Korean War Gapyeong Battle Monument
Municipality/Province: Brantford, ON
Memorial number: 35007-031
Type: Slab
Address: 7732 Mavis Road
Location: Meadowvale Cemetery
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.6416181 Long: -79.7477834
Photo credit: Dale Barker
The Korean War Gapyeong Battle Monument was unveiled on 27 July 2021. The large granite monument donated by Gapyeong County Mayor Sungki Kim was shipped from Korea. It is one of 30 memorials that have been donated to communities of Korean Veterans around the world.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
Korean War
Gapyeong Battle
Monument
We Will Remember
Them Forever
(plaque)
Fallen Soldiers of the Battle of Gapyeong
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
2nd Battaltion
Private Maurice Sherman Carr
Corporal Gerald Robert Evans
Private Leslie Thomas Fielding
Private Curtis Archie Hayes
Private Joseph Marcel Leo Lessard
Private Bruce Merlin MacDonald
Private Walter John Marshall
Private Robert Herbert George Tolver
Private Robert Leroy Walker
Private Thomas Barry Wotton
Lest We Forget
(plaque)
The Battle of Gapyeong
During the nights of April 23-25 1951, the 2nd Battalion
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
withstood heavy attacks in the Gapyeong River
Valley by forces of the Chinese People's
Volunteer Army, which were attempting
to push forward and capture Seoul.
Isolated from other units of the 27th British
Commonwealth Brigade and at one point,
completely surrounded by the enemy,
the Patricia's gave up not one foot of ground,
they halted the huge enemy offensive and
saved the Capital of the Republic of Korea.
For the gallant action, the Princess Patricia's
2nd Battalion, which was in the chain of command
of American Army Corps, was awarded
the United States Presidential Unit Citation.
(plaque)
MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS
DEDICATED ON JULY 27, 2021
Universal Peace Foundation
The R.C.L. Br. #10 Todmorden
The R.C.L. Br. #10 Colour Guard
Meadowvale Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Centres
Street view
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