This monument commemorates the soldiers of the region who served during the two world wars or in the Korean War. The monument is located on the grounds of Branch 52 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Saulnierville. The monument was inaugurated in front of Sacré-Coeur Catholic Church, in Saulnierville, on August 18, 1935, in memory of the soldiers of the First World War. In 1959, the monument was moved to a private lot; in 1976, it was transferred to its current location, on Legion grounds. The monument also commemorates the soldiers of the region who fought in the Korean War. Though the Clare Legion (Branch 52) includes many veterans of the Korean War, no soldiers from the region lost their lives there. This plaque was unveiled on September 25, 1988.
Inscription
[L'inscription sur la plaque de 1935 se lit comme suit/ The inscription on the 1935 plaque reads as follows]
1914-1918
Souvenez vous dans vos prières
des hommes de Clare qui sont tombés
pour défendre notre pays ou qui
sont morts
des suites de la guerre mondiale
Amirault, Désiré
Britton, Charles
Comeau, Emile
Duffy, Ambroise
Doucet, Alphonse
Deveau, Charles F.
Greene, Henry A.
LeBlanc, Augustin A.
LeBlanc, Albert
LeBlanc, Dennis
Maillet, Jean
Melanson, Benoît
Prime, Ernest
Saulnier, Leander
Sabean, Stephen L.
Stone, Thomas
Stehelin, Charles
Thimot, Odelphie
Thibodeau, Wilfred
R.I.P.
[La plaque qui commémore les combattants de la Deuxième guerre mondiale se lit comme suit /The plaque commemorating the soldiers of the Second World War reads as follows]
1939-1945
In grateful memory of those who fell in World War II
Amirault, Resther
Blinn, Howard
Comeau, Ambroise
Comeau, Denis
Comeau, Gérald
Deveau, Albert
D'eon, Gérald
Doucet, Gérald
Gaudet, Elisée
Geddry, Emery
LeBlanc, Elie
Melanson, Alphonse
McCormick, Roger
Robicheau, Edmond
Saulnier, Hilaire
Saulnier, Melbourne
Weaver, Harold
Lest we forget
Comeau, Emile
[On remarquera qu'une plaque a été rajoutée en bas de la plaque originale pour y ajouter le nom d'Émile Comeau. En 1996, les paroisses de Clare voulaient connaître leurs combattants tués aux guerres. À la suite de cette demande, Gérard Thériault, légionnaire, a découvert qu'il y a eu deux Émile Comeau de la région qui avaient sacrifié leur vie dans les guerres mondiales (l'un pendant la première guerre, l'autre pendant la deuxième) et que le nom du deuxième ne paraissait pas sur la plaque. Ainsi, en 1997, on a ajouté le nom de Émile Comeau au bas de la plaque lors d'une cérémonie spéciale de reconnaissance. La photo ci-dessous montre Madame Nora Blanchette, la soeur d'Emile Comeau, posée devant le monument à l'occasion de cette cérémonie. (Pour plus d'information, voir Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Ecosse du vendredi 29 août 1997)./Note that a plaque was added on the bottom of the original plaque in order to add the name of Émile Comeau. In 1996, the parishes of Clare wanted to know the names of the soldiers of their region who had been killed in the wars. Given this request, a legionnaire, Gérard Thériault, discovered that two men from the region named Émile Comeau had sacrificed their lives in the world wars (one during the first war, and the other during the second) and that the name of the second did not appear on the plaque. It was thus that, in 1997, on the occasion of a special remembrance ceremony, the name of Émile Comeau was inscribed on another plaque added at the bottom of the monument.
1950 Korea 1953
For those who served
and
for those who died
in service of their country
Lest we forget
Visitor information
Saulnierville Cenotaphe
The Royal Canadian Legion, Clare Branch
Saulnierville
Nova Scotia
Lat. 44.2553477
Long. -66.1293264