Canadian Machine Gun Corps Plaques

Ottawa, Ontario

Type

Other

This memorial is a group of three plaques hanged on the same wall, one below the other. On the large plaque is a circular "bas relief" of Brigadier-General Brutinel bust, and a "bas relief" of machine gunners on Vimy ridge. The plaques are dedicated to the memory of the members of the Canadian machine Gun Corps who died on active service and in honour of those who served. The plaques are also dedicate to the memory of Brigadier-General R. Brutinel, C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O. who commanded the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. In August 1914, Major Raymond Brutinel enrolled the first recruits for the corps here, in the Chateau Laurier.

Inscription

[upper plaque/plaque du haut]

BRUTINEL 1918

CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS

COMMANDED BY
BRIG. GEN. R. BRUTINEL, C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O.

CANADIAN MACHINE GUNS ON VIMY RIDGE

IN MEMORY OF

THE MEMBERS OF
THE CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS
WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
AND IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED

1914-1919

[middle plaque/plaque au milieu]

IN THE CHATEAU LAURIER, THE
CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS HAD
ITS BEGINNING. HERE, IN AUGUST 1914,
MAJOR RAYMOND BRUTINEL
ENROLLED THE FIRST RECRUITS
FOR THE CORPS

[bottom plaque/plaque du bas]

[this information is on the memorial but the layout needs to be confirmed/cette information est sur le mémorial, mais la disposition est à confirmer]

Brutinel 1918

CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS
COMMANDÉ PAR
LE BRIGADIER-GÉNÉRAL BRUTINEL
C.B. C.M.G. D.S.O.
MITRAILLEUSES CANADIENNES SUR LA CRÊTE DE VIMY
MEMBRES DU CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS
QUI TOMBERENT AU CHAMP D`HONNEUR

À LA MÉMOIRE DES SOLDATS
DE 1914-1919

LE CANADIAN MACHINE GUN CORPS A VU LE JOUR EN AOÛT 1914, AU CHÂTEAU LAURIER
OÙ LE MAJOR RAYMOND BRUTINEL A ENRÔLÉ
LES PREMIÈRES RECRUES