Cross of Sacrifice

Hamilton, Ontario
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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church was the Regimental Church of the 91st Canadian Highlanders from 1903 – 1931. The Cross of Sacrifice, unveiled in 1921, commemorates the First World War fallen of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church.

The large Celtic Cross was carved in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is similar to the ancient crosses in Iona where Christianity was first brought to Scotland from Ireland by St. Columba. The arms of the Cross are shortened, the column tapers from its base to the top and a sword pointing downward is in the center. A circle symbolical of a crown or wreath surrounds the arms.

After the Second World War, names of the congregation's fallen from that war were added. 

Inscription

[front/devant]
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF ST PAULS
WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 1918

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[back/arrière]
TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF ST PAULS WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

  • PTE. ROSS R. LITTLE
  • CAPT. WALTER J. MCCUTCHEON
  • LIEUT. HUGH J. MCCUTCHEON
  • CPL. THOMAS MCEWAN
  • P/O JOHN A. MCLEA
  • MAJOR J. DUOGLAS YOUNG

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

Location
Cross of Sacrifice

70 James Street South
Hamilton
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.2545695
Long. -79.8700243

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