Nova Scotia

Province Code
NS
City/Municipality
New Glasgow
Memorial Number
12007-040
Type
Other
Address
199 Temperance Street
Location
St. George's Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.585889539402, -62.642936104026
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[front/devant]

ROLL OF HONOUR
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, NEW GLASGOW

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certificate (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Body Content

This certificate lists of the names of the members of the congregation who served during the First World War as well as the names of the four war dead.

City
New Glasgow
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Paper certificate
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2149
City/Municipality
New Glasgow
Memorial Number
12007-039
Type
Other
Address
Terrace Street
Location
Carmichael Park
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.59001, -62.64699
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[top/haut]

LEST WE FORGET

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Nova Scotia
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Body Content

This plaque is embedded in the walkway of Carmichael Park in the area of the surrounding memorials.

City
New Glasgow
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Granite plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2148
City/Municipality
River John
Memorial Number
12007-038
Type
Other
Address
Intersection of Hwy 6 and River John Station Road
Location
Across from the Co-op store
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.7515516, -63.0592283
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney; Ivan Smith
Inscription

[south face center/face center-sud]
LEST WE FORGET

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE WHO SERVED
IN PAST CONFLICTS

KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
PTE. ANGUS GOLLAN
GNR. AUBREY LANGILLE
SGT. JOHN I. MURRAY
GNR. HENRY SNOW, M.I.D.
PTE. PHILLIP WATT

U.N. PEACE KEEPING FORCE

M/CPE. MALCOLM F. BRYANT, C.D.
CPL. SUSANNE BENJAMIN
CPL. GLEN COLLINS
PTE. JOHN W. HENDERSON
M/CPL.JOHN S. MacLEOD, C.D.
SGT. JOHN I. MURRAY, C.D.
M/CPL. JAMES W. SUTHRLAND, C.D.
CPL. SELFON SUTHERLAND
SGT. WILLIS LANGILLE, C.D.
CPL. LEROY D. LANGILLE
PFC. O. DEVERN MacDONALD



+ DENOTES KILLED IN ACTION
*DENOTES WOUNDED IN ACTION
[south face left/face gauche-sud]
WORLD WAR I, 1914 - 1918

[left column/colonne de gauche]

PTE.CALVIN BAILLIE
PTE. WILLIAM A. BAILLIE
PTE. THOMAS BIGNEY
PTE. HOWARD CHAMBERS
JAMES R. CHISHOLM
MAJ. J.R.M. COLLIE
PTE. JERRY COLIER
PTE. HAROLD CONSTABLE +
PTE. R. DANIEL DWYER
PTE. JACK FOWLER
PTE. JOHN GRAHAM
PTE. KENNETH H. GRAY
PTE. WILLIAM GROVES
PTE. WILLIAM A. GUNN M.M.
PTE. ELMER HATCH
PTE. JOHN HATCH
PTE. ALEX HEIGHTON
PTE. JAMES S. HEIGHTON
JOHN HEIGHTON
PTE. LEWIS HEIGHTON
PTE. ROBERT HERBERT*
PTE. JOSEPH R. BAXTER+
PTE. JAMES W. GAMMON+
PTE. GORDON DUNHAM
LT. COL. JAMES A. MURRAY

[centre column/colonne du centre]

PTE. WILLIAM HERBERT
PTE. EDWARD W. HILTZ
PTE. GEORGE F. HINES
PTE. FRED HOLMES
PTE. JOHN S. HOLMES
PTE. LAURENCE A. HOLMES
CAPT. VICTOR C. JOHNSON
PTE. CLYDE G. LANLILLE*
PTE. EDWARD LANGILLE*
PTE. ERNEST LANGILLE
PTE FRED LANGILLE
PTE. HERBERT LANGLILLE
PTE. JAMES LANGILLE
PTE. ROD M. LANGILLE
PTE. ROSS LANGILLE
PTE. ROY L. LANGILLE
PTE. WILLIAM L. LANGILLE*
PTE. JAMES C. MacCUNN
PTE. A.D. MacDONALD
PTE. CHARLES MacDONALD
GNR. EARL MacKENZIE+
PTE. JAMES W. ROGERS+
PTE. GEORGE SUTHERLAND
PTE. WILLIAM G. HILTZ
PTE. D. LAWRENCE LANGILLE

[right column/colonne de droite]

PTE. H. ROY MacLEOD
PTE. JAMES D. MATTATALL
PTE. JOHN MATTATALL
PTE. GEORGE MAXWELL
MISS. LORINDA McAULAY
PTE. RODERICK McCRAE
PTE. AUSTIN McDONALD
PTE. GEORGE B. McKAY
PTE. PERCY McKENZIE
PTE. ALEX MURRAY
PTE. GEORGE MURRAY
PTE. ROSS RAE
PTE. BLANCH. H. ROGERS
PTE. HARRY ROGERS
LT. COL. DANIEL H. SUTHERLAND
LT. COL. H.H. SUTHERLAND
PTE. STOCKLEY SUTHERLAND
PTE. VAUGHN SILLERS
PTE. SHERMAN THOMPSON
PTE. PETER WATT
PTE. HAROLD WESTON
PTE. JAMES H. SUTHERLAND
PTE. ROBERT LANGILLE
PTE VICTOR A. LANGILLE

[south face right/face droite-sud]
WORLD WAR II, 1939 - 1945

[left column/colonne de gauche]

SGT. A. J. BAILLIE (JACK)
PTE. ALFRED J. BAILLIE
SGT. J.D. BAILLIE (DON)+
P/Q.R. C. BAILLIE (RALPH)+
W.O. WILLIAM BAILLIE, M.M.,M.I.O.
PTE. RONALD BARKHOUSE
PTE. DAVID BEZANSON
L/S. NATHAN BIGNEY
PTE. RUSSEL BIGNEY
PTE. BERT BROWN
SGT. CALVIN BROWN
PTE. WILLIAM BROWN
LAC. JAMES H. BROWNRIGG
PTE. ROBERT BROWNRIGG
PTE. CAMPBELL CAMERON
PTE. ANDREW CAMPBELL
PTE. JAMES CAMPBELL
PTE. JAMES CHISHOLM*
AB. ROBERT CHISHOLM
CPL. GEORGE COLOUHOUN
PTE. LAWRENCE CONRAD

[centre column/colonne du centre]

PTE. GORDON DUNHAM
PTE. ARTHUR DWYER
AB. AUSTIN DWYER
AB. L.B. DWYER (LESLIE)
PTE. HARRY FALCONER
SGT. LESTER FRASER
PTE. WILLIAM E. GAMMON
PTE. ROBERT GOLLAN
PTE. ROD HATCH
LAC. ORVAL HAYTER
GPL. JAMES HEFLER
PTE. LINDSAY HEIGHTON
PTE. VINCENT HEIGHTON+
PTE. JAMES HENRY
SGT. LOUISE HENRY
PTE. CHARLES HOLMES
PTE. HARRY HOLMES
AB. EARL HOLT
PTE. ALEXANDER INNIS
PTE. DANIEL INNIS
PTE. ALFRED JOHNSON

[right column/colonne de droite]

GNR. AUBREY JOHNSON
SGT JAMES JOHNSON
GNR. JOHN JOHNSON
PTE. BERT JOLLIMORE
PTE. COLIN JOLLIMORE
SGT. ALDEN LANGILLE
PTE. ALEXANDER LANGILLE
PTE. ALFRED LANGILLE
PTE. ANSEL LANGILLE
PTE. ANSEL W. LANGILLE
PTE. ARNOLD LANGILLE
PTE. ARTHUR LANGILLE
PTE. BOYD LANGILLE
PTE. CHARLES LANGILLE
PTE. ELDON LANGILLE
PTE. ELROY LANGILLE
PTE. GEORGE LANGILLE
PTE. GERALD LANGILLE
PTE. GERALD C. LANGILLE
PTE. HERBERT LANGILLE
PTE. LAWRENCE LANGILLE+

[north face center/face du center-nord]
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM

[north face left/face gauche-nord]

WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945

[left column/colonne de gauche]

SGT. MAX LANGILLE*
SGT. OSBURN LANGILLE
PTE. PERCY LANGILE
PTE. RAYMOND LANGILLE
PTE. REGINALD LANGILLE+
PTE. SELDON LANGILLE
CPL. S.J. LANGILLE (STIRLING)
PTE. EDWARD LYNCH
PTE. WILLIAM LYNCH
WQ2. DON MacDONALD
PTE. JAMES MacDONALD
PTE. JAMES MacDONALD
LAC. MURRAY MacDONALD
PTE. WILLIAM A. MacDONALD
PTE. JAMES MacKAY
PTE. PETER MacKAY
WESLEY MacKAY
SGT. WILLIAM MacKAY*
PTE. CLIFTON MacKENZIE
PTE. GERALD MacKENZIE
PTE. JAMES MacLEOD
PTE. WALLACE MacNABB

[centre column/colonne du centre]

PTE. HECTOR MacNUTT
PTE. ROY MacRAE
PTE. MIFFLIN McKAY
LAC. ROBERT McLEAN
PTE. A.A. McLELLAN (AUBREY)
PTE. R.E. McLELLAN (ROY)
PTE. MYRON MINGO
PTE. ROBERT MITCHELL
PTE. LLOYD MOLAND
AB. JOHN MORRISON
PTE. CHARLES MUNRO
PTE. DOUGLAS MUNRO
SGT. ALFRED MURPHY
PTE. ARTHUR MURPHY
PTE. ALEXANDER MURRAY
SGT. GEORGE MURRAY
PTE. HARRY MURRAY
PTE. JAMES MURRAY
PO. JOHN MURRAY
PTE. AUSTIN PATRIQUIN
PTE. LEONARD PATRIQUIN

[right column/colonne de droite]

PTE. L.G. PATRIQUIN (LLOYD)*
PTE. CLARENCE PATTERSON
PTE. JAMES PATTERSON
PTE.ALEXANDER RAE
P/L HUGH M. RAE
PTE. JACK J. RAE
PTE. ROBERT RAE
PTE. ALEXANDER REID
LAC. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
PTE. J.M. ROBINSON
PTE. CHARLES ROSS
CPL. D.M. ROSS (KAY)
PTE. GLEN ROSS
PTE. LAWSON ROSS
PTE. MARTON ROSS
PTE. THOMAS ROSS
PTE WALTER ROSS
CAPT. W.A. SEAMAN (WILLIAM)+
PTE. SCOTT SELLERS*
PTE. WALTER SPENCLEY P.O.W.
PTE. BOTSFORD STEWARD

[north face right/face droite-nord]

WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945

[left column/colonne de gauche]

PTE THOMS STEWART
PTE. AMEL SUTHERLAND
P/O. ANGUS J. SUTHERLAND
LT. COL. DANIEL H. SUTHERLAND
SGT. H.B. SUTHERLAND (HARRISON)
PTE. JOHN T. SUTHERLAND
LT. COL. R.H. SUTHERLAND (ROBERT)
LAC. EARL TATTRIE
PO. EDWARD TATTRIE
CPT. HAROLD L. TATTRIE P.O.W.*
PTE LLOYD THOMPSON
PTE. SEWARD THOMPSON
LT. JENNIE WATT
PTE. PHILLIP WATT
PTE. WARREN WATT
CPT. PERCY WESTON
AB. ALTON WILSON
PTE. HAROLD WILSON
PTE. ROY WILSON
PTE. LESTER WINMILL
PTE. ROLAND ZINCK

[right column/colonne de droite]

PTE. COLLIE LANGILLE
PTE. INGRAM L. LANGILLE
O/S. HENRY A. MacDONALD
PTE. WILLIAM C. MacKENZIE
PO. JOHN D. MacLEOD
N/S. JEAN V. SIMPSON
PTE. GORDON DUNHAM
PTE. T. (MORT) LANGILLE
PTE. LYNWOOD MINCO
WO. U. WALTER L. JEWELL
PTE. LESTER MURPHY
LAC. ALVIN R. LANGILLE
PTE. J. CARL MacLEOD
CAPT. RITA L. McGRATH

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wall (back)
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Nova Scotia
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Topped by a sculpted cross, this memorial wall is dedicated to the memory of the local veterans of the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and United Nations' peacekeeping duty.

City
River John
Country
Canada
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Granite wall
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2147
City/Municipality
Hopewell
Memorial Number
12007-036
Type
Other
Address
4622 Stellarton Trafalgar Road
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.47882, -62.70237
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[centre/centre]

WORLD WAR II

LEST WE FORGET

FOR OUR FALLEN COMRADES WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

1939 - 1945

[left/gauche]

WORLD WAR I

1914 - 1918

[right/droit]

KOREAN CONFLICT

1950 - 1953

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Marilyn Gurney
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stelia (front)
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This memorial was dedicated by the Royal Canadian Legion in honour of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

City
Hopewell
Country
Canada
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Three granite stelia
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2146
City/Municipality
Hopewell
Memorial Number
12007-035
Type
Other
Address
4622 Stellarton Trafalgar Road
Location
Hopewell Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4788, -62.70194
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[front/devant]

Roll of Honor

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Marilyn Gurney
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certificate (front)
War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This certificate is a list of the members of the congregation who served during the First World War.

City
Hopewell
Country
Canada
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Memorial CF Legacy ID
2145
City/Municipality
Hopewell
Memorial Number
12007-034
Type
Other
Address
4622 Trafalgar Road
Location
First Presbyterian Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.4788, -62.70194
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[certificate/certificat]

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
First Presbyterian Church, Hopewell
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH
CANADA'S FIGHTING FORCES

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Marilyn Gurney
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certificate (front)
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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This certificate lists the names of the members of the First Presbyterian Church who served during the Second World War.

City
Hopewell
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Canada
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paper certificate
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2144
City/Municipality
Hopewell
Memorial Number
12007-032
Type
Other
Address
4144 Stellarton Trafalgar Rd
Location
St. Columba United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.45889, -62.69205
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

[front/devant]

ROLL OF HONOUR

FIRST WORLD WAR

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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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These plaques list the members of the congregation who served during the First World War.

City
Hopewell
Country
Canada
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Wooden and metal plaques
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2142
City/Municipality
Pictou
Memorial Number
12007-031
Type
Other
Address
87 Caladh Avenue
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.6754971, -62.7118537
Inscription
  • No. 2 CONSTRUCTION BATTALION,
    CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
  • This Battalion reflected the strong
    determination of Black men to
    overcome racism and contribute to
    Canada’s First World War effort. With
    battalions reluctant to accept Black
    people, Militia Headquarters formed
    in 1916 a segregated non-combatant
    unit. Volunteers from across Canada,
    the United States, and the Caribbean
    were based at Pictou and Truro, in Nova
    Scotia, and Windsor, Ontario, before
    going to Europe in 1917. They served
    primarily with the Canadian Forestry
    Corps in the Jura region of France,
    supplying lumber for the front and
    performing supporting tasks. The Black
    Battalion was disbanded in 1920.
  • LE 2e BATTAILLON DE CONSTRUCTION,
    CORPS EXPÉDITIONNAIRE CANADIEN
  • Ce bataillon reflète la détermination
    des hommes noirs à surmonter le
    racisme pour contribuer à l’effort du
    Canada lors de la Première Guerre
    mondiale. Les unités étant réfractaires
    à accepter les Noirs, le Quartier général
    de la Milice forme en 1916 une unité
    ségréguée non combattante. Les recrues
    proviennent du Canada, des États-
    Unis et des Antilles et sont basées à
    Pictou et à Truro (Nouvelle-Écosse) et
    à Windsor (Ontario) avant leur départ
    pour l’Europe en 1917. Le bataillon sert
    surtout avec le Corps forestier canadien
    dans le Jura (France), ravitaillant le
    front en bois et effectuant des tâches de
    soutien. Il est dissout en 1920.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada

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No. 2 Construction Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force Plaque
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The No. 2 Construction Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force was designated a national historic event by the federal government on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1992. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in 1993. The plaque was replaced and a new one unveiled on 5 July 2002, a few days prior to the federal government’s official apology on 9 July for the treatment of the Battalion before, during and after the First World War. The plaque was unveiled in collaboration with the Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia, the Town of Pictou, Parks Canada and the Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada. Activist, author, and Order of Canada recipient, Calvin Ruck and his granddaughter Lindsay Ruck, a descendant of one of the Battalion members, worked hard to help the No. 2 Construction Battalion receive recognition and have the memorial site established.

Lindsay attended the unveiling as well as Sergeant Gavin Crawford of the 36 Service Battalion, Halifax. Several members of his family were part of the No. 2 Construction Battalion and some were part of the Canadian Forestry Corps. An updated interpretive panel was also unveiled the same day as the plaque and is located next to the No. 2 Construction C.E.F. Memorial. 

After considerable lobbying by Black Canadians and white supporters, Canada fielded one Black battalion during the First World War — but they had to fight with shovels, not rifles. No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916 in Pictou, Nova Scotia and was composed of Black men from across Canada, the United States and the British West Indies. Its officers were white, with the exception of the unit’s chaplain, Honorary Captain The Reverend William Andrew White. The unit moved to nearby Truro after two months in Pictou. 

On 9 July 2022 the Government of Canada officially apologized for the appalling way these patriots were treated.

City
Pictou
Country
Canada
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Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
10947
City/Municipality
Westville
Memorial Number
12007-030
Type
Other
Address
1870-1880 N Main Street
Location
Municipal park next to post office
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5594911, -62.7126003
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney. Ivan Smith. David Avery. Victoria Edwards.
Inscription

[front center/devant]
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF OUR HONORED DEAD
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR AS A SACRIFICE
ON THE ALTER OF FREEDOM
1914 — 1918

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
1939 — 1945

E. Hahn Sc 1921

[front left stele/stèle gauche]
CAMBRAI     MONS

WORLD WAR I
1914 — 1918

  • DANIEL ANDERSON
  • JOHN APPLETON
  • THOMAS BLAIR
  • GEORGE BOGGS
  • DANIEL CHISHOLM
  • GEORGE CLAY
  • ROD F. CONNORS
  • ALEXANDER CYR
  • ALEXANDER DUNCAN
  • PHILIP EDWARDS
  • GEORGE FERGUSON
  • GEORGE FOLEY
  • JOHN W. FRASER
  • RAYMOND S. FRASER
  • ANGUS GRAY
  • HERBERT HADLEY
  • SYDNEY HALE M.M.
  • JOHN HENDERSON
  • WILSON HICKMAN
  • JAMES A. HOLLAND
  • ROBERT HUBLEY
  • FRANK MACPHERSON
  • HARRY MACNEIL
  • CHARLES MCALLISTER D.C.M.
  • JOHN G. MCDONALD
  • JOHN MCEACHERN
  • HUGH D. MCKENZIE
  • JOHN H. McINNIS
  • GEORGE A. MCLEOD
  • AMBROSE H. MADORE
  • WILLIAM L. MILLER
  • JOSEPH MYERS
  • DANIEL O'HANDLEY
  • JOHN PATTERSON
  • EDWARD RAE
  • JOSEPH REID
  • JOSEPH RICHARDSON
  • ALBERT ROSE
  • MUIR ROSS
  • JOHN R. SLOANE
  • ROBERT SMITH
  • H.M.S. STEVENSON
  • CHARLES STEWART
  • HARRY M. STEWART
  • SAMUEL R. STEWART
  • WYLIE STEWART
  • HARRY STROYD
  • WILLIAM SULLIVAN
  • SAMUEL K. TINGLEY
  • ROLAND R. TURNER
  • JAMES R. WALLACE
  • ANTHONY WILSON

[front right stele/stèle droite]
YPRES     FESTUBERT

WORLD WAR II
1939 — 1945

KOREAN WAR
1950 — 1953

WILLAIM E. JOHNSTONE

[back right stele]
THE SOMME     COURCELETTE

[back left stele]
PASSCHENDAELE     AMIENS

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David Avery
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slab
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Victoria Edwards
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Post card
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War or Conflict Term
First World War
Korean War
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Body Content

The Westville Cenotaph was completed in 1921 in honour of the local war dead of the First World War. Emmanuel Hahn's design represents the sorrows caused by war. The soldier atop the cenotaph looks down in sadness at the ground below him, as if he might find there, his fallen comrades, if not for the tragedy of war. Over the years the original inscription on the granite base became illegible and was replaced with black engraved plaques in 2014. 

The statue depicts a young, grieving Canadian soldier in First World War army uniform. With uncovered head, he is standing at a battlefield grave – a simple cross with poppies and a broken chain at the base and the flag draped behind it – the final resting place of a comrade killed in action. His left hand rests on the cross, while his right hand holds a reversed rifle. His helmet is slung over his shoulder.

Hahn’s Westville design for the company that employed him as its chief monument designer, the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto was eventually erected ten more times across Canada. Only two – Westville’s and a second at Cornwall, Ontario – would be in bronze; the others are all in granite. Smaller communities such as Springhill, Nova Scotia, and Killarney, Manitoba without the means to pay for a Hahn original could send off a photo of the Westville original to Italy, and have a copy made in Carrara marble at considerably less cost. Hahn’s sculpture in Westville is the only one he signed.

Emanuel Hahn moved to Toronto at the age of seven with his family of artists and musicians from Germany, in 1888. He studied commercial design and model-making at Toronto Technical School and Ontario College of Art and Industrial Design. At 25 years old Hahn began a nearly lifelong contract with Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. Two years later, he also started work as a studio assistant to sculptor Walter Seymour Allward. Part of his duties included assisting on Allward’s significant works such as the South African War Memorial in Toronto.

In 1912 Hahn began an association with the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. It was there, along with several assistants, he made the many war memorials that are found across Canada: Fernie, British Columbia; Killarney and Russell, Manitoba; Alvinston, Bolton, Cornwall, Hanover, Lindsay,  Malvern, Milton, Petrolia and Port Dalhousie, Ontario; Gaspe, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Springhill and Westville Nova Scotia; Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Hahn is probably most famous as the designer of the Bluenose on the back of the Canadian dime and the Caribou on the back of the Canadian quarter. He was a victim of anti-German sentiment in the years following the Great War, when his design for the Winnipeg Cenotaph was rejected in 1925.

City
Westville
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Shaft - granite, statue - bronze, stele, tablet
Memorial CF Legacy ID
483
City/Municipality
Trenton
Memorial Number
12007-029
Type
Other
Address
81 High Street
Location
First United Church
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.612191112488, -62.63808630828
Submitted By
Marilyn Gurney
Inscription

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF THE YOUNG MEN OF FIRST UNITED CHURCH CONGREGATION, TRENTON, NOVA SCOTIA WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945
PRESENTED BY THE Y.P.U. SEPTEMBER 1945

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Photo Credit
Marilyn Gurney
Caption
altar (front)
War or Conflict Term
Second World War
Province
Nova Scotia
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Body Content

This altar table was donated by the Y.P.U. in September 1945 in memory of the members of the First United Church congregation killed during the Second World War.

City
Trenton
Country
Canada
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Type Description
Wooden altar
Memorial CF Legacy ID
2140
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