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The first hall in Clearwater was above Burgess Store and both were destroyed in a fire in 1941. A Hall Committee was formed to look at a building a new hall and in 1947 a building was purchased from Souris Air Base. It was dismantled, hauled to Clearwater and rebuilt at its present location. Foreman W. Blackburn and volunteers had the hall rebuilt in June. It was dedicated on June 26, 1949, as a memorial to all who served in both world wars.
In 1947, a group of Rathwell citizens held dances in the Ryley Farm Barn to raise money to build a new hall, but funds from this venture were used to pay off the shareholders of the old Community Hall. Then the whole area became involved and an appointed committee of five agreed to be responsible for all administrative work in connection with the actual building of a Memorial Hall, which would honor those who had served in the First and Second World Wars.
The district was divided into five groups, each in turn accepted the responsibility to raise funds. A contractor was hired and local citizens helped demolish the old hall and build the new Memorial Hall. Work started in the early summer of 1947 and by fall the hall was officially opened.
With community support, the committee received interest free loans on two occasions in order to complete the building and pledged to continue in office until the loans were repaid. Standing faithfully behind them were the dedicated five groups who continued their efforts to raise the necessary funds. With a community spirit such as this, success was bound to follow and in due course the loans were repaid. Since that time many other committees have served, kept the hall in good repair, made improvements and additions in order to make it a living memorial to those who served.
The hall was destroyed by fire in 1981 and rebuilt the following year. Rathwell Memorial Hall will remain a legacy to those who come from those who come no more.
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Boer War 1899-1902
World War 1 1914 - 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
And in grateful recognition of those
From the Rural Municipality of Thompson
For their sacrifice in the service of their country
THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVERMORE
[right side/côté droit]
World War 1 1914 - 1918
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
[back/arrière]
World War 2 1939-1945
DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
Well Done, Be Thou At Peace
[left side/côté gauche]
World War 2 1939 - 1945
LORD GOD BID WAR’S TRUMPET CEASE
FOLD THE WHOLE OF EARTH IN PEACE
The Rural Municipality of Thompson War Memorial was erected in Veterans Park in the summer of 2021. The polished granite memorial stands above a raised dais, upon two additional slabs of solid granite. The sides measure four feet wide and an attractive cap stone is added at the top of the 11.5 foot monument. There are 705 names inscribed on the memorial which includes all the residents of the Rural Municipality of Thompson who participated in the Boer War, First World War, Second World War, Korean War, and peacekeeping missions in the Balkans, Egypt, Cyprus and Kosovo.
The memorial was designed, constructed, engraved and installed by RB Millworks, from the Rural Municipality of Thompson, based on a design and picture submitted by Heather Imrie.
[center slab/dalle du centre]
Tom Chaske
W.W.II, Holland, Europe 1939 - 1945
Tony Siha
W.W.II 1939 - 1945, Korea 1950 - 1953
Ever in memory, for they lie in the foreign land
where, when, they gave their supreme sacrifice.
ACT OF
REMEMBRANCE
"THEY SHALL GROW NOT 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."
LEST WE FORGET
[left slab/dalle de gauche]
IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT
FOR KING, QUEEN AND COUNTRY
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
BEAUCHAMP NORMAN
CONTOIS ALEX
CHASKE TOM
DANIELS GEORGE
DANIELS JIM ROSS
MYERION HELEN
MYRAN GEORGE
PRINCE RUFUS
SIHA ARCHIE
SIHA TONY
[right slab/dalle de droite]
IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT
THE OPPRESSION AND FOR PEACE
IN KOREA
1950 - 1953
BEAUCHAMP NORMAN
DANIELS HERB
MEECHES ART
MEECHES EDWARD
MEECHES WALLACE
MYERION CLARENCE
SIHA ARCHIE
SIHA TONY
One of the first things Dennis Meeches did when elected Chief in 1998 was visit his uncle, Second World War Veteran George Myran. Dennis presented his uncle with tobacco and asked him to work on a sacred project of building a cenotaph to honour their Veterans. George's design features a center piece shaped in the form of a tipi and on either side are round slabs with Veterans' names inscribed.
The cenotaph was dedicated on 20 June 1999, Treaty Day for Long Plain. It was erected by the members, Chief and council of the Long Plain First Nation and honours the local Veterans of the Second World War and the Korean War.
ARGYLE WAR MEMORIAL
"LEST WE FORGET"
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
WORLD WAR I
The Argyle cairn commemorates people from the areas of Argyle, Glenboro and Lenore who were killed in military service during the First and Second World Wars. A lantern is mounted on top of the memorial.
The traditional cairn shape has a concrete sheathing skim. Names on the bronze plaque include 26 from the First World War (including a nurse) and 15 from the Second World War. Three missed names from the First World War were subsequently added.
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IN MEMORIAM
1914 1918
[left plaque/plaque de gauche]
MEMORIAL RINK
IN MEMORY OF
FOSTER ANDERSON
IRA HALLIDAY
FRANK HAYWOOD
GEORGE LAMB
1914 - 1918
[right plaque/plaque de droite]
MEMORIAL RINK
IN MEMORY OF
BRUCE SEELEY
I.G. SOULE
JAMES SPALDING
WILLIAM THORPE
EVARED I. WRIGHT
1914 - 1918
This arch is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War and serves as the entrance to the local arena, the Memorial Rink.
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1939 1945
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF PLUMAS AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
CAMPBELL, J.
COOPER, H.
DRASCOVICH, R.
GINTER, C.
KASIK, J.
KOSTECK, J.
LAZENBY, T.
MAY, G.
SCOTT, G.
WORTHINGTON, R.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
This memorial, erected by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 189 in 1998, is dedicated to the memory of the local war dead of the Second World War.
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NAVY
[plaque/plaque]
MILITARY SECTION
IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN & WOMEN AND THEIR SPOUSES WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
LEST WE FORGET
This memorial marks the military section of the Hillside Cemetery and is dedicated to Canadian veterans and their spouses.
[plaque/plaque]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY WHO SERVED THEIR QUEEN AND COUNTRY WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN THE BOER WAR
1899 - 1902
DEDICATED BY THE IMPERIAL ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE
JUNE 1972
Erected by the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) in June 1972, this memorial is dedicated to the men buried in this cemetery who served with the South African forces during the South African War.