Lance Corporal Douglas Earl Sparks Plaque

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
OF Douglas Earl Sparks
SON OF WALTER AND ADA SPARKS
LANCE-CORPORAL IN THE 15TH, BATTALION, C.E.F.
BORN JAN. 3RD, 1896 AND KILLED IN ACTION
APRIL 24TH, 1915 DURING THE SECOND BATTLE
OF YPRES WHEN THE GERMANS FIRST
MADE USE OF POISONOUS GAS IN ATTACK.

"THE LEFT FLANK OF THE CANADIAN DIVISION WAS LEFT DANGEROUSLY EXPOSED TO SERIOUS
ATTACK IN FLANK. IN SPITE OF THE DANGER TO WHICH THEY WERE EXPOSED THE CANADIANS
HELD THEIR GROUND WITH A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF TENACITY AND COURAGE, THE BEARING
AND CONDUCT OF THESE SPLENDID TROOPS AVERTED A DISASTER WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN
ATTENDED WITH THE MOST SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES" SIR JOHN FRENCH'S DESPATCH

ERECTED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS