Nouveau-Brunswick

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1914 — 1918
1939 — 1945
1950 — 1953

A NOS
GLORIEUX MORTS

TO OUR
GLORIOUS DEAD

GUERRE MONDIALE
1939-1945
WORLD WAR II
CHARLES EUGENE BEAULIEU
LLOYD BELLEFLEUR
ARTHUR BOUCHARD
LUCIEN BOUCHARD
J. MAURICE BOURQUE
ALPHONSE CHARETTE
JAMES CROOK
G.F. DAWSON
LOUIS-PHILIPPE DESJARDINS
LLOYD DESROCHES
ARMAND DUBE
HENRY E. DUBE
RICHARD A. DUNBAR
GILBERT L. FOURNIER
JEAN MARIE GAUTHIER
BOYD HORNHILL
FERNAND LEVESQUE
RONALD L'ITALIEN
ANFORD MAGOON
PAUL-EMILE MARTIN
LEWIS MCKINLEY
ARCHIE PHILLIP MCLEAN
HORMIDAS MICHAUD
RENE MORIN
GUY MORNEAULT

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GUERRE MONDIALE
1914 — 1918
WORLD WAR I
G. CYR
D. DIONNE
P. DUMAIS
H. FOURNIER
J. LEBEL
P. MARQUIS
A. MARTIN

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GUERRE DE COREE
1950 — 1953
KOREAN WAR
GILBERT BOSSE
ALBERT PELLETIER

AFGHANISTAN
2001 — 2014
CHARLES-PHILIPPE MICHAUD, CAPORAL-CHEF

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GUERRE MONDIALE
1939 — 1945
WORLD WAR II
LEON HUBERT PELLETIER
OSCAR PICARD
PAUL-EMILE PICARD
REGINALD PLOURDE
T.M. RICHARDS
DONALD ROSS
WALTER ROSS
ADRIEN ROUSSEL
JOHN RICHARD SCOTT
PHILLIP D. SCOTT
GEORGE SHERWOOD
RAOUL SOUCY
VINCENT WALLACE
JOHN JOSEPH WEATHERHEAD

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EN HOMMAGE A NOS FRERES QUI ONT DONNE LEUR VIE POUR LA LIBERTE

GUERRE 1914-1918

CHARLES AKERLEY
LEE BIRD
ARCHILLE LEBEL

GUERRE 1939-1945 ET KOREE

GEORGE AKERLEY
AURELE CORMIER
CECIL COTE
RAYMOND COTE
JEAN DAMBOIRE
ARTHUR DARION
PIERRE GERVAIS
JAYEUX LANTEIGNE
ROGER SIROIS

Quispamsis Memorial Arena

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IN RECOGNITION OF
CAPT. JAMES WADE
RECIPIENT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL
PIONEER PILOT AND NAVIGATOR
ONE OF THE FIRST GRADUATES OF THE MONCTON FLYING CLUB
FIRST AREA RESIDENT TO OBTAIN A CIVILIAN PILOTS LICENSE

HE WAS INTERNATIONALLY HONOURED FOR HIS NUMEROUS DARING MERCY AND RESCUE MISSIONS

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IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN CONFLICT

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IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE NEW BRUNSWICK RANGERS

ERECTED BY
THE NEW BRUNSWICK RANGERS ASSOCIATION
1980

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BATTLE HONOURS 1914-1918
"MOUNT SORREL," "SOMME-1916,"
"ARRAS" 1917-1918," "HILL 70," "YPRES-1917"
"AMIONS," "HINDENBURG LINE," AND "PURSUIT TO MONS"

PRINCIPAL ACTIONS 1939-1945

FRANCE
HUBERT-FOLIE
ROCQUANCOURT
CINTHEAUX
HAUTMESNIL
HILL 195 (NEAR TRUN)
QUESNEY WOOD
TRUN (THE BATTLE OF THE GAP)

BELGIUM

GHENT CANAL
MOERKERKE
KERSELAER
CAMP DE BRASSHAET
ESSCHEN

HOLLAND

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM
STEENBERGEN
DINTELOORD
KAPELSCHE-VEER

GERMANY

HOCHWALD
VEEN
EMMERICH
TWENTHE CANAL (HOLLAND)
EMS CANAL
DORPEN
STEINBILD
KUSTEN CANAL
JEDDELOH
BAD ZWISCHENAHN

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1914-1918 1939-1945

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THE NEW BRUNSWICK RANGERS
1870-1946
INCORPORATING THE MILITIA COMPANIES OF
KINGS AND WESTMORLAND COUNTIES THE
REGIMENT WAS ORGANIZED IN 1870. AS THE 74TH
REGIMENT, CANADIAN MILITIA, IT PROVIDED
A COMPANY FOR THE CANADIAN NORTH WEST IN
1885, AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CANADIAN
CONTINGENTS DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
1899-1902 AND FOR THE 12TH, 55TH, 145TH AND
235TH BATTALIONS C.E.F., 1914-1918.

IN 1920 THE REGIMENT WAS RE-DESIGNATED
“THE NEW BRUNSWICK RANGERS“. ON 26 AUGUST
1939, THE RANGERS WERE PLACED ON ACTIVE
SERVICE AND CARRIED OUT COASTAL DEFENCE
DUTIES IN NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, AND
LABRADOR, 1939-1943. A SECOND BATTALION
(MILITIA) WAS RAISED AS PART OF THE RESERVE
ARMY.

THE 1ST BATTALION WENT OVERSEAS IN
SEPTEMBER 1943 AND SERVED AS THE SUPPORT
GROUP FOR THE 10TH INFANTRY BDE, 4TH CANADIAN
ARMOURED DIVISION IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE,
1944-1945. RETURNING TO CANADA, THE ACTIVE
UNIT WAS DISBANDED, 15 FEBRUARY 1946.

NUNQUAN NON PARATUS

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JOHN ANDREWS
JOHN BLOOMFIELD
ALLEN DREMMER
LEONARD BUNNELL
GEORGE BUNNELL
HARRY CARR
GEORGE CAL--
FREDERICK W. CRAWFORD
ERECTED BY
SUSSEX WOMENS INSTITUTE
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1914-1918

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A.H. STOCKTON
R.E. SPRACUE
R.M. SPRACUE
J.B. WALLACE
W.A. WALLACE
K.E. WILSON
W.E. TRANTON

JOHN ROSS
ELMER SINNOTT
LEONARD SLIPP
EPHRAIM SMITH
DAVID WILSON
ALBERT EVELEIGH
ROY W. WALLACE
JOHN H. COOK

KOREA
1950-1953

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C.A. BECK
D.A.S. BLACK
A.J. CHESTNUT
F.J. DEVINE
H.M. LISSON
H.C. MANNINC
M.T. MAHONEY

GEORGE CHAPMAN
--- CHAPMAN
THOMAS DECOORSEY
JOHN DAWSON
CHARLES FR--
SEYMOUR GA---
HANFORD GELDART
DOANE HALLETT

PRINCESS LOUISE I
1944 - 1973
REGIMENTAL MASCOT OF THE
8TH CANADIAN HUSSERS
(PRINCESS LOUISE'S)
PRINCESS LOUISE II

1954 - 1981
ERECTED BY THE HAMPTON BR. 28 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

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Story of Princess Louise Mascot 

This is a true story of the life and times of a filly born in Italy in 1944 that became the Regimental Mascot of the 8th Princess. Louise's New Brunswick Hussars' re-designated in 1957 as the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's). This is HER story.

In the spring of 1944 I was born in a peaceful pasture in Italy near the town of Coriano which was a battle line heavily defended by elite German soldiers. The peaceful atmosphere was soon shattered by sounds of gunfire and shelling from the south growing continually closer each day. Early in September the guns and the German soldiers passed through my pasture. Explosions erupted around me. My mother was killed and I was wounded. 

The Germans were followed by more soldiers, guns and Sherman tanks. These soldiers were dressed in khaki. They wore flashy shoulder badges showing they were Canadians of the 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars which in 1848 had been a cavalry regiment but were now part of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. Most of the tanks moved on chasing the Germans but some stayed. They were disabled. 

On the night of September 15th 1944 with shells still exploding all around, more 8th Hussar soldiers came to repair disabled tanks. I was lonely , thirsty and hungry. My mother had been dead several days. As I was trotting around her body in a well-worn path another shell exploded and I screamed in pain as I was hit by another piece of shrapnel. 

When the shelling eased up the 8th Hussar soldiers took me in the back of their truck directly to their medical officer. He first protested that he wasn't a veterinarian but then speedily, tenderly and expertly dressed my wounds after the customary rum ration. This demonstrated that the original cavalry instincts and the love of horses were still predominant in the Regiment. 

It just seemed automatic that I became known as Princess Louise, the Mascot of the regiment and I was delighted with my royal title. My liberators, all ranks of the 8th Hussars, were my guardians and considered me a moral booster. They had been overseas for almost four years and had been in action in Italy for almost one year. I was a pleasant distraction as we chased the Germans north.

We occasionally had rest periods and held Regimental parades. I always marched smartly at the head of the parade and gaily tossed my head in the air to acknowledge the salutes I received from the soldiers with red tabs and gold braid on the saluting base. 

I had to be smuggled out of Italy when the Hussars were moved by ship from Leghorn to France but I stayed with them continually in North West Europe until the German Army surrendered in May 1945. I received royal treatment while in Holland but when the 8th Hussars sailed for Canada on a troop ship early in 1946 I could not accompany them. Arrangements were made for me to be cared for and in March 1946 I was shipped to New York and traveled to Saint John by train. There I received a royal welcome. There was a Guard of Honour and an 8th Hussar Parade on March 27th 1946. I was welcomed by municipal and military authorities as I proudly displayed my 8th Hussar Badges and flashes, 5th Canadian Armoured Division Maroon Pateh. Campaign medals (1939-45 star, Italy Star, France-Germany Star, Canadian Voluntary Service Medal. Victory Medal and 3 Wound Stripes).

The tumultuous welcome I received from the Rothesay students who were allowed out of school to greet me, the formal ceremony on the steps of the Kings County Court House where I became a naturalized Canadian Citizen, a free woman of Kings County and Community of Hampton, and a member of Hampton Branch #28 of the Royal Canadian Legion, completed my official welcome. 

It was here I met Captain Thad Stevens who stabled me on his property and I recognized an excellent horseman. It was a case of love at first sight and mutual respect ensued. By this time I had completed a journey of about 16,000 miles since becoming the Regimental Mascot. 

I frequently traveled to Sussex where the Hussars were not a very active militia unit. I attended Regimental Parades, Armistice Day Parades in numerous localities as well as special parades and events in Fredericton, St. Stephen, Calais, Maine, Truro, Halifax, Centennial celebrations on the 21st of June 1949 Military summer camps and many special occasions where I renewed old acquaintances with Field Marshall Montgomery, Field Marshal Alexander (now Governor General of Canada), Duchess of Kent, Princess Alexandra, Princess Margaret, Colonel in chief of the Regiment Princess Anne, Governor General Vincent Massey, Honourable Colonel R. W. Moncel, Mr. A. H. J. Lovink Dutch Ambassador to Canada who presented the Hussars with a Gold Medal of Honour in appreciation of their services during liberation of Holland. I also associated several times with the famous Canadian Warrior, General Fighting Frank Worthington, the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. 

In 1954 I was blessed with a daughter, Princess Louise II, who became the mascot for the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) when they were added to the Regular Force in 1957. My only grandchild, Princess Louise III died shortly after birth in 1969.

Although I passed away in 1973 and was followed by Princess Louise II in 1981, we are both buried in Veterans Park in Hampton where this plaque is displayed. Nevertheless our spirits continue to guide the 8th Hussars in maintaining their motto: Regi Patriaeque Fidelis-Faithful to Sovereign and Country

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THE LAST PAIR OF SHOES WORN BY PRINCESS LOUISE
BATTLE MASCOT OF THE 8TH PRINCESS LOUISES HUSSARS

WORLD WAR I

1914-1918

HANDFORD ALLABY

HENRY D. BELDING

REV. EDWEN CREED

GEORGE D. DEMILLE

HORATIO R. SMITH

ROBERT P. WEAVER

JAMES HARVEY LACKIE

ARTHUR ADAMS

JOHN J. BLOOMFIELD

WILLIAM A. HEGAN

HUGH L. KENNEY

FREEMAN J. MCMANUS

GEORGE R. PERKINS

R. W. OTTY BARNES

EDGAR PRINCE

WILFRED PRINCE

GEORGE N. DICKSON/OTTY

PERCY I. ROBINSON

EDWARD J. MCCARRON

CHARLES DUFFY

EGBERT H. FROST

JOHN HEDLEY RUPERT

SILAS JAMES LONG

WORLD WAR II

1939-1945

WALTER I. HOWARD

FRANK H. COBB

ARTHUR EWING

W. S. GRANT

MURRAY FAIRWEATHER

DAVID M. LEGASSICK

BILLY PATRICK

J. CARL BROWN

A. W. CRAIG

W. BRYAN HOLDER

CHARLES STEWART

GERALD RAYMOND

ANDREW MEEHAN

EDWIN ARTHUR HAYES

MURRAY L. BURNS

ALBERT SHIRES

CHESLEY MERCER

L. H. HUNDLEY

A. E. ROBERTS

ROY S. PIERS

W. N. PICKETT

KOREAN WAR

1950-1953

“LEST WE FORGET”

TAKE TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE OUR FREEDOM

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NORTON BRANCH # 76 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

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IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF OUR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM