My VAC Account
My VAC AccountThis memorial was erected by the village of Margaret and area in honour of the local war dead of the First World War. It was originally unveiled in June 1921. The statue was created by E.J. Skelton from Walkerton, Ontario. The soldier's gaze is nearly straight ahead, arms relaxed and hands resting on the barrel end of the rifle.
Names of the local war dead from the Second World War were added later. The cenotaph was cleaned and restored in 1974.
[front/devant]
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THE
MARGARET DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
SGT. W.D. McKELLAR M.M.
KILLED IN ACTION
OCT. 26, 1917
AGED 26 YRS.
PTE. J.K.MURRAY
KILLED IN ACTION
OCT. 30, 1917
AGED 20 YRS.
PTE. J.G.CAMPBELL
KILLED IN ACTION
FEB. 25, 1918
AGED 19 YRS.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW,
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE FUNS BELOW.
WE ARE THE DEAD. SHORT DAYS AGO
WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED AND WERE LOVED, AND NOW WE LIE,
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
[left side/côté gauche]
IN MEMORIAM TO
P/O A. A. PATTON
KILLED IN ACTION
MARCH 31, 1944
AGED 29 YEARS
LEST WE FORGET
1939 – 1945
[back/arrière]
PTE. S.W. GARBUTT
KILLED IN ACTION
AGED 26 YRS.
PTE. E. STEPHENS
KILLED IN ACTION
SEPT. 14, 1918
AGED 27 YRS.
PTE. G.V. LANCASTER
KILLED IN ACTION
AUG. 10, 1918
AGED 23 YRS.
PTE. G. WILKINS
KILLED IN ACTION
SEPT. 28, 1918
AGED 26 YRS.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN
THIS. THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS." JOHN 15-13
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