Portugal Cove War Memorial

Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland & Labrador

Type

Other

The Portugal Cove War Memorial was first erected by citizens after the end of the First World War in memory of those who lost their lives. After the Second World War, the locals erected a second monument to remember those who lost their lives in this war. The citizens of Portugal Cove raised funds to improve and restore the memorial and it was rededicated on November 11, 2000. A third monument was erected with the names that had been left off the two original monuments, and names from the St. Philip’s area were added.

In 2015, the memorial was redesigned by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10 Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s. They fundraised and received grants to add another monument, benches, and memorial stones. These upgrades also included the restoration of the three original monuments. Ninety-seven names were added to the memorial site - 36 First World War, 54 Second World War, 4 Korean War, 1 Afghanistan and 2 Peacekeepers. The site now includes the names of the places and boats that residents from Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s served or died. Insignias from the original brigade where solders were recruited are etched into the memorial stones.

Inscription

[left memorial/le monument de gauche]

(front/devant)
WWII Veterans
1939 - 1945
FREDERICK FRY
GRAHAM FRY
PETER SOMERTON
HERBERT SOMERTON
MICHAEL SOMERTON
WILLIAM J. SOMERTON
HECTOR SOMERTON
SAMUEL SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON
RAYMOND SOMERTON
WILLIS MITCHELL
LEVI MITCHELL
JORDON MITCHELL
MATTHEW MITCHELL
STEVEN MITCHELL
FREEMAN MITCHELL
FREDERICK GREELEY
JAMES GREELEY
FREDERICK HUSSEY
JONATHAN HUSSEY
GEORGE BISHOP
JAMES HAMMOND

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

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF
PORTUGAL COVE/ST. PHILIPS
NOVEMBER ??
TO HONOUR ??

(right side/côté droit)
WWII VETERANS
1939 - 1945
MARK HAMMOND
WILLIAM HAMMOND
DAVID HYNES
EDWARD ANTLE
ALBAN FLEMING
HAROLD MILLER
WALLACE MILLER
JOHN MURPHY
WILLIAM CHURCHILL
HARRIS CHURCHILL
ROBERT PICCO
MYLES MURRAY
MADGE MCDONALD
HAZEL CHURCHILL
JACOB MILLER
GEORGE ALLEN
WILLIAM ALLEN
ALEX PEDDLE
STEWART GREELEY
TASKER HARDING
JOHN ALLEN
GEORGE SOMERTON
ANDREW SOMERTON

(left side/côté gauche)
WWI VETERANS
1914 - 1918
EDGAR SOMERTON
ARCHIBALD GREELEY
SAMUEL MILLER
ANNIAS MILLER
STEPHEN NEARY
SOLOMON CHURCHILL
PETER HAMMOND
ALBERT WATKINS
MICHAEL HYNES
ERNEST BISHOP
GEORGE FRY
DANIEL CHURCHILL
ALBERT CHURCHILL
EDGAR HIBBS
THOMAS MITCHELL
ARTHUR JONES
CHARLES DRUKEN
JACOB PICCO
SAUL SQUIRES
NATHANIAL SOMERTON
JORDON HIBBS
ELI HAMMOND

[center memorial/le monument du milieu]

(front/devant)
THOMAS CHURCHILL
C/JX 181403

JOHN CHURCHILL
RTP/R 312192

ROBERT C. EARLE
P/JX 188879

WALTER GREELEY
LT/JX 216837

DAVID KING
C/JX 230144

HAYWARD S. MITCHELL
P/JX 188931

ALBERT. L. MILLER
P/JX 188900

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF
THIS COMMUNITY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR II

1939 1945

(right side/côté droit)
GNR.
ANDREW CHURCHILL
970700

PTE.
L.H. CHURCHILL
SN3494

(back/arrière)
ROYAL
CANADAIN NAVY

HMCS MARGAREE

MASTER SEAMAN
WILLIAM E. HYNES
SHIP'S DIVER

NATO STANDING
NAVAL FORCE
ATLANTIC

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
8 FEBRUARY 1991

MADEIRA
ISLANDS

PORTUGUESE
TERRITORIES

(left side/côté gauche)
RALPH PICCO

AMBROSE HARDING

RICHARD A. SQUIRES

[right memorial/le monument de droit]

(front/devant)
ROYAL
NFLD REGIMENT
LCE CPL. MATTHEW
GREELEY. NO 1574.

MICHAEL J. ROSS
PTE. NO 250.

JAMES HALL
PTE. NO 1935.

WILLIAM HALL
PTE. NO 1949.

PETER SOMERTON
PTE. NO 2779.

WALTER GREELEY
PTE. NO 3080612.

SAMUEL SOMERTON
PTE. NO 715203.

(right side/côté droit)
NEWFOUNDLAND

THE ROYAL
NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT

CORPORAL
HERBERT J BELBIN
NO 1765

PRIVATE
ARTHUR J JONES
NO 1806

ROYAL ARMY
SERVICE CORPS

SERGEANT
WILLIAM WARRILOW
NO TS/1053

ALSO A VETERAN OF
THE BOER WAR

(left side/côté gauche)
NFLD ROYAL
NAVAL RESERVE

HERBERT SOMERTON
NO 720X

JOHN F. HIBBS
NO 737X

HAROLD MILLER
NO 1578X

ERECTED BY A
GRATEFUL PEOPLE
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS
COMMUNITY WHO IN THE
GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR KING AND
COUNTRY.
1914 — 1918.

[steles/stèles]
(left)
WORLD WAR II

ERIC ABBOTT
ALEXANDER ANDREWS
MALCOLM BLUNDON
CYRIL CHURCHILL
JESSIE L CHURCHILL
LLOYD CHURCHILL
DAWSON G FRY
FRANCIS GLADNEY
GRANVILLE GREELEY
KATHLEEN GREELEY
MALCOLM GREELEY
ALBERT R HAMMOND
GEORGE WM HARDING
JOSEPH HARDING
??
ANGUS W HIBBS
ELLA HUSSEY
JOHN JANES JR
GEORGE JONES
ELEAZER KING
JOHN LAWLOR
JACK LEGROW
TED LEGROW
ELLA MILLER
FREDRICK MILLER
WALTER MILLER
WILLIAM MILLER
CYRIL MITCHELL
DONALD MITCHELL
ERNEST MITCHELL
KENNETH MITCHELL
STEWART MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL JR
THOMAS O'BRIEN
ERNEST O'QUINN
ROLLAND H PARSONS
DUNCAN PICCO
THEOPHILUS PICCO
HENRY A PILGRIM
THOMAS PURCELL SR
JAMES A QUIGLEY
PHOEBE REID (MILLER)
AMBROSE SOMERTON
CLARNENCE SOMERTON
MADGE SOMERTON
EDGAR SOMERTON JR
ARTHUR SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
ROBERT SQUIRES
THOMAS SQUIRES
ALFRED S TUCKER
MOSES TUCKER
ORMAN WHALEN
TASKER HIBBS
HUBERT H HIBBS

(center)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMUNITY TO HONOUR
THOSE WHO SERVED IN CONFLICTS
RETURNED HOME AND
HAVE SINCE PASSED

WORL WAR I
BERT CHURCHILL
FREDRICK CHURCHILL
WILLIAM H CHURCHILL
EDGARD CLARKE
GEORGE GREELEY
JACBO GREELEY
MERRILL HAMMOND
GEORGE A HARDING
HENRY HARDING
SAMUEL HARDING
HECTOR HIBBS
HERBER JONES
SAMUEL KING
ANDREW LAWLOR
DANIEL MILLER
JOHN MILLER
ARTHUR E MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL

ERNEST MITCHELL
FRANK MITCHELL
WILLIAM MITCHELL
ZACHEUS MITCHELL
ARTHUR MITCHELL
??
WILLIS MITCHELL SR.
PHILIP PICCO
RALPH PICCO
ARTHUR SOMERTON
EARNEST SOMERTON
SOLOMON SOMERTON
STEPHEN SOMERTON
WILLIAM J SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON SR
GEORGE A SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
RICHARD A. SQUIRES
EDMOND MITCHELL SR