Currie, the first native born Canadian to lead a Canadian Corps in the First World War, unveiled the monument on October 21, 1921. The bronze statue of a Canadian soldier on a granite pedestal was sculpted by Geo. W. Hill. It is dedicated to the men and women who gave their life during the First and Second World Wars.
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Type
Montreal-West War Monument
Montréal (Montreal West/Montréal-Ouest), Québec
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Inscription
[front/devant]
DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THE SONS
OF MONTREAL WEST
WHO GLORIOUSLY
LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT
WAR AND IN HONOUR
FOREVERMORE OF
ALL THOSE WHO
SERVED THEREIN
THIS TRIBUTE IS ERECTED
WITH FULL HEARTS BY THEIR
FOLLOW CITIZENS
1914-1918
[left side/côté gauche]
PTE. F.K.S. MACKAY
[right side/côté droit]
FLT. CDT. G. L. ROBINSON
SGT. R. S. MCLAGAN M. M.
SGT. JOHN H. THOMPSON
[back/arrière]
LENS
THE SOMME
YPRES
FESTUBERT
VIMY RIDGE
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
CAMBRAI
DROCOURT-QUEANT
MONS
[wall/mur]
1939 REMEMBRANCE 1945
ALEXANDER, JAMES
FREELANO, J. ROY
HALE, JOHN
JOHNSTON, JACK G.
PATRICK, JOHN H.
PETRICK, THOMAS M.
RODDY, WILLIAM J.
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Location
Montreal-West War Monument
50 South Westminster Avenue
Montréal (Montreal West/Montréal-Ouest)
Québec
Montreal-West War Monument
50 South Westminster Avenue
Montréal (Montreal West/Montréal-Ouest)
Québec
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.4517739
Long. -73.6425317
Lat. 45.4517739
Long. -73.6425317