Pictou County War Memorial

The Pictou County War Memorial was erected on July 11, 1935 to honour all of the soldiers from Pictou County who died in the Great War. It was designed by Canadian sculptor George William Hill and unveiled by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

The symbolism of the three bronze figures - one a returned soldier to typify all his class. The female figure is Justice, who has tested his merits in the scales and has found him worthy of the laurel wreath with which she is about to crown him. The youth is a Boy Scout, too young himself for military service, who welcomes his soldier father home.

George William Hill was born in Shipton, Eastern Townships, in 1861. He learned to carve marble in his father’s company, after he graduated from college. Between 1889 and 1894, he left Quebec to study sculpting at the École nationale des beaux-arts and Académie Julian in Paris. When he returned to Montreal, he opened a studio and worked with architect Robert Findlay and brothers Edward and William S. Maxwell. Known for his public monuments and war memorials, he is now considered one of the most important Canadian sculptors of the early twentieth century.

Hill designed several monuments commemorating Canadians lost in the South African War, including the Strathcona and South African Soldiers' Memorial in Quebec and Boer War Soldiers Monument in Ontario. At the end of the First World War, Hill was awarded several contracts by towns and cities wishing to pay homage to citizens who had died on the battlefields. Between 1920 and 1930 he designed these monuments: Westmount Cenotaph, Magog Cenotaph, Argenteuil Cenotaph, Richmond Cenotaph, Sherbrooke War Memorial in Quebec; Pictou County War Memorial in Nova Scotia; Soldier's Monument, The Soldier and Nurses’ Memorial in Ontario; and the Soldier's Monument in Prince Edward Island.

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IN PROUD UNFADING MEMORY OF THE
GALLANT SONS AND BRAVE DAUGHTERS
OF THE COUNTY OF PICTOU
WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918
DIED GLORIOUSLY
IN DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE
AND THEIR CANADIAN HOMELAND

ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE
TO THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

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GEO. W. HILL.

PICTOU

• DANIEL ROBERT ADAMSON
• ROLAND BECK
• GORDON D. BOWEN
• CHRISTOPHER BROWN
• HAROLD WINSOR CARSON
• J.B.C. CARSON
• G.R. CHISHOLM, JR.
• LLOYD CORISH
• WILLIAM DAVIS
• JOHN W. DEVEAU
• LESLIE DONALD
• DANIEL MCDONALD
• EDWARD MACDONALD
• RICHARD F. MACDONALD
• ROBERT MCFARLANE
• THOMAS GRAY GILCHRIST
• DANIEL GILLIS
• THOMAS HALLIDAY
• WILLIAM F. HAMILTON
• FRANK HEIGHTON
• THOMAS W. JOLLYMORE
• WILFRID JORDAN
• HARRY KAYENBURG
• JOHN C. KENNEDY
• J.J. WALLACE KING
• S.STEWART MCKARACHER
• NEIL WILFRED MCKENZIE
• JOHN W. LANGILLE
• J.HAROLD LITTLE
• JOHN DANIEL LOGAN
• JOHN DAVID MCLAREN
• RONALD J. MCLEAN
• WILLIAM FRANCIS MCLEAN
• J. ALBERT MURDOCH
• WILLIAM HARLAN MURDOCK
• PATRICK MURPHY
• BERTRAM FRASER MURRAY
• DUNCAN MURRAY M.D.
• JOHN STEWART MURRAY
• J.MURRAY NEVILLE
• DONALD W. NICHOLSON
• GORDON MCNAMARA
• JOHN PERRY
• WILLIAM NORRIE MCPHEE
• STRUAN CARMICHAEL ROBERTSON
• JOHN SHEARER
• ANDREW SMITH
• A.D. SMITH
• DONALD MACG. STEWART
• FRANK SUTHERLAND
• JOHN M. TOBIN
• JOHN ALEXANDER WATT

NEW GLASGOW

• WILLIAM T. BECK
• FRASER BETTS
• JOHN DUNCAN BROWN
• JOHN MICHAEL BROWN
• FRANK CAMERON
• MILLARD CAMERON
• ALLISTAIR CAMPBELL
• HARRY CAVANAGH
• WILLIAM EDWARD CHISHOLM
• FRANK COBB
• JACK W. CROCKETT
• ISABEL K. CUMMING
• KAROLD MCCULLOGH
• A. HARVEY DAND
• FRED DAVIS
• GEORGE W. DUNN
• STEWART MUIR DUTHIE
• HAROLD MCDEARMID
• ALEXANDER D. MCDONALD
• DANIEL VINCENT MCDONALD
• RONALD P. MCDONALD
• W. MCEACHERN
• FRANK J. FRASER
• JAMES DOWNEY FRASER
• J.G. LAURIER FRASER
• LOUIS FRASER
• MARGARET MARJORIE FRASER
• WARREN FRASER
• AUBREY E. GRANT
• DUNCAN GRANT
• ERNEST GRANT
• WILLIAM H. GRANT
• DOUGAL MACGILLIVRAY
• HUGH A. MACGILLIVRAY
• IAN C. MACGREGOR
• ALBERT HAYLOR
• ALBERT EDWARD HICKEN
• WILLIAM STEEWART HICKEN
• FREDERICK W. HINCHLIFFE
• HARRY C. HORNE
• COURTNEY A. HULL
• ALFRED S. MCINTOSH
• J. HERBERT MCINTOSH
• W. HAYWARD MCINTOSH
• HUGH MCISAAC
• WILLIAM N. JENKINS
• ARTHUR MACKAY
• LILLIAS MCKAY
• J.W. MCKENZIE
• L.W. MCKENZIE
• LEO MCKENZIE
• PERCY LARTER
• J. HORACE LELACHEUR
• EARL LOCKERBY
• THOMAS LOGAN
• WILLIAM EDWARD LONG
• ANDREW LOVE, M.D.
• ARCHIBALD MCLAUGHLIN
• JOHN WM. MCLAUGHLIN
• FRED MCLENNAN
• D.H. MCLEOD
• ROBERT A. MUIR
• LILFORD S. MULLINS
• HARCOURT A. MURRAY
• WILLARD LAWSON MACMILLAN
• FRANCIS JOHN ALLEN MCNEIL
• HERBERT MCNEIL
• GEORGE V. PASS
• JOSEPH MCPHEE
• BOWMAN ROSS
• WILFRED STANCOMB
• ROLAND J.B. STEVENS
• GEORGE SYLVIA
• DAWSON TUPPER
• WILLIAM PETTIFER
• JOHN HENRY ROGERS
• HUGH ROSS
• MAXWELL STEVENS
• GEORGE SYLVESTER
• JAMES A. TAYLOR
• FREDERICK EATON WARD

STELLARTON

EDWARD ALLAN
• GORDON A. MACARTHUR
• LEO A. BAIN
• EDWARD BILLS
• JOHN S. BOWRAN
• JAMES BERNARD BROWN
• G. CAMERON
• J CLIFFORD CULTON
• TRUEMAN B. DAVIDSON
• WILLIAM DEACON
• ALLAN D. MACDONALD
• ALEXANDER MACDONALD
• RODERICK J. MACDONALD
• GEORGE M. FIFIELD
• ROBERT FRAMPTON
• MERTON FULTON
• WILLIAM MCGUIRE
• HUGH MCISAAC
• CHALMERS JACKSON
• ROBERT JOHNSTON
• ARTHUR B. MACKAY
• ROBERT T. MCLAUGHLIN
• JOHN M. MCLENNAN
• WILLIAM G. ARTHRELL
• JOHN A MACARTHUR
• W.P. BAIN
• NORVAL R. BLAIR
• JAMES A. BOWRAN
• WALTER A. MACBAIN
• WILLIAM J. CAMERON
• W.K. CUMMINGS
• RICHARD DAVIS
• CHARLES DUNBAR
• HARRY C. MACDONALD
• WILLIAM S. MACDONALD
• ERNEST FORSYTHE
• HOMER FULTON
• DONALD W. GORDON
• RUFFUS MCGRATH
• RALPH C. MACINTOSH
• DANIEL JAMESON
• HARVEY KENNEDY
• JOHN A. MACKENZIE
• HECTOR F. MACLEAN
• J.J. MARTIN
• EDWARD B. MITCHELL
• ERNEST PAINTER
• FRED PATTEN
• GEORGE QUIRK
• IRA WILLARD REYNOLDS
• JAMES P. ROBERTSON, V.C.
• GREIGHTON STEWART
• JOHN W. TAYLOR
• WILLIAM VALETT
• HARRY WHYLIE
• HOPTON WILLIAMS
• ERNEST WORTERS
• MATHEW MURRAY
• CYRIL PARTNER
• RALPH W. PHALEN
• JOHN E. RAMAGE
• WILLIAM ROACH
• GEORGE P. SHARP
• JAMES W. TUPPER
• JOHN URQUHART
• DANIEL WHITE
• COURTNEY WILLIAMS
• JOSEPH WOOD

WESTVILLE

• JOHN APPLETON
• THOMAS BLAIR
• DANIEL CHISHOLM
• ROD FRASER CONNORS
• ALEXANDER CYR
• JOHN G. MCDONALD
• JOHN MCEACHERN
• GEORGE FOLEY
• RAYMOND STEWART FRASER
• SYDNEY HALE
• WILSON HICKMAN
• ROBERT HUBLEY
• HUGH D. MCKENZIE
• JOHN R. MILLER
• JOSEPH MYERS
• DANIEL O’HANDLEY
• JOHN PATTERSON
• KENNETH GORDON MCPHAIL
• CHARLES MCALLISTER
• GEORGE BOGGS
• GEORGE CLAY
• FRED COOMBS
• ALEXANDER DUNCAN
• PHILLIP EDWARDS
• GEORGE FERGUSON
• JOHN W. FRASER
• HERBERT HADLEY
• JOHN HENDERSON
• JAMES HOLLAND
• JOHN H. MCINNES
• AMBROSE HENRY MADORE
• WILLIAM L. MILLER
• HARRY MCNEIL
• MARK S. PATON
• FRANK MCPHERSON
• THOMAS FRANCIS MCPHAIL
• EDWARD RAE
• JOSEPH RICHARDSON
• MUIR ROSS
• ROBERT SMITH
• CHARLES D. STEWART
• SAMUEL R. STEWART
• WILLIAM SULLIVAN
• ROLAND FRANCIS TURNER
• AANTHONY WILSON
• JOSEPH REID
• ALBERT ROSE
• JOHN ROBERT SLOANE

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TRENTON

• CECIL R. BROWN
• SYLVANNUS DEE
• THOMAS DORET
• DANIEL MACDONALD
• LOCKWOOD GRAY
• THOMAS LEADBETTER
• FREDERICK PATTON
• WILLIAM ULOTH
• RUSSEL CROOKS
• DANIEL DOBSON
• CLARENCE MACDONALD
• WILBURN MACDONALD
• SYDNEY LELACHEUR
• HUNTER MORTON
• JAMES SULLIVAN
• WILLIAM YOUNG

FISHER’S GRANT

• JAMES MACDONALD
• LAWRENCE FERGUSON
• JOHN KNOCKWOOD
• NEIL MACLEOD
• FRANK TOMPKINSON
• WILLIAM MACDONALD
• NOEL FRANCIS
• ALBERT HUGH MCKINNON
• STEWART MCPHERSON
• THOMAS WILMOT

CARIBOU

• WILLIAM GOODWIN
• FINLAY MCKENZIE
• ALEXANDER MCKAY

RIVER JOHN

• GORDON L. CHAMBERS
• JAMES C MCCUNN
• LEEWARD HEIGHTON
• CARL EATON MCKENZIE
• ROY LANGLILLE
• BLANCHARD HENRY ROGERS
• HAROLD CONSTABLE
• FRED DOWNING
• EDWARD GEORGE HINDS
• EDWARD F. LANGILLE
• WILLIAM LANGILLE

WEST BRANCH

• A.J. MCK. BAILLIE
• JOSEPH R. BAXTER
• JOHN MCKENZIE
• HUGH J. SUTHERLAND
• AMES BAIN
• WILLIAM GAMMON
• ALEXANDER ROBB

DALHOUSIE

• OSBORNE BELL
• ARTHUR C. MCLENNAN
• JOHN O. MCLEOD
• CHARLES SPENCE
• WILLIAM M. CREIGHTON
• HARVEY A. MCLEOD
• RODERICK C. PORTER

HARDWOOD HILL

• RTHUR CAMERON
• EDWARD C. MCCALLUM
• HUGH S. MACDONALD
• JAMES D. MACLEOD
• GEORGE TOLSON
• JOHN KENNEDY CAMPBELL
• MURDOCH ARTHUR MACDONALD
• ALEXANDER GUNN
• A. WALLACE MURRAY

GREEN HILL

• A. HAMBLIN
• JOHN EDWARD MCLEAN
• THOMAS GUNN MACDONALD
• JAMES A. MACMILLAN

MOUNT THOM

• HENRY WYMAN FRASER
• JAMES ALBERT MUNRO
• HENRY M.S. STEVENSON
• DANIEL CREIGHTON MCLEAN
• ALEX GORDON ROBERTSON

MILLBROOK

• WESLEY FRASER
• SAMUEL S. ROSS

GAIRLOCK

• JOHN RODERICK BAILLIE
• JAMES GORDON MCLEOD
• GEORGE SUTHERLAND
• WILLIAM THOMAS BAILLIE
• JOHN HENDERSON MCPHERSON

ABERCROMBIE

• ANGUS GRAY
• ALLAN WRIGHT
• CHARLES RICHARD SMITH
• ERIC D. WRIGHT

LITTLE HARBOUR

• JOHN PARK MCQUINN
• GEORGE WILSON WHITE

THORBURN & MCLELLAN’S BROOK

• JOHN S. BEATON
• JOHN J. MACDONLD
• ROBERT FLYNN
• ALEXANDER WM. MCHARDY
• GEORGE MCKAY
• LAWRENCE LING
• HUGH MCNEIL
• DONALD C. MCPHERSON
• SIMON REID
• ANDREW SIMMS
• HARRY VANCE
• ALEX D. MACKDONALD
• OWN FLYNN
• JAMES EDWARD FRASER
• GEORGE G. HALE
• FRANCIS LING
• EDWARD MAHONEY
• JOHN PREMBROOK
• DUNCAN H MCPHERSON
• GEORGE ROWLANDS
• ROY STEWART

EAST RIVER

• J. KENNETH MACDONALD
• HAROLD FRASER FORBES
• DONALD S. THOMPSON
• W. PERCY THOMPSON
• JOHN T. MACDONALD
• JAMES A.D. MCINNES
• J. GRANT THOMPSON

EUREKA

• JOSEPH GOVANG
• FREDERICK WILLIAM MCKAY
• JAMES DAVID MCLEOD
• W.E. TAYLOR
• ROBERT H. HASTIE
• JOHN BRITTON MCKAY
• JOHN C. MCLEOD

MIDDLE RIVER

• DONALD WILIAM GORDON
• GEORGE ALBERT MCLEOD
• HARRY STROYD
• DAVID MCLEOD
• JOHN C. MCLEOD

BAILEYS BROOK

• HARRY DEARN
• DONALD MCLASHEN
• HECTOR N. MCLEAN
• NEIL H. MCLEAN
• DONALD MACDONALD
• IVAN HENDERSON
• JAMES MACG. MCLEAN

BARNEY’S RIVER

• WILLIAM D. DUGGAN
• ADAM JAMES MCKENZIE
• HARRY C. MCDONALD

MERIGOMISH

• JOHN MACGREGOR
• ROBERT KEATING
• WILLIAM J. HUGGAN

EAST RIVER ST. MARY’S

• HUGH ALEX. CAMERON
• RODERICK J. MCDOUGALD
• WILLIAM WOOD
• JAMES ALEXANDER CAMERON
• ALEX R. MCKAY

WENTWORTH GRANT

• ALGA WILSON MACDONALD
• SIM REID

TONEY RIVER

• EDWARD M. FALCONER
• NELSON ALEX. MCQUARRIE
• ALEXANDER J.R. MCKENZIE