Lachine Cenotaph

Lachine,
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This cenotaph, a bronze statue with stelæ, is dedicated to the citizens of the City of Lachine who gave their lives during the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean War.

This monument, sculpted by Lucien Sarra-Bournet and erected in 1925 by the City of Lachine, is dedicated to the citizens of Lachine who died during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. It was originally unveiled in St. Louis Park by Douglas Haig on July 27, 1925, the same day that he dedicated the Outremont memorial and visited three other memorials on Montreal Island. The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) raised so much of the money for the Lachine sculpture, and the granite base was the gift of a businessman from Iberville, Georges Tremblay. The memorial was moved to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 85/90 (3015 Henri-Dunant Street) in 1991 and later moved to its present location in Stoney Point Park.

Inscription

Inscription on front of central shaft: À nos soldats 1914 - 1918  To our soldiers

Inscription on rear of central shaft: Érigé par la Cité de Lachine 1925 Erected by the City of Lachine

Inscription on left side of central shaft: Arras, La Somme, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, Mons

Inscription on right side of central shaft: Ypres, St. Eloi, Vimy Ridge, Côte 70, Amiens

 

 

Inscription on left stele:

Fideles jusqu’à la mort

À la mémoire des citoyens de la

Cité de Lachine qui ont fait le

sacrifice du Roi et de la Patrie

durant la Grande Guerre

 

Faithful unto death

In grateful memory of the

citizens of the City of Lachine

who counted not their lives

dear unto themselves in the

service of the King and Country

in the Great War

 

Bain R.

Hetu J.

McParlane G.

Barnes E.

Higgins F.L.

McTurk J.

Barnes J.

Higgins A.W.

Neil W.

Bell J.G.

Hilton H.

Nicholson T.

Bertram A.S.

Hollingworth A.

Nisbet C.J.

Bigras P.

Hughes J.E.A.

Page A.

Brown R.

James E.A.

Parkinson J.M.M.

Chamberland R.

James R.C.

Parsons R.

Cooke P.H.

Knight A. St. JH

Pearce J.

Coursol E.

Koollicker A.J.

Picard I.B.

Draker J.A.

Lang T.

Proctor H.

Edges A.

Mace J.

Robertson R.

Flanagan T.

Manton H.J.

Seller D.

Forget A.

Marsh T.

Sunderland H.

Gibson J.

Mellor P.

Tabrett J.

Goldsworth W.G.

Morphy J.M.

Torrance D.F.

Harvey D.

McCallum N.

Torrance S.G.

Heath G.

McKenzie A.

Walker J.

Hepworth G.

McLean A.L.   M.C.   D.C.M.

Whiting J.

Herd S.

McNab J.

Walcott T.S.  M.D.

 

 

Wooll H.A.

 

 

Inscription on right stele:

1939 – 1945

Aussi en mémoire

de ceux qui ont

fait le sacrifice

suprême de leur vie

 

1939 – 1945

Also in memory of

those who have

given the supreme

sacrifice of

their life

 

 

 

Corée 1950 – 1953

Ils moururent en

combattant pour

maintenir les idéaux

des Nations Unies

 

Korea 1950 – 1953

They died fighting to

uphold the ideals of

the United Nations

 

 

 







Location
Lachine Cenotaph

4540 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Lachine
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.4368325
Long. -73.7064722

Cenotaph

Richard Turcotte
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Close up of centre shaft

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Left stele

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Right stele

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