Tumulus commémoratif de la Première Nation Saugeen

Saugeen First Nation,

Le cairn de pierre compte trois plaques sur lesquelles sont inscrits les noms de ceux qui se sont portés volontaires pour combattre. Au sommet du cairn, une croix blanche porte l’inscription « Lest We Forget » (Nous nous souviendrons).

Inscription

[front/devant]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF SAUGEEN INDIAN RESERVE
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
1939-1945 WITH CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

[left column/colonne de gauche]
AHAYABA, ARTIVAN
ANOQUOT, JERRY
BESITO, AMBROS
BESITO, IVAN
BESITO, JAMES
BESITO, SYLVESTER
CAMERON, ALFRED
CAMERON, JOSEPH JR.
CAMERON, WILLIAM
COOK, PETER
CROWELL, BEVERLY
HENRY, JOHN
HENRY RUSSELL
HENRY, STANLEY
ISSAC, CLIFFORD
ISSAC, HERBERT
JAMES, ALFRED
JAMES, EDWARD
JONES, HARRY
JOHN, ARTHUR
JOHN, ERNEST
JOHN, MORRIS
JOHNSTON, WESLEY
JOSHUA, GILBERT
KAHGEE, ALVIN
KAHGEE, EDISON

[centre column/colonne de centre]
KAHGEE, EDWARD
KAHGEE, ELMER
KAHGEE, HECTOR
KAHGEE, OLIVER
KAHBEJEE, JOHN
KEWAGESHIG, RUPERT
KEWAQUOM, ARCHIE
KEWAQUOM, RUSSELL
KEWAQUOM, WILSON
KEWAQUOM, WALTER
MASON, JAMES
NAGUM, ISSAC
NASHKEWA, DONALD
NASHKEWA, DIXON
NASHKEWA, ISSAC
NASHKEWA, ROBERT
NAWASH, JOSEPH
NAWASH, PHYLLIS
NAWASH, STAFFORD
NOON, WILLIAM
RITCHIE, AUSTIN
RITCHIE, HARRY
RITCHIE, LLEWELLYN
RITCHIE, MILTON
RITCHIE, NELSON
RITCHIE, WILLIAM S.

[right column/colonne de droite]
ROOT, ALEX
ROOT, CRAWFORD
ROOTE, EDWARD
ROOTE, ISSAC
ROOT, LEONARD
ROOT, MILTON
ROOT, URIEL
SOLOMON, BASIL
SOLOMON, EDGAR
SOLOMON, LLOYD
SOLOMON, MATTHEW
SOLOMON, PATRICK
SOLOMON, STEWART
SOLOMON, WILLIAM
THOMPSON, ALFRED
THOMPSON, CHARLES
THOMPSON, HARVEY
THOMPSON, PETER
THOMPSON, RUSSELL
THOMPSON, WILFORD
THOMPSON, WILLIAM
WAHBEZEE, RAYMOND
WELLINGTON, ANDREW
WESLEY, GARFIELD
WESLEY, PERCY
WILLIAMS, ELIAS

[left side/côté gauche]

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES

[left column/colonne de gauche]

KOREAN WAR
ANOQUOT, ORMOND
ROOTE, NORMAN
ROOT, WINFORD

[right column/colonne de droite]

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
RITCHIE, HARVEY
SOLOMON, ARNOLD
SOLOMON, ORLYN

UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
VIET NAM WAR
GEORGE, CLAYTON-UNITED STATES ARMY
MANDAWOUB, CLARENCE-UNITED STATES MARINES

PERSIAN GULF, BEIRUT, LEBANON
JOHN, WARREN-UNITED STATES MARINES

SOMALIA
ROOTE, R. RYAN-UNITED STATES MARINES

RITCHIE, JAMES-UNITED STATES ARMY
JOHN BRYANT-UNITED STATES MARINES
JOHN, PERRY-UNITED STATES MARINES
ROOTE, JASON UNITED STATES MARINES
ROOTE, PHILIP A.-UNITED STATES MARINES

[right side/côté droite]

1914-1918 ROLL OF HONOUR

[left column/colonne de gauche]

AKIWENZIE, ISAAC*
AKIWENZIE, LESLIE*
ANOQUOT, JERRY
BESITO, DAVID
BESITO, ELIAS
BESITO, JAMES
CAMERON, JOSEPH
CAMERON, PERCY
JAMES, EDWARD
JAMES, JESSE
JOHN, CHARLIE
JOHN, JOSEPH
JOHN, WILLIAM S.
KAHBEJEE, JOHN
KEBASHKUNG, LAZARUS
KEWAQUOM, ALBERT
KEWAQUOM, CHRISTOPHER
MITCHELL, ELIAS
MADAWAYOSH, H.W.

[centre column/colonne de centre]

MASON, HENRY
MARTIN, JOHN
MITCHELL, DAVID
MITCHELL, WELLINGTON
MOSES, ELIJAH
NASHKEWA, DAVID
NASHKEWA, EDDIE
NAWASH, ADAM
NAWASH, ALFRED
NAWASH, DANIEL
NAWASH, DAVID
NAWASH, GEORGE
PETONOQUOT, JOSEPH
PETONOQUOT, PAUL
PETONOQUOT, THOMAS
RITCHIE, FRANCIS
RITCHIE, PETER
RITCHIE, WILLIE JR.
MITCHELL, SOLOMON

[right column/colonne de droite]

ROOT, ALEX
ROOT, JOSEPH
SHAWBEDEES, ISAIAH
SHAWBEDEES, WALTER
SIGNOCK, DANIEL
SOLOMON, HENRY
SOLOMON, MATTHEW
SOLOMON, ROBERT
STEVENS, MELVIN
SIMON, WILLIAM
WAHBEGONA, ELIJAH
WAHBEGONA, PETER
WAHBEZEE, ELIJA
WESLEY, JOHN
WILLIAMS, ALBERT
WILLIAMS, ELIAS
WILLIAMS, JOSIE
WILLIAMS, PAUL
YABEH, JOHN H.

* DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL

Location
Tumulus commémoratif de la Première Nation Saugeen

Highway 21 and Cameron Dr
Saugeen First Nation
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