Unveiled on 28 August 1949 by the citizens of Yorkton and District and Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 77, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead.
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Type
Other
Inscription
[upper plaque/plaque du haut]
DEDICATED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF OUR "GALLANT DEAD"
IN A THOUSAND FOREIGN
FIELDS AND IN MANY AN
UNKNOWN GRAVE, UNDER THE
WATERS OF THE SEAS AND IN
THIS HALLOWED SPOT LIE
THE BODIES OF THE BRAVE
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
[lower plaque]
ERECTED BY THE YORKTON BRANCH
NO. 77 CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L. IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE CITIZENS OF YORKTON AND DISTRICT
AND DEDICATED THIS 28TH DAY OF AUGUST
A.D. 1949
Visitor information
Location
Yorkton Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice
Highway 16 South
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
Yorkton Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice
Highway 16 South
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 51.2021019
Long. -102.4510098
Lat. 51.2021019
Long. -102.4510098
front view
Keith & Gladys Inches; James Arthur Alstad1
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lower plaque
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Surroundings
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