Service Personnel Monument
Municipality/Province: Windsor, ON
Memorial number: 35099-007
Type: Cross - stainless steel, marble base
Address: Riverside Dr W
Location: Dieppe Gardens
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.3196869 Long: -83.0434101
Submitted by: Pete Remdenok
The Service Personnel Monument was dedicated on June 28, 1959, by the Windsor Chapter of the Remembrance Association Silver Cross Women of Canada and is dedicated to Windsor and Essex County war dead from the two World Wars and Korean War. More than 100 mothers and wives of the war dead attended the dedication. The nine foot monument was unveiled by Lieutenant Colonel F. K. Jasperson, DSO, ED, QC, the commanding officer of the Essex Scottish Regiment of Windsor during the Dieppe Raid. Three Army padres who took part in the commemoration ceremonies in Dieppe, France, during the Second World War officiated the service.
The base of the monument was replaced in 1962 by the Air Force Club in Windsor due to deterioration. The memorial also had to be refaced due to vandalism. This was financed by the Windsor Veterans Memorial Service Committee. The monument was re-dedicated in 1997.
Inscription found on memorial
IN MEMORY OF
THE SERVICE PERSONNEL OF
WORLD WARS I, II,
KOREA AND PEACEKEEPING
FROM WINDSOR AND ESSEX COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW
SPONSORED BY
WINDSOR CHAPTER REMEMBRANCE ASSOCIATION
SILVER CROSS WOMEN OF CANADA
RE-DEDICATED 1997
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