Stones of Sacrifice

Armstrong, British Columbia

Type

Other

This monument was constructed in 2001 and dedicated on 6 June 2001. Students from Pleasant Valley Secondary school collected stones from the eight countries in which them men from Armstrong/Spallumcheen had died in the Second World War. They collected stones over a three year period from 1999 – 2001. The stones were formed into a cross that points to Memorial Mountain, named in honour of the 39 men of the area who died. The students who helped build the memorial recognized that they knew who the stones represented, but a visitor would not. An interpretive plaque was necessary to show next of kin which rock represented their lost relative. It was designed and built by a succeeding group of Pleasant Valley Secondary School Graduates and dedicated on June 6, 2004 The following are the contributors to this memorial: Richard Lonsdale, Tom Sidney, James Wood, Keith Worden, John Irving, Jim Howe, Wayne Kyle, Larry Hopner, Mat Hassen, Vic Polichek, Pierre Vaudry from the UPS Store Groups, students from Pleasant Valley Secondary School 1999-2004, Armstrong & Spalumcheen Parks & Recreation Commission, Associated Ready Mix, Budget Trophies, Greenscape Landscaping, Meggalt Truckin,g Nor Val Rentals, Otter Lake Sand and Gravel, Shepherds Home Hardware, Vernon Paving, Wood-N-Chick Furniture, and Noble Tractor & Equipment Ltd.

Inscription

[plaque on ground/plaque au sol]
THE STONES
OF SACRIFICE

This cross of forty stones points to the summit
of Memorial Mountain. The mountain was so
named to remember the thirty-nine Armstrong
and Spallumcheen men who sacrificed their lives
for Canada during the Second World War. The
central stone represents the Unknown Soldier.

In 1999, 2000 and 2001 students from
Pleasant Valley Secondary School collected
stones from the eight countries in which the
men had died: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany,
Holland, India, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

”We will Remember Them”

[explanatory plaque/plaque explicative]
THE STONES OF
SACRIFICE

[a cross contains the numbers 1 – 40, representing each stone/une croix contient les numéros 1 à 40, représentant chaque pierre]

[first column/première colonne]

INDIA
1. FISHER W.J. 1943 23

CANADA
2. FISHER R.F. 1943 21
3. SPARKES L.V. 1942 29
4. REES B.D. 1943 19
5. SMITH R. 1944 19

NETHERLANDS
13. SIDNEY L. 1942 23
6. WARNER H.L. 1945 24
7. HARASYMCHUK P. 1945 24
8. SHUMAY N. 1945 29

GERMANY
9. DUNKLEY G.C. 1941 24
10. BRYDON W.A. 1945 28
UNITED KINGDOM
11. HOLLINGWORTH R.C. 1941 24
12. MELLISH R.L. 1942 21
14. HAYES W.A. 1942 21
15. LeDUC K.C. 1942 23
16. MURRAY J.R. 1944 20
17. ALDWORTH F. 1945 23

[second column/deuxième colonne]

ITALY

18. GILL B.E. 1943 23
19. DAVISON B.D. 1943 23
20. LIVINGSTONE A.A. 1943 26
21. REIMER W.A. 1943 21
22. FLINDALL R. 1944 22
23. DRUMMOND W.M. 1944 27
24. TAYLOR M.E. 1944 23
25. SMITH D.S. 1944 23
26. REES H.C. 1944 23
27. SCHUBERT B.A.F. 1945 24

FRANCE
28. PELLETT K.T. 1942 27
29. MURRAY W.F. 1942 22
30. CLEMENT H. 1943 21
31. HILLIARD D.B. 1944 21
32. SMILEY R.K. 1944 20
33. McALLISTER H.C. 1944 33
34. ENNS J. 1944 20
35. HOBSON G. 1944 23
36. WARNER W.W. 1944 31

BELGIUM
37. VANKLEECK R.B. 1945 24
38. HENDERSON D.S. 1944 25
39. FRASER J. 1944 26

[bottom centre/centre inférieur]

40. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER