fronts : dans le Pacifque, en Afrique du Nord et en Europe, notamment en 1942 lors du désastreux débarquement de Dieppe, en 43 lors de la campagne d'Italie puis, en 1944, au débarquement de Normandie avec la mobilisation de la 3e Division d'infanterie canadienne.

Longueuil salue le courage, se souvient et rend hommage aux militaires canadiens et longueuillois décédés lors des deux guerres mondiales du 20e siècle, à la fois par le mnoument du sculpteur Émile Brunet au parc Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Vieux-Longueuil et ici, à la Place du Souvenir, par le monument de Dieppe et le cénotaphe aux soldats canadiens décédés. 

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Formerly Souvenir Park, this park has been known as Léo-Major Park since 2018. An educational plaque with Private Leo Major's biography and Canada's contribution during the Second World War is located in the park.

At 19, Leo Major enlisted in the Canadian Army and went overseas in 1941 as a member of the Régiment de la Chaudière. Partially blinded by a grenade during the D-Day landings in 1944, he refused to be sent home – arguing that a sniper needed only one eye to sight his rifle. His new nickname – “the one-eyed ghost” – suited him.

On 13 April 1945, Major and his friend Corporal Welly Arsenault volunteered for a night patrol of German-occupied Zwolle, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Arsenault was killed early in the mission. Major, enraged at the loss, took up his comrade’s weapon and charged the town alone. To make the occupying German soldiers believe they were under full attack, Major fired his machine gun through the streets, tossed grenades, and set fire to the local Gestapo headquarters. With the help of local resistance fighters, he took dozens of German prisoners, while the rest fled. For his bravery in liberating Zwolle, Major received the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

A pipefitter in peacetime, he returned to the battlefield in 1950 as a volunteer in the Korean War. A member of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, he received a second Distinguished Conduct Medal when his scout platoon recaptured a key position and repulsed four separate attacks.

Major died on 12 October 2008, in Candiac, Quebec, and was buried at the Last Post Fund National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire. Zwolle named a street after him, made him an honorary citizen and holds an annual ceremony to remember his heroism.

On 29 April 2020, Canada Post Corporation issued a stamp in Léo Major's honour, to mark the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, 1945.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Park
Photo Credit
Michel Landry
Memorial CF Legacy ID
11212
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-007
Type
Address
145 Frontenac Street
Location
Léo-Major Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5313822, -73.4805429
Inscription

[front/devant]

À LA MÉMOIRE DES HÉROS DES FORCES CANADIENNES QUI ONT PARTICIPÉ AU RAID SUR DIEPPE LE 19 AOÛT 1942.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE HEROES OF THE CANADIAN FORCES WHO TOOK PART IN THE DIEPPE RAID OF THE 19TH OF AUGUST 1942.

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Michel Landry
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Obelisk
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Michel Landry
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Obelisk
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Michel Landry
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Michel Landry
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the members of the armed forces who participated in the raid of Dieppe, 1942. 

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Obelisk
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7077
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-006
Type
Address
132 de Chambly Road
Location
Located inside the Cocathedral Saint Anthony of Padua Museum
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5401746, -73.5078071
Inscription

CALVAIRE NORMAND XVE SIECLE
OFFERT A NOTRE MUNICIPALITÉ
PAR LA COMMUNE DE LONGUEIL, FRANCE,
OCTOBRE 1971

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Jacinthe Choinière
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Body Content

This cross was given to the community of Longueuil, Quebec by the community of Longeuil, France and erected in October 1971.

The cross is now located in the Cocathedral Saint Anthony of Padua Museum. 

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Cross and a plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5952
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-005
Type
Address
55 Sainte Élizabeth Street
Location
Outside of the Cocathedral Saint Anthony of Padua
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5406239, -73.5078544
Inscription

DES FOUILLES ARCHÉOLOGIQUES EXÉCUTÉES
EN 1971 ET 1973 ONT PERMIS DE RETROUVER LES
RUINES DU CHATEAU FORT DE LONGUEUIL, CONS-
TRUIT A LA FIN DU XVII SIEGLE PAR CHARLES
LEMOYNE, PREMIER BARON DE LONGUEUIL.

LE CHATEAU OCCUPÉ PAR LES TROUPES
AMÉRICAINES EN 1775, FUT PARTIELLEMENT
DÉTRUIT PAR UN INCENDIE EN 1792. LA PIERRE
RÉCUPÉRÉE DES RUINES SERVIT A L’ÉRECTION DE
LA DEUXIEME ÉGLISE DE LONGUEUIL (1811-1884).

L’ÉGLISE ACTUELLE, INAUGURÉE EN 1887,
S’ÉLEVE EN PARTIE SUR L’EMPLACEMENT DU
CHATEAU GES PIERRES, PROVEVANT DES VESTIGES
SOUTERRAINS MARQUENT L’ENDROIT APPROXI-
MATIF DE LA TOUR EST.

MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES, 1977

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Jacinthe Choinière
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plaque
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Body Content

This memorial commemorates the "Chateau Fort de Longueuil" and its history. The memorial was erected in 1977.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Memorial
Memorial CF Legacy ID
5951
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-004
Type
Address
291 Saint-Charles Street West
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5372908, -73.5105967
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

MONTREAL SOUTH ROLL OF HONOUR
TO COMMEMORATE THOSE MEN WHO GALLANTLY SERVED DURING THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
E. ALLAN
J. ALLARD
Wm. ANDERS
P.G. ANDERSON
WALTER BATE C.G.
J. BISSETT
WALTER J. BOYD
PERCY BRADLEY
A. BRUNETT, M.M.
EDWARD J. CARTER
Wm. J. CARTER
JOHN P. CHAMBERS
JOS. T. CHAMBERS
ALBERT CHEVALIER
E. de BANKS
H. St. J. de PERRY
A. DREYER
CAMPBELL DUNCAN
J.H. EDWARDS
H.P. GLENNIE
Wm. GUNSON
R.G. HEAVYSEGE
A. HINESON
GEO. CHRIS. HOPE
P. HURLIN
AVILA JOLY
ÉDOUARD JOLY
ALF. E. JONES
GEO. A. JONES
+H.J. JONES
L.E. KILGALLEN
HUGH A. KING
+Wm. H. KING
Wm. KYTE
A. MADDEN
A. MARIN
ALEX. J. McKAY
PERCY W. McKAY
J. MICHAUD, M.M.
C. MINDERMAN
+F.E. MITCHELL
Wm. J. MORGAN
HAROLD OAKLEY
J. EDGAR OAKLEY
L.J. PERREAULT
BEN. PIPE
F.W. PORTWINE
JAS. B. RUTLEDGE
Wm. J. RUTLEDGE
ALFRED SLATER
ERNEST B. SLATER
+HERBERT SLATER
HOWARD L. SMYTH
LORNE E. SMYTH
ARTHUR TODD
E. TROUILLARD
Wm. WALLACE
W.J.WHITE
CHARLES WILSON
GORDON WILSON
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE MONTREAL SOUTH SOCIAL CLUB 1920
+ KILLED IN ACTION

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Michel Litalien
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plaque (front)
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This plaque, erected in 1920 by the Montreal South Social Club, is dedicated to the citizens of South-Montréal who fought during the First World War. The city of South-Montréal was annexed to Longueuil in 1961.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4186
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-003
Type
Address
55 Sainte Élizabeth Street
Location
On the facade of the Cocathedral Saint Anthony of Padua
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5405491, -73.5082723
Inscription

[plaque/plaque]

FORT DE LONGUEUIL

CETTE ÉGLISE EST SUR LE SITE DU FORT CONSTRUIT EN PIERRE EN 1685-1690 PAR CHARLES LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL II, POUR SE PROTÉGER CONTRE LES IROQUOIS: IL MESURAIT 210-170 PIEDS AVEC QUATRE TOURS ET UN CORPS DE GARDE. OCCUPÉ PAR LES ENVAHISSEURS AMÉRICAINS EN 1775, IL FUT DÉMOLI EN 1810.

SITE OF A FORT STRONGLY BUILT IN STONE, 1685-1690, BY CHARLES LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL II. MEASURING 210-170 FEET, WITH FOUR TOWERS AND A GUARD HOUSE, AS AN OUTPOST AGAINST THE IROQUOIS. GARRISONED BY THE INVADERS, 1775. DEMOLISHED IN 1810.

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This plaque, set on the Church of Saint-Antoine de Longueuil by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1925, commemorates Fort Longueuil which was built on this site in 1685-1690 by Charles Lemoyne de Longueuil as an outpost against the Iroquois. Occupied by the Americans in 1775, it was demolished in 1810.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Metal plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3962
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-002
Type
Address
145 Frontenac Street
Location
Léo-Major Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5324026, -73.480443
Inscription

[shaft/socle]

MARINE ARMÉE AVIATION
1966
CITÉ DE JACQUES CARTIER
À LA MÉMOIRE DE SES CHERS FILS ARTISANS DE LA VICTOIRE
LA CITÉ DE JACQUES-CARTIER RECONNAISSANTE
CITY OF JACQUES CARTIER
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF JACQUES CARTIER WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
CEUX QUI PIEUSEMENT SONT MORTS POUR LA PATRIE
GUERRE WARS
1914-1918 - 1939-1945

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This monument, erected by the town of Jacques-Cartier in 1966, is dedicated to the local citizens who died during the two Great World Wars. The town of Jacques-Cartier was annexed to Longueuil in 1974.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Bronze statue on a granite shaft; artillery gun
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4187
City/Municipality
Longueuil
Memorial Number
24039-001
Type
Address
111 Saint-Jean Street
Location
In front of the Fire Department of Longueuil
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5372632, -73.5106219
Inscription

[west side/côté ouest]

LONGUEUIL
RECONNAISSANTE
À CEUX QUI ONT SERVI ET A CEUX QUI SONT TOMBÉS AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR

GRATEFUL
TO THOSE WHO SERVED AND TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

1914-1919

[east side/côté est]

YPRES, ST-JULIEN, BOIS DU SANCTUAIRE, LA SOMME, COURCELETTE, VIMY, PASSCHENDAELE, ARRAS, AMIENS, BOIS DE BOURLON

[south side/côté sud]

1914-1918

DÉDIÉ PAR LA CITÉ DE - LONGUEUIL - DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF

LONGUEUIL

À LA MÉMOIRE DE SES GLORIEUX FILS

TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR GALLANT SONS

CARMICHAEL, KENNETH
COOPER, FRANK
COPE, A.J.
COPE, FRED J.
CROSS, A.M.
DERYNCK, HENRY M.
DUQUETTE, VICTOR
HILL, R.C.
KENNEDY, L.E.
KNOWLES, ALFRED
LAROCQUE, ALEX
MCCALLUM, WILLIAM
MONGEAU, CLINDON
MONGEAU, EARL
MORTON, R.
PATTERSON, A.J.
PATTERSON, E.A.
PORTEOUS GEO.
WEST, BURTON M.
WEST, GORDON L.
WEST, HUBERT
WEST, WALTER M.

[north side/côté nord]

1939-1945

DÉDIÉ PAR LA CITÉ DE - LONGUEUIL - DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF

A LA MÉMOIRE DE SES GLORIEUX FILS

TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR GALLANT SONS

BEATON, IAN
BÉLANGER, JEAN PAUL
BRAIS, JOSEPH C.P.
BROOKS, HARRY
DERBYSHIRE, JOHN
GALARNEAU, ROLAND
ISHERWOOD, JOHN
MAFFRE, KENNETH
MAFFRE, GERALD F.
MILLINGTON, THOS. G.
PARSONS, ERNEST
STEELE, NORMAN
STEVENS, ROBERT T.
SAMUEL, JOSEPH N.P.E.
VERONNEAU, RAOUL
LUSSIER, JOS. E.J.B.C.

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Michel Litalien
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east side
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Body Content

Sculpted by M. Emile Brunet, this memorial was erected in 1923 on behalf of the city of Longueuil in honour of the local war dead and veterans of the First World War. A plaque was later added for the local participation in the Second World War.

City
Longueuil
Country
Type Description
Shaft - granite, bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3850
City/Municipality
Lévis
Memorial Number
24038-014
Type
Address
171 Saint-Romuald Street
Location
Saint-Romuald Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
46.7564098, -71.2371878
Inscription

RECONNAISSANCE.
RENDONS GRÂCES À DIEU D'AVOIR DAIGNÉ EXAUCER LES VOEUX DU PAPE
ET LES PRIÈRES DE L'HUMANITÉ, EN ACCORDANT AU MONDE LES BIENFAITS DE LA PAIX,
APRÈS QUATRE ANNÉES DE LA PLUS HORRIBLE DES GUERRES.
QUI MIT AUX PRISES LA PLUPART DES GRANDES NATIONS DE LA TERRE
ET ENTRAINA LE CANADA SUR LE CHAMPS DE BATAILLE DE L'EUROPE.
AU COURS DE CETTE SANGLANTE MÊLÉE. SOIXANTE-SEPT JEUNES GENS DE SAINT-ROMUALD
FIRENT DU SERVICE DANS LES ARMÉES CANADIENNES.
L'UN D'ENTRE EUX FUT TUÉ, SEPT FURENT BLESSÉS ET QUATRE FURENT DÉCORÉS.
REMERCIONS DIEU D'AVOIR MIS FIN A NOS ÉPREUVES
ET PRIONS LE D'ÉPARGNER A NOTRE CHÈRE PATRIE
LES HORREURS D'UNE NOUVELLE GUERRE.
LES PAROISSIENS DE SAINT-ROMUALD.
LE 4 AVRIL 1920.

MORT AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR LIEUT. AUG. MORENCY.

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Corporation du tourisme et du patrimoine religieux de Québec
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plaque
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Body Content

The End of the First World War Plaque was installed on April 4, 1920, by Saint-Romuald Church. Sixty-seven men from Saint-Romuald served, one was killed, seven wounded and four were decorated.

City
Lévis
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10734