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East Clifton War Memorial

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Municipality/Province: East Clifton, QC

Memorial number: 24019-025

Type: Stele

Address: 207 Highway 253

Location: In front of the East Clifton United Church

GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.2594066   Long: -71.5712911

Submitted by: Uwe Lowry; George Standish

This stele, erected in 1920, is dedicated to the citizens of East Clifton who died during the First and Second World Wars.


Inscription found on memorial

[stele, front/stèle, devant]

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE EAST CLIFTON BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

SGT E. THOMPSON, M.M.+ BAR., 87TH. BATT., ARRAS, SEPT. 4, 1918
L.C. LAWRENCE A. ELLIOT, D.C.M., 14TH BATT., AMIENS, AUG 8, 1918
PTE J. FREDERICK PARKINSON 87TH BATT., SOMME, OCT. 21, 1916
PTE CECIL A. ELLIOT 14TH BATT., VIMY RIDGE, JUNE 6, 1917

DIED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE
T'WAS NOBLE THUS TO DIE
GOS SMILES ON VALIANT SOLDIERS
THEIR RECORDS ARE ON HIGH
1914-1918

[stele, rear/stèle, arrière]

PTE DOUGLAS GORRINGE, 1ST BATT., R.H.R., DEC. 26, 1940, ENGLAND

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