Nouvelle-Écosse

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LEST
WE
FORGET

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DEDICATED TO THE
HONOR AND SACRIFICE
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY

WORLD WAR I

JOHN GARFIELD ROBERTS 1882-1918
SEWARD JAMES JOBE 1888-1917

WORLD WAR II

ANGUS GEORGE MacLEAN 1923-1944
WILLIAM HARRIS HARDY 1918-1944
CLARENCE CLAUDE HARDY 1920-1941

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 WILL REMEMBER THEM.

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1939 - 1945
ITALY

CPL. AUBREY J. SMITH
L/SGT. LOUIS L. CORMIER
PTE. RAMIE CLAEYS
PTE. NEIL McSWEEN
C.S.M. DANIEL J. FRASER
PTE. TENNYSON S. MARTIN
PTE. PATRICK B. SAMPSON
PTE. JOHN R. MacDONALD
PTE. JAMES HARE
CPL. PATRICK D. CORKERY
PTE. DENNIS E. HOUEN
CPL. NORMAN D. STEWART
L/CPL. GORDON H. MacDONALD
PTE. HENRY P. WEDGE
PTE. ALLAN K. J. MacINTYRE
PTE. ROSS A. CHAISSON
PTE. VICTOR D. PINCH
LIEUT. GERALD G. FERGUSON
L/SGT. DONALD L. MacRAE
PTE. RALPH A. MacDONALD
SGT. LOUIS J. HILEY
PTE. ALEXANDER J. ROSS
PTE. GEORGE A. COLSON
PTE. WALTER C. KURT
PTE. ANDREW J. PELRINE
L/CPL. EDWARD H. ASHE

ITALY

CPL. ANGUS C. MacDONALD
CPL. PATRICK M. CAHILL
CAPT. CLARENCE McD. ARCHIBALD
PTE. GEORGE S. BELL
PTE. DANIEL FLYNN
PTE. WILLMOT H. STEWART
PTE. IAN D. NICHOLSON
PTE. MICHAEL MacLEAN
LIEUT. LELAND A. SMITH
PTE. RUSSELL H. MacLEAN
PTE. HARRY A. DOLLMAIER
PTE. DELPHIN L. DESVEAUX
PTE. WILLIAM J. MARTIN
PTE. THEODORE B. McNUTT
PTE. DOUGLAS P. FRYE
PTE. JOHN E. MAPPLEBACK
CPOL. GORDON R. MacDONALD
SGT. PHILLIP F. MacCORMACK
PTE. ARTHUR G. SMITH
PTE. RONALD C. MacDONALD
PTE. ERIK H. OBERG
PTE. HERBERT MacLEAN
PTE. EVERETT A. SMITH
PTE. NEIL MacPHEE
PTE. STANLEY AZARKIEWICZ
PTE. JOHN J. McGRATH

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CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS
SIOL NA FEAR FEARAIL

DEDICATION

TO OUR FALLEN COMRADES,
TWO HUNDRED AND ONE IN NUMBER,
SOME VERY YOUNG,
THEIR AVERAGE AGE A MERE TWENTY-THREE YEARS,
THEIR TERM IN UNIFORM, AT TIMES BUT
A FEW SHORT MONTHS...
YET, IN THEIR SHORT LIVES,
BY THEIR IMMORTAL SERVICE AND SUPREME SACRIFICE
THEY HAVE SET FOR US WHO REMAIN
A NOBLE EXAMPLE OF THE TRUE CANADIAN
A DEFENDER OF FREEDOM AND DECENCY.
A CHAMPION OF DEMOCRACY,
A LOVER OF TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND JUSTICE,
TO THEIR IMMORTAL MEMORY
IN HUMBLE AND REVEREND GRATITUDE,
WE, THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS ASSOCIATION,
REMEMBER AND HONOR THEM.
WHOSE NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE
IN THE ANNALS OF HISTORY.

BENEDICTION

THEY WILL NEVER KNOW THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE,
SEE THE SEASONS CHANGE, ENJOY NATURE'S CHORUS
ALL WE ENJOY WE OWE TO THEM.
MEN WHO LIE BURIED IN THE EARTH OF FOREIGN LANDS
WE THE MEMBERS OF
THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS ASSOCIATION
DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR COMRADES WHO DIED OVERSEAS
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
AND SO PRESERVED OUR HERITAGE.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

TO THEIR EVERLASTING HONOR AND GLORY
IN GRATITUDE
THE PEOPLE OF CAPE BRETON

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1939 - 1945
ITALY

PTE. BENJAMIN H. HEDD
PTE. ARTHUR H. MacLEOD
LIEUT. GEORGE P. RODD
CPL. BAXTER M.E. [?]
PTE. FELIX J. GAUDET
PTE. WAYNE W. WALKER
CPL. WILFRED McPHERSON
PTE. PHILIPPE MICHAUD
SGT. DOUGLAS H. MacDONALD
PTE. GEORGE W. ABBOTT
PTE. NORMAN C. SKINNER
PTE. JOHN E. RANKIN
[?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
PTE. ALPHONSUS HICKEY
PTE. WILLIAM I. FURLONG
PTE. JAMES FORREST
PTE. FINLEY CRANN
PTE. JOSEPH H. WEAVER
PTE. VEBERLY R. VACHERESSE
PTE. ALBERT S. LACOURSIERE
PTE. ERIC A. JOHNSTON
PTE. GARNETT C. FRASER
CPL. JAMES C. ROBINSON

ITALY

PTE. JOSEPH P. BOND
PTE. HERBERT F. VEINOT
PTE. RALPH D. McLEAN
SGT. HAROLD F. GROUCHY
PTE. ALBERT FLOYD
L/CPL. EMBERT C. BROWN
PTE. GEORGE E. ATKINSON
L/SGT. ELMER S. MacLEOD
PTE. GLENDON G. THEAKSTON
PTE. ARCHIBALD YATES
PTE. GORDON W. HEFFORD
PTE. WILFRED DESROCHES
PTE. PTE. ANTHONY [?]
PTE. MURRAY [?]
L/SGT. JOHN [?]
L/CPL. FRANCIS [?] LARKIN
PTE. JOHN WALKER
PTE. CLOVIS B. GARAND
PTE. JOHN W. STACEY
PTE. JOSEPH A. ROGERS
PTE. WILFRED THORNTON
PTE. ROBERT D. LAKE
PTE. ARTHUR C. TEALE
PTE. FRANK KRSZWDA
PTE. CHARLES LARKIN
PTE. FRANCIS W. HALL

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1939 - 1945
ITALY
PTE. ELLIOTT L. SWANTON
PTE. STEPHEN O. ADAMS
PTE. NEIL MACNEIL
PTE. JOHN R. MILLIGAN
PTE. RUDOLF MRMUS
PTE. WILLIAM HICKEY
PTE. WILLIAM MACLAREN
PTE. DOUGLAS H. MCPHEE
PTE. JAMES H. MARSTON
LIEUT. GEORGE E. STARK
PTE. JAMES E. CROY
PTE. WILBERT MACLENNAN
PTE. JOHN H. MURRANT
PTE. FRANCIS POIRIER
PTE. SYLVERE RICHARD
PTE. CHESTER R. RUTLEDGE
PTE. LAUGHLIN J. MACLENNAN
PTE. ALOYSIUS LEVANGIE
PTE. ALOYSIUS CHIASSON
PTE. WILLIAM E. SHEPHARD
PTE. REUBEN A. GOSBEE
L/CPL. FRANCIS ALLEN
PTE. JOHN R. FUNNELL
PTE. HENRY E. SMITH
PTE. JOHN P. HIGGS
LIEUT. JOHN C. CAMPBELL

ITALY
CPL. ROY REYNOLDS
CPL. KENNETH W. FRY
PTE. ALPHONSUS F. NOAH
PTE. SABLE C. BALTZER
PTE. METRO ZYTARUK
PTE. DOUGLAS A. HADLEY
PTE. RONALD L’ITALIEN
PTE. DAVID J. EDLUND
SGT. JOHN C. REID
PTE. KENNETH A. SYMES
PTE. JOSEPH E.R. LACELLE
PTE. COLIN A. CAMPBELL
PTE. HENRY C. SCOTT
PTE. MICHAEL T. MCLEOD
COMS. EMMANUEL M. SPARROW
PTE. ANDREW BONNAR
PTE. ARTHUR E. LARKIN
PTE. ALEXANDER J. MACLEAN
PTE. ALEXANDER B. MACVEAN
SGT. MARTIN C. VANDERBROEKE
PTE. EDWARD POSTLETHWAITE
PTE. AUBREY H. EMENAU
PTE. PHILIP T. MERCIER
PTE. LEO A. COOKE
PTE. DANIEL A. MCPHEE
CPL. PETER LOEPPKY

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CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS
SIOL NA FEAR FEARAIL

DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE
PTE. CHARLES P. MACAULAY
PTE. MURDOCK L. BROWN
LIEUT. EAIN A. MACLEOD
PTE. LAUGHLIN MALIN
PTE. HAROLD MACKINNON
PTE. JAMES M. LOHNES
L/SGT. LEO M. REGAN
PTE. ALBERT J. COLDWELL
SGT. WILLIAM H. MURRAY
PTE. LEONCE BELLIVEAU
MAJ. ALLAN J. MACSWEEN
PTE. CARL A. HANLON
PTE. JOHN N. MACGILLIVARY

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1939 - 1945
ITALY
PTE. JOHN C. GEBERT
PTE. JOHN E. CASSIBO
PTE. JOHN O. THIBEAULT
PTE. JOSEPH A. AUCOIN
L/CPL. GORDON A. SERROUL
SGT. CLARENCE H. MACLEAN
PTE. SAMUEL G.E. YEO
PTE. FREEMAN H. MCCULLOUGH
PTE. GORDON A. MAC ISAAC
PTE. JOESPH MACKINNON
PTE. HENRY J. MUISE
PTE. OWEN C. MACKINNON
PTE. CHARLES A. MACPHEE
PTE. ALBERT W. MCIVOR
PTE. IVAN R. DEERING
PTE. GEORGE S. CALDWELL
PTE. OWEN W. ADAMS
PTE. EDMUND D. FELCH
PTE. PETER W. SMITH
PTE. LOUIS J. VIGNEAUX
PTE. AMBROSE POTTER

N.W. EUROPE
PTE. JOHN T. FRASER
PTE. ALFRED J. MACKEIGAN
PTE. JAMES B. CUSACK
PTE. RICHARD J. BOUDREAU
PTE. DANIEL PEARO
PTE. PHILIP H. LONG
PTE. ERNEST MACP. BROWN
SGT. HECTOR D. MACLELLAN
PTE. ALEX SZARKA
LIEUT. BASIL A. NUNN
CPL. JAMES B. MACINNIS
PTE. ALOYSIUS J. O’HANDLEY
PTE. RICHARD MACLEAN
L/SGT.ROBERT B. THOMAS
PTE. KONRAD BUTT
CPL. GUS MACLEAN
PTE. EVERETT J. VOTOUR
PTE. FORD H. SPIDLE
PTE. FRANK MOMBOURQUETTE
PTE. CARMEN E. GILLCASH
LIEUT. NORMAN J. NIXON
PTE. VINCENT PENNY
PTE. OLEN B. MARSHALL
PTE. JOHN A. MACLAREN




MONUMENT INFORMATION

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED IN 1988 BY THE PEOPLE OF CAPE BRETON,
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTY WARDEN JOSEPH WADDEN,
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS ASSOCIATION.

THERE ARE 214 NAMES ENGRAVED UPON THE MONUMENT: THE NAMES OF 201
WHO WERE KILLED IN BATTLE, AND OF 13 WHO DIED OF OTHER CAUSES
WHILE SERVING WITH THE BATTALION. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO WERE
KILLED IN BATTLE ARE LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. AS TO THE TIMES
OF DEATH, STARTING AT THE FRONT LEFT VERTICAL COLUMN
AND READING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE AROUND THE STONE.

THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS ACTIVE SERVICE BATTALION 1939 - 1945
WAS THE ONLY UNIT EVER TO FIGHT IN A FOREIGN WAR BEARING THE NAME
OF THE ISLAND. IT TOOK PART IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND THE LIBERATION
OF HOLLAND AND FROM NOVEMBER 1943 THROUGH MAY 1945 AND SUFFERED
SOME 1000 CASUALTIES. THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDERS ASSOCIATION
IS A CAMARADERIE OF THE UNITS SURVIVING VETERANS.

THE MONUMENT, WHILE HONOURING THE BATTALION AS A WHOLE, WAS
ERECTED PRIMARILY TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THOSE BRAVE
YOUNG MEN WHO GAVE ALL THAT THEY HAD
TO GIVE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.

ERECTED BY THE CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH NO. 12 SYDNEY
IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR COMRADES
WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT BE FREE

1914-1918

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LEGION MEMORIAL PARK
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL BRANCH -19
IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTION
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TOWN
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA
DURING WAR AND PEACE.
DEDICATED THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1987
MAYOR-COUNCIL AND CITIZENS
TOWN OF NORTH SYDNEY

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OUR HEROIC DEAD
1939 - 1945

MACKINNON JOHN
MACKINNON OWEN C.
MACGREGOR JOSEPH
MACPHEE GEORGE E.
MACLEOD GORDON A.
MACLEAN RONALD C.
MACLEAN MURRAY
MACDOUGALL BERNARD
MACDONALD ALEXANDER J.
MCLENNAN FRED
MEINERS ALBERT
MURRAY GOERGE B.
PENNY LEO J.
PENNY VINCENT
RIGGS MURDOCK
RIGGS THOMAS
RIGGS CECIL
ROSE SIMEON
ROBINSON CLIFFORD J.
SMITH ROBERT
SMITH AUBREY J.
SMITH WALTER
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ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF NORTH SYDNEY
TO THE MEMORY OF
THEIR HEROIC DEAD

WILFRED BAGG
WILLIAM EVANS BEATON
PETER COLLINS
JOSEPH COX
FRANK DEVINE
JOHN DOWLING
HENRY DREW
JAMES DUNPHY
WILLIAM DUNPHY
PASCAL DINAUT
PIUS DORIAN
ALONZO DEGRISH
JOSEPH FORTUNE
HERBERT GALPIN
JEROME GOUTHRO
WILSON J. HICKMAN
EDWARD JACK




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KOREA
1950 - 1953

DUNPHY, M.A
POWER, F.J.

ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S.

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
WAR - 1914 - 1918

[A list of 30 names follows, but is not clear in the photo/Une liste de 30 noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
WAR - 1939 - 1945

[A list of 28 names follows, but the wording is not clear in the photo./Une liste de 28 noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
KOREAN WAR

[A list of 2 names follows, but the wording is not clear in the photo./Une liste de 2 noms suit, mais le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
ST. MATTHEW WESLEY UNITED CHURCH
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S.
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

[A list of names follows, but is not clear in the photo./Une liste de noms suit, mais le texte n'est pas clair sur la photo.]

CANADA

ST. JOHN’S NORTH SYDNEY
ROLL OF HONOUR
TO COMMEMORATE THE VALOUR OF
THESE MEN WHO SERVED IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

+ HARRY [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]
DAN HATCHER
SAM DAY
ARTHUR DAY
W.M. DAY
REG JACK
DOUGLAS JACK
DEVERE JACK
+ EDWARD JACK
KEITH JACK
JOHN HAGGETT
GEO. HAGGETT
ALFRED YOUDEN
GEO. YOUDEN
FRANK MOULTON
JAS. MOULTON
HEZK. MOULTON
JOHN RANSOM
GEO. COOK
OTTO VARDY
+ PHILIP HICKS
THOS. HILLIER
WILLARD MOORE
CHAS. [The wording is not clear in the photo./Le texte n’est pas clair sur la photo.]
[?] MACDONALD
JOHN BYRNE
JAS. BOWSELL
+ RICHARD [?]
JOHN FLANDER
+ [?] FLANDER
WALTER GALPIN
+ ROBERT GALPIN
LOUIS FOWLER
JOHN FOWLER
ARTHUR [?]
[?]
[?]
[?]
NEIL A. [?]

[?] G. CHRISTIE
JOS. PETITE
JOHN CHRISTIE
[?] O. DOWLING
TAN BARTLETT
ERNEST PITTMAN
CLAUDE PEPPETT
HENRY IVAN
CHAS. MORRIS
DAVID WATSON
ANDREW STRICKLAND
[?] CLARK
JOHN BUTLER
[?]
[?]
FRED HAGG
[?] HAGG
[?] T. KEIGHAN
[?]
[?] MACDOUGALL
JAS. DAWSON
FRANK CREWE
[?] CROUTHER
[?]
[?] MOORE
[?] EARLE [?]
[?]
[?] BAGGETT
[?] BLACKMORE
[?] THORNHILL
FRED EMMERSON
[?]
[?] BRAGG
[?] BRAGG
HARRY LEE
[?] BYRNE
[?] LUDGATE

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CANADA
COMMONWEALTH

KOREA 1950 - 1953

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES

SF90206 PTE. CHIASSON, MICHAEL P. 3 RCR MAY 3, 1953 NEW WATERFORD
SF6362 PTE. CHRISTOFF, JAMES J. 3 RCR MAY 3, 1953 GLACE BAY
SF21703 PTE. DAWSON, WILLIAM 1 RCR OCT. 23, 1952 RESERVE MINES
F800684 PTE. DUNPHY, MICHAEL A. 2 PPCLI JULY 11, 1951 NORTH SYDNEY
B801006 CPL. MACASKILL, EARL 2 PPCLI APR. 3, 1951 SYDNEY
SF21836 PTE. MACPHEE, STEPHEN H. 2 RCR MAR. 24, 1952 PORT MORIEN
SF88249 PTE MORRISON, WILLIAM E. RCASC APR. 24, 1953 GLACE BAY
SB10793 PTE. MORRISON, CHARLES J. 1 RCR OCT. 23, 1952 GLACE BAY
SF14075 PTE. POWER, EDWARD J. 3 PPCLI DEC. 24, 1952 NORTH SYDNEY
SB12728 PTE. MCINNIS, ANGUS W. 1 RCR OCT. 23, 1952 GLACE BAY
A800178 PTE. BUCHANAN, EVERETT C. 2 PPCLI JUNE 30, 1951 NORTH SYDNEY
TF74503 LIEUT. LEVISON, JOSPH Y. 2 PPCLI MAY 26, 1951 SYDNEY

DEDICATED BY
CEILIDH BRANCH - KOREA VETERANS ASSOCIATION - CAPE BRETON

LEST WE FORGET

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LEGION MEMORIAL PARK
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL BRANCH -19
IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTION
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TOWN
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA
DURING WAR AND PEACE

DEDICATED THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1987
MAYOR - COUNCIL AND CITIZENS
TOWN OF NORTH SYDNEY

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THIS MONUMENT IS
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVED IN CANADA'S
NAME ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING
MISSIONS IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

CANADIAN
UNITED NATIONS
PEACEKEEPERS

HONURING THEIR SACRIFICE
IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE

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LEST WE FORGET

CPL ELMER G. GROOM
TRP JOSEPH H. CAMPBELL
PTE JOHN A. LERUE
CAPT ALOYSIUS ROACH CD