Brookside Cemetery Field of Honour

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Other

Brookside Cemetery's field of honour is marked by seven granite plaques on individual supports. Between 1991 and 1995 several organizations worked to restore the grave markers throughout the cemetery and install these plaques in honour of those buried in the field of honour.

Inscription

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THIS RESTORATION PROJECT CONSISTED OF REMOVING 4684 MARKERS FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FOUNDATIONS AND REINSTALLING THEM IN PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE BEAMS WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED ON PILES. NEW MARKERS WERE ALSO INSTALLED ON UNMARKED GRAVES AND MARKERS THAT WERE BROKEN, CHIPPED OR ILLEGIBLE WERE REPLACED.

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POUR CETTE RESTAURATION, ON A DÉPLACÉ 4684 STÈLES FUNÉRAIRES DE LEURS FONDATIONS ORIGINALES ET ON LES A RÉINSTALLÉES SUR DES POUTRES DE BÉTON PRÉCONTRAINT REPOUSANET SUR DES PILIERS ENTERRÉS. DES STÈLES FUNÉRAIRES ON ÉGALEMENT ÉTÉ INSTALLÉES SUR DES TOMBES ANONYMES, ET ON A REMPLACÉ LES STÈLES BRISÉS, EBRÉCHÉES OU CELLES SUR LES QUELLES LE NOM N'ÉAIT PLUS LISIBLE.

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1991-1995

THE FOUR YEAR PROJECT TO RESTORE THIS FIELD OF HONOUR WAS INITIATED AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT OF THE JOINT VETERANS ORGANIZATION, THE LAST POST FUND, THE COMMONWEALTH GRAVES COMMISSION, PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA, THE CITY OF WINNIPEG AND VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA

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1991-1995

LA RESTAURATION DU CHAMP D'HONNEUR, QUI A DURÉ QUATRE ANS, A ÉTÉ ENTREPRISE GRACE AU EFFORTS CONJOINTS DE L'ASSOCIATION THE JOINT VETERANS ORGANIZATION, DU FONDS DU SOUVENIR, DE LA COMMISSION DES SÉPULTURES DE GUERRE DU COMMONWEALTH, DE TRAVAUX PUBLICS ET SERVICE GOUVERNMENTAUX CANADA, DE LA VILLE DE WINNIPEG, ET D'ANCIENS COMBATTANTS CANADA

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LATIN CROSS

IN WIDESPREAD USE SINCE THE THIRD CENTURY. IN THE FIELD OF HONOUR THE LATIN CROSS IS THE MOST COMMON SYMBOL OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

CROIX LATINE

TRÉS RÉPANDUE DEPUIS LE TROISIÈME SIÈCLE. AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR, LA CROIX LATINE EST LE SYMBOLE LE PLUS COURANT DE LA RELIGION CHRÉTIENNE.

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THIS FIELD OF HONOUR IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.

CE CHAMP D'HONNEUR EST DÉDIÉ A TOUS LES HOMMES ET À TOUTES LES FEMMES QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS AU NOM DE LA LIBERTÉ.

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THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF CANADA. MAPLE LEAF

ADOPTED BY THE IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMISSION AND PRIVY COUNCIL TO COMMEMORATE CANADIAN ARMY PERSONNEL WHO DIED DURING BOTH WARS AND POST WAR PERIOD UP UNTIL 1951.

FEUILLE D'ÉRABLE SYMBOLE DU CANADA.

ADOPTÉ PAR "IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMISSION" ET LE CONSEIL PRIVÉ POUR COMMÉRORE LES MEMBRES DE L'ARMÉE CANADIENNE MORTS PENDANT LES DEUX GUERRES MONDIALES ET APRÉS SOIT JUSQU'EN 1951.