Monument commémoratif de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale du Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Type

Autre

Cette stèle a été érigée par l’association du Royal Winnipeg Rifles et inaugurée le 6 juin 1992. Elle est dédiée à la mémoire des membres du régiment qui sont décédés durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Inscription

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CANADA

ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES

"LITTLE BLACK DEVILS"

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

TO THE MEMORY OF THE 529 MEMBERS OF
THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES
WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION, DIED OF
WOUNDS, OR DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE
SERVICE DURING THE 1939-1945 WAR

THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES

BATTLE HONOURS

FISH CREEK, NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885, BATOCHE, SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1900, YPRES, 1915, 1917, GRAVENSTAFEL, ST.-JULIEN, FESTUBERT, 1915, MOUNT SORREL, SOMME, 1916, THIEPVAL, ANCRE HEIGHTS, ARRAS, 1917, 1918, VIMY, 1917, ARLEUX, HILL 70, PASSCHENDAELE, AMIENS, SCARPE, 1918, DROCOURT-QUEANT, HINDENBURG LINE, CANAL DU NORD, PURSUIT TO MONS, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-1918, NORMANDY LANDING, PUTOT-EN-BESSIN, CAEN, CARPIQUET, THE ORNE, BOURGUEBUS RIDGE, FALAISE, THE LAISON, THE SEINE, 1944, CALAIS, 1944, THE SCHELDT, LEOPOLD CANAL, BRESKENS POCKET, THE RHINELAND, WAAL FLATS, MOYLAND WOOD, THE RHINE, EMMERICH-HOCH ELTEN, DEVENTER, NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1944-1945

ERECTED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES ASSOCIATION 6 JUNE 1992

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CANADA

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES WHO WERE MURDERED, WHILE PRISONERS OF WAR AT LE CHATEAU D'AUDRIEU NEAR LE MESNIL PATRY AND AT LE HAUT DU BOSQ, FRANCE ON 8, 9 AND 11 JUNE 1944

ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES

"LITTLE BLACK DEVILS"

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