Newfoundland & Labrador

MEMORIAL TO
SGT THOMAS RICKETTS V.C.
CROIX DE GUERRE, D.C.M.
1901-1967
SOLDIER-PHARMACIST-CITIZEN
JUNE 10, 1972

[front - upper plaque/devant - plaque du haut]

IN MEMORY
OF PETTY OFFICERS
WARRANT OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS
WHO DIED IN --- WORLD WAR II
1939 ------1945

[front - lower plaque/devant - plaque du bas]

ERECTED BY
THE

WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS OF
THE 2nd BATT THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS
WARRANT OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT
WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DIED OF
WOUNDS OR SICKNESS IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1919

[left side plaque/plaque du côté gauche]

ERECTED BY THE VETERANS OF
THE KOREAN CONFLICT
IN HONOUR OF
WARRANT OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
1950-1954

Presented to
The Government and
People of Newfoundland and Labrador
by the
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment
Royal Artillery Association to commemorate the fiftieth Anniversary
of its formation and service in World War II

The Battle Route of the 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery (1944-1945)

IN MEMORY
OF
MARGOT DAVIES, M.B.E.

MARGOT, WHO LEFT NEWFOUNDLAND AT AN EARLY AGE, WAS A FRIEND TO THOUSANDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND SERVICEMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II

HER WEEKLY BROADCAST "CALLING FROM BRITIAN TO NEWFOUNDLAND," THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WHICH COMMENCED SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN ENGLAND AND CONTINUED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO HER SAD DEMISE ENDEARED HER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND

LORD GRANT THAT WE MAY SEEK RATHER TO COMFORT
THAN TO BE COMFORTED
THAT WHERE THERE IS SADNESS WE MAY BRING JOY
THAT WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR WE MAY BRING HOPE AND WHERE THERE ARE SHADOWS WE MAY BRING THY LIGHT.

ERECTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIAL FUND INSTITUTED BY EX-GUNNER MAXWELL LITTLE JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY

Beaumont Hamel 1916
Arras 1917
Langemarck 1917
Cambrai 1917
Courtrai

"The Infantry Man"
presented to the
people of
Newfoundland and Labrador
by the Soldiers, past and present, of the
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
to mark the Regiments 200 years of service to Queen and Country from 25 April, 1795 - 1995

Le Transloy
Ypres 1917, 1918
Poelcappelle
Bailleul
Gallipoli 1915

In Commemoration
of the Service and Sacrifice
made by the
Women during World War II
on the occasion of the
RCAF Women's Division and RAF
Women's Auxiliary Air Force Reunion
in
St. John's, Newfoundland July 4, 1998

We will remember them.

[first plaque/première plaque]

1914-1918
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN MICHAEL
FRANCIS SUMMERS
LIEUTENANT CECIL B. CLIFT
LIEUTENANT ARTHUR J. HERDER
MEMBERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR

[second plaque/deuxième plaque]

1939-1945

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT RICHARD
A. SQUIRES
GUNNER JAMES
WALCOT WINTER
MEMBERS OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE SECOND GREAT WAR

[left memorial/le monument de gauche]

(front/devant)
WWII Veterans
1939 - 1945
FREDERICK FRY
GRAHAM FRY
PETER SOMERTON
HERBERT SOMERTON
MICHAEL SOMERTON
WILLIAM J. SOMERTON
HECTOR SOMERTON
SAMUEL SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON
RAYMOND SOMERTON
WILLIS MITCHELL
LEVI MITCHELL
JORDON MITCHELL
MATTHEW MITCHELL
STEVEN MITCHELL
FREEMAN MITCHELL
FREDERICK GREELEY
JAMES GREELEY
FREDERICK HUSSEY
JONATHAN HUSSEY
GEORGE BISHOP
JAMES HAMMOND

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF
PORTUGAL COVE/ST. PHILIPS
NOVEMBER ??
TO HONOUR ??

(right side/côté droit)
WWII VETERANS
1939 - 1945
MARK HAMMOND
WILLIAM HAMMOND
DAVID HYNES
EDWARD ANTLE
ALBAN FLEMING
HAROLD MILLER
WALLACE MILLER
JOHN MURPHY
WILLIAM CHURCHILL
HARRIS CHURCHILL
ROBERT PICCO
MYLES MURRAY
MADGE MCDONALD
HAZEL CHURCHILL
JACOB MILLER
GEORGE ALLEN
WILLIAM ALLEN
ALEX PEDDLE
STEWART GREELEY
TASKER HARDING
JOHN ALLEN
GEORGE SOMERTON
ANDREW SOMERTON

(left side/côté gauche)
WWI VETERANS
1914 - 1918
EDGAR SOMERTON
ARCHIBALD GREELEY
SAMUEL MILLER
ANNIAS MILLER
STEPHEN NEARY
SOLOMON CHURCHILL
PETER HAMMOND
ALBERT WATKINS
MICHAEL HYNES
ERNEST BISHOP
GEORGE FRY
DANIEL CHURCHILL
ALBERT CHURCHILL
EDGAR HIBBS
THOMAS MITCHELL
ARTHUR JONES
CHARLES DRUKEN
JACOB PICCO
SAUL SQUIRES
NATHANIAL SOMERTON
JORDON HIBBS
ELI HAMMOND

[center memorial/le monument du milieu]

(front/devant)
THOMAS CHURCHILL
C/JX 181403

JOHN CHURCHILL
RTP/R 312192

ROBERT C. EARLE
P/JX 188879

WALTER GREELEY
LT/JX 216837

DAVID KING
C/JX 230144

HAYWARD S. MITCHELL
P/JX 188931

ALBERT. L. MILLER
P/JX 188900

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF
THIS COMMUNITY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR II

1939    1945

(right side/côté droit)
GNR.
ANDREW CHURCHILL
970700

PTE.
L.H. CHURCHILL
SN3494

(back/arrière)
ROYAL
CANADAIN NAVY

HMCS MARGAREE

MASTER SEAMAN
WILLIAM E. HYNES
SHIP'S DIVER

NATO STANDING
NAVAL FORCE
ATLANTIC

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
8 FEBRUARY 1991

MADEIRA
ISLANDS

PORTUGUESE
TERRITORIES

(left side/côté gauche)
RALPH PICCO

AMBROSE HARDING

RICHARD A. SQUIRES

[right memorial/le monument de droit]

(front/devant)
ROYAL
NFLD REGIMENT
LCE CPL. MATTHEW
GREELEY. NO 1574.

MICHAEL J. ROSS
PTE. NO 250.

JAMES HALL
PTE. NO 1935.

WILLIAM HALL
PTE. NO 1949.

PETER SOMERTON
PTE. NO 2779.

WALTER GREELEY
PTE. NO 3080612.

SAMUEL SOMERTON
PTE. NO 715203.

(right side/côté droit)
NEWFOUNDLAND

THE ROYAL
NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT

CORPORAL
HERBERT J BELBIN
NO 1765

PRIVATE
ARTHUR J JONES
NO 1806

ROYAL ARMY
SERVICE CORPS

SERGEANT
WILLIAM WARRILOW
NO TS/1053

ALSO A VETERAN OF
THE BOER WAR

(left side/côté gauche)
NFLD ROYAL
NAVAL RESERVE

HERBERT SOMERTON
NO 720X

JOHN F. HIBBS
NO 737X

HAROLD MILLER
NO 1578X

ERECTED BY A
GRATEFUL PEOPLE
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS
COMMUNITY WHO IN THE
GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR KING AND
COUNTRY.
1914 — 1918.

[steles/stèles]
(left)
WORLD WAR II

ERIC ABBOTT
ALEXANDER ANDREWS
MALCOLM BLUNDON
CYRIL CHURCHILL
JESSIE L CHURCHILL
LLOYD CHURCHILL
DAWSON G FRY
FRANCIS GLADNEY
GRANVILLE GREELEY
KATHLEEN GREELEY
MALCOLM GREELEY
ALBERT R HAMMOND
GEORGE WM HARDING
JOSEPH HARDING
??
ANGUS W HIBBS
ELLA HUSSEY
JOHN JANES JR
GEORGE JONES
ELEAZER KING
JOHN LAWLOR
JACK LEGROW
TED LEGROW
ELLA MILLER
FREDRICK MILLER
WALTER MILLER
WILLIAM MILLER
CYRIL MITCHELL
DONALD MITCHELL
ERNEST MITCHELL
KENNETH MITCHELL
STEWART MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL JR
THOMAS O'BRIEN
ERNEST O'QUINN
ROLLAND H PARSONS
DUNCAN PICCO
THEOPHILUS PICCO
HENRY A PILGRIM
THOMAS PURCELL SR
JAMES A QUIGLEY
PHOEBE REID (MILLER)
AMBROSE SOMERTON
CLARNENCE SOMERTON
MADGE SOMERTON
EDGAR SOMERTON JR
ARTHUR SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
ROBERT SQUIRES
THOMAS SQUIRES
ALFRED S TUCKER
MOSES TUCKER
ORMAN WHALEN
TASKER HIBBS
HUBERT H HIBBS

(center)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMUNITY TO HONOUR
THOSE WHO SERVED IN CONFLICTS
RETURNED HOME AND
HAVE SINCE PASSED

WORL WAR I
BERT CHURCHILL
FREDRICK CHURCHILL
WILLIAM H CHURCHILL
EDGARD CLARKE
GEORGE GREELEY
JACBO GREELEY
MERRILL HAMMOND
GEORGE A HARDING
HENRY HARDING
SAMUEL HARDING
HECTOR HIBBS
HERBER JONES
SAMUEL KING
ANDREW LAWLOR
DANIEL MILLER
JOHN MILLER
ARTHUR E MITCHELL
CHARLES MITCHELL

ERNEST MITCHELL
FRANK MITCHELL
WILLIAM MITCHELL
ZACHEUS MITCHELL
ARTHUR MITCHELL
??
WILLIS MITCHELL SR.
PHILIP PICCO
RALPH PICCO
ARTHUR SOMERTON
EARNEST SOMERTON
SOLOMON SOMERTON
STEPHEN SOMERTON
WILLIAM J SOMERTON
CHARLES SOMERTON SR
GEORGE A SQUIRES
RICHARD W SQUIRES
RICHARD A. SQUIRES
EDMOND MITCHELL SR

(right)
KOREA
JOHN PAPPAS
GUS PENDER
JIM PENDER
THOMAS M PURCELL JR

PEACEKEEPERS
DEREK PURCELL
ROY SQUIRES
LEWIS TUCKER
CECIL W SOMERTON
AUSTIN PICCO

AFGHANISTAN
TEENA HARRIS

P.T.E. Edward Hiscock

died of pneumonia

Thornecliffe

Dec 25 1915

P.T.E Henry Chas Dawe

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916

P.T.E. Cecil Parmiter

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916

P.T.E. George Miller

Killed in action

Beaumont Hamel

July 1, 1916