26th New Brunswick Battalion Monument
Municipality/Province: Saint John, NB
Memorial number: 13009-003
Type: Slab - granite
Address: 39 Graham Street
Location: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.2874618 Long: -66.035893
Submitted by: Wally Joyce & John C. Thomas
Photo credit: Veterans Affairs Canada
This memorial to those who served in the 26th (New Brunswick) Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War was erected by the 26th Battalion Overseas Association initially in Loyalist Plaza. It was moved to the Memorial Park and rededicated on 8 November 1992.
Inscription found on memorial
[plaque]
26 NEW BRUNSWICK BATTALION
IN COMMEMORATION
At 11:30 AM on Sunday June 13,
1915, the troopship Caledonia
sailed from here carrying the
26th New Brunswick Battalion
C.E.F. to Europe.
TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY
OF ALL WHO SERVED IN
"THE FIGHTING 26TH"
[plaque]
THIS MONUMENT WAS MOVED
TO THIS SITE FROM
LOYALIST PLAZA BY AUTHORITY
OF THE 26TH BATTALION
OVERSEAS ASSOCIATION AND
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCHES 14 AND 53 AND
REDEDICATED ON
8TH NOVEMBER 1992
Street view
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