Alberta

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DEDICATED TO THE HONOR AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN WORLD WARS I-II
KOREA
1950 - 1953

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LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN GREAT WAR I
1914 - 1918

S.L. ABBOTT
A.L. GRANDE

GREAT WAR II

BDR. GARTH A. EMARD
L/CPL. TERRANCE H. FOGDERUD
F.O. LEO. P. GALVIN
LAC. HAMMOND G. OLSON
FLT. SGT. JOSEPH P. TORCHER

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM"

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DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO SO UNSELFISHLY SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE TWO GREAT WORLD WARS

"THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM."

KILLED IN ACTION

WORLD WAR I
1914-1918

BALDWIN, FRED
COOK, GERALD
DAWSON, THOMAS
GARRISON, HARRY
GRIFFITHS, WALTER
HALL, PRIVATE
HARVIE, JOCK
JOHNSON, KENNETH
JONES, JACK R.

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

ASHLEY, ROBIN - NAVY
DRUHAN, CPL. GRANT - ARMY
FOSTER, CPL. JAMES - ARMY
FRASER, SGT. JAMES - RCAF
HALVERSON, SGT. CLARENCE - RCAF
HOFFARTH, SGT. BERNARD - RCAF
HUNT, SQN. LDR. ROBERT B. - RCAF
JOHNSON, GNR. HENRY O. - ARMY
LYSAK, SGT. LEO M. - RCAF
MEDHURST, FLT. LIEUT. CHARLES - RCAF
MEDHURST, LIEUT. NEIL D. - ARMY
STROMSMOE, PTE. MYLO - US ARMY
STROMSMOE, GERALD - MERCHANT MARINE
STROMSMOE, PTE. WALDO - ARMY
WILSON, PTE. REGINALD W. - ARMY

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DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY

VALOUR

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

ERECTED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION TABER BRANCH #20 1980 A.D.

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THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY THEIR GRATEFUL FELLOW
CITIZENS TO THE EVERLASTING
MEMORY OF THOSE MEN AND
WOMEN OF MEDICINE HAT AND
DISTRICT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY ON
ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918

LEST WE FORGET

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1939 1945

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1914 1918

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KOREA 1950 1953

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THIS SHERMAN TANK IS PRESENTED BY THE SOUTH ALBERTA LIGHT HORSE OF THE CITY OF MEDICINE HAT, IN CANADA'S CENTENNIAL YEAR AND IS A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN OF THE SOUTH ALBERTA REGIMENT WHO USED THEM DURING THE 1939-45 WAR.

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DUTCH CANADIAN
SOCIETY OF
MEDICINE HAT & DISTRICT

THIS MONUMENT WAS PLACED WITH
EVERLASTING GRATITUDE TO HONOR THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CANADIAN
FORCES WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE
LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS
DURING WORLD WAR II ON THE OCCASION
OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
RESTORATION OF FREEDOM.

THE DUTCH CANADIAN SOCIETY OF
MEDICINE HAT & DISTRICT

MAY 6TH, 1995

Formed at Kirkham, England on April 16, 1941, this school was one of six Royal Air Force (RAF) elementary flying training schools (EFTS) sent to Canada to train British aircrew. These and other RAF schools in Canada operated alongside the schools of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) and graduated 5,296 aircrew prior to the reorganiztion of the Plan in July 1942. Canada was the lead nation in the BCATP, a massive undertaking that saw 131,553 aircrew graduate from 110 training schools.

During its operational life, No. 31 EFTS De Winton trained aircrew from 20 free or occupied countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Poland, Belgium and Holland. Under the terms of the reorganization, this school, along with all other Royal Air Force schools in Canada, was fully incorporated within the BCATP. The Toronto Flying Club took over management of the school with flying instructors provided by the RAF until the school's closing on August 26, 1944. 

de Havilland Tiger Moths were the first training aircraft used on the base. Supplementing these were Stearman PT-27s provided to Great Britain by the United States through the Lend-Lease Act. Following the return of the Stearmans to the United States, the school eventually transitioned to Canadian-built Fairchild Cornells.

No. 31 EFTS De Winton was recognized for its outstanding performance by the award of the Efficiency Pennant on April 30, 1943. On May 7, 1943, under the command of Squadron Leader R. E. Watts, the school was awarded the "Cock of the Walk" trophy in recognition of having achieved the highest standard of efficience of any elementary flying training school in the British Commonwealth.

Placed on June 15, 2016, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of those who trained and served at No. 31 EFTS De Winton and to those who made the supreme sacrifice in defence of their countries and democracy.

Funding for the procurement and placement of this monument was provided by the Okotoks and District Historical Society