Rockcliffe Remembers
Municipality/Province: Ottawa (Rockcliffe Park), ON
Memorial number: 35061-014
Type: Plaque and Memorial Book
Address: 380 Springfield Road
Location: Rockcliffe Park Community Centre
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4511349 Long: -75.6783229
Submitted by: Max Reid
Photo credit: Max Reid
This memorial is dedicated to the Second World War villagers. It was erected by the Village of Rockcliffe Park.
Inscription found on memorial
ROCKCLIFFE REMEMBERS
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR. MORE ESPECIALLY, IT RESPECTS AND HONOURS
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THIS WAR AND WHO WERE
REGISTERED RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKCLIFFE PARK
DURING THE WAR.
NEARLY TWENTY PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE SERVED IN
THIS WAR, WHICH WAS NEARLY TWICE THE CANADIAN AVERAGE.
ROCKCLIFFE SE SOUVIENT
CETTE PLAQUE COMMÉMORE LE 50e ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA FIN DE LA
SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE. EN PARTICULIER, ELLE REND HOMMAGE AUX
HOMMES ET AUX FEMMES QUI ONT SERVI PENDANT CETTE GUERRE ET QUI
COMPTAIENT PARMI LES CITOYENS INSCRITS DU VILLAGE DE ROCKCLIFFE
PARK DURANT LA GUERRE.
PRÉS DE VINGT POUR CENT DES CITOYENS DU VILLAGE ONT SERVI
PENDANT CETTE GUERRE, SOIT PRESQUE DEUX FOIS LA MOYENNE POUR
L’ENSEMBLE DU CANADA.
IN HOMMAGE
(W.W.II)
THE FEW WERE VALIANT
BUT MANY WERE THE FEW
WHO AMONGST THEIR BRETHERN
GATHERED SOME ONE IN FIVE
TO JOURNEY TO JOIN THE FRAY,
SOME HAVE LOST THEIR WAY,
SOME ARE WITH US STILL
BUT NONE ARE FORGOTTEN
NOR REMAIN UNKNOWN
AS ROCKCLIFFE REMEMBERS,
TODAY, AND TOMORROW,
M. E. MACLEAN
18/05/95
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