Cape Breton Highlanders Second World War Memorial

[front right side/devant, côté droit]
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

[center/centre]
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

[front right side/devant, côté droit]
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

[back right side/à l’arrière, côté gauche]
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

[back middle/à l’arrière, centre]
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

[back right side/à l’arrière, côté droit]
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.