Alberta

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DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR

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

ERECTED BY
NOBLEFORD BRANCH #257

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TO THE MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF MAGRATH AND DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

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1939-1945

IN MEMORIAM

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F/O LEO SHELLEY (LIN) COLEMAN

JULY 7TH 1922 SEPT. 2ND 1957

DIED IN SARDINIA WITH N.A.T.O. FORCES

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IN MEMORY OF
OUR HEROES
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
IN THE
WORLD WAR

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1914-1918

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IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945

[list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo/une liste de noms suit, mais elle n’est pas claire sur la photo]

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HONOR ROLL

LT. DOWER, A.
LT. MOUNTAINHORSE, A.
SGT. BRIGGS, H.
CPL. BROADBENT, C.
PTE. BOOTH, R.
PTE. GALES, A.
PTE. LEAVITT, W.
PTE. GOODING, C.
PTE. GOACHER, W.

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1914-1918




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HONOR ROLL

LT. THURBER, S.
SGT. DEVONISH, H.
PTE. JACKMAN, A.
PTE. JENSEN, A.
PTE. WOODWARD, W.
PTE. SORENSEN, N.
PTE. ROBERTS, J.
PTE. SIBLEY, W.
PTE. COMINSINGER, G.

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LEST WE FORGET

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IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

WORLD WAR II

D.H. BATES
G.M. BRADY
C. CHILDRESS
L. CHERBERLEND
W.N. FOSTER
E.W. HANNA
W.F. JARVIS
W. KERLUK
W. PEEBLES
E.A. STAR
W. TROFANENKO
J.N. WEBER

THEN SAID DAVID TO THE PHILISTINE, THOU COMEST TO ME WITH A SWORD, AND WITH A
SPEAR, AND WITH A SHIELD. BUT I COME TO THEE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS. I SAMUEL XVII, 45

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY AND
HEROIC SELF SACRIFICE
OF
ALBERT MOUNTAIN HORSE
LIEUT. 4TH CO. C.A.S.C.,
1ST CANADIAN CONTINGENT,
WHO DIED NOVEMBER 19TH 1915,
FROM INJURIES RECEIVED
AT THE BATTLE OF ST. JULIEN,
FRANCE, APRIL, 24TH 1915.
AGE 22.

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PEARCE AERODROME

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan established 110 Air Training Schools in Canada during WWII to train Commonwealth Airmen and Airwomen. Canada was the leader for this plan.

Located here, 6 km north of Pearce, Alberta was the home of the:

#36 Elementary Flying Training School (RAF)

March 30, 1942 to August 14, 1942

#3 Air Observer School (RCAF)

September 12, 1942 to June 6, 1943

#2 Flying Instructor School (RCAF)

May 3, 1943 to January 20, 1945

Pearce Aerodrome data: 49 degrees 50' 20" North Latitude, 113 degrees 15" 10' West of Greenwich, 3,132 feet (954.7 m) above sea level on Section 19, Township 10, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian, Hard surfaced runways were: 3113 feet (949 m) long, 150 feet (45.7 m) wide

Thousands of Commonwealth airmen received advanced training skills here before being posted as instructors to other schools or to Theatres of War.

From the end of the war in 1945 until the early 1960's, this airfield was left to decay. Used only as a holding area, many war time bomber aircraft were stored and ultimately dismantled for scrap. The buildings were moved to new locations or were dismantled for materials used in construction of civilian structures in this area.

Today there is little to remind us of the glory days when #2 Flying Instructor School was mentioned in official military reports as

"The Western University of the Air"

This marker is dedicated to the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their countries and of our freedom, and honours all those who served or trained at the Pearce Aerodrome.

Erected in 1999 for the

LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

with assistance from 783 Calgary Wing RCAFA and the General Stewart Branch #4 Royal Canadian Legion

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LEST WE FORGET

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED DURING, W.W.I & II, KOREAN, AND ON UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPING.

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HONOURING THOSE YOUNG VOLUNTEERS FROM LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT WHO SERVED WITH HONOUR AND VALOUR FOR CANADA AND HER ALLIES IN THE OVERSEAS THEATRE OF WORLD WAR II, GREAT BRITAIN, NORMANDY, FRANCE, BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS & GERMANY

20TH ANTI-TANK BATTERY

2ND ANTITANK REGIMENT

ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY

1939-1945

ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS AND MEMBERS OF THE 20TH ANTI-TANK ASSOCIATION

1996

LEST WE FORGET

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BATTERY POINT

AROUND THIS LOCATION TREES WERE PLANTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 25TH BATTERY IN MEMORY OF 261 FALLEN COMRADES IN THE 1914-18 CONFLICT.

ERECTED BY THE 1914-18 VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF THE GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4, THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION.

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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED BY SEA BY LAND AND IN THE AIR WHO REST HERE. THEY LEFT TO THEIR HEIRS AND ALL PEOPLE THIS CANADA WE ENJOY TODAY

SPONSORED BY GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

LADIES AUXILIARY GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

KOREAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION UNIT #53

702 WING R.C.A.F.

ALTA-NWT PROVINCIAL COMMAND ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION