Great War Memorial
Municipality/Province: Calgary, AB
Memorial number: 48007-019
Type: Shaft, statue
Address: 1221 2nd Street SW
Location: Central Memorial Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 51.0410506 Long: -114.0682929
Submitted by: Victoria Edwards
Photo credit: Tamra Thomson, Great War 100 Reads
The Great War Memorial was commissioned by the Col. Macleod Chapter of the Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire. It was dedicated in June 1924, “to the imperishable glory of the men of this province (Alberta) who fought and died for their King and Country in the Great War.”
Originally called the Victory Statue, the memorial features a bronze statue of an infantry soldier that was sculpted by Montreal sculptor Coeur de Lion MacCarthy and cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. of Mt. Vernon, New York. The statue depicts a young Canadian soldier exultant over news of the signing of the Armistice. With uplifted rifle he stands, bareheaded, the attitude denoting victory and exaltation. The statue is mounted on a pedestal of Bedford stone.
Coeur de Lion MacCarthy, the son of sculptor Hamilton McCarthy, produced numerous commemorative works after the First World War, including: Winged Victory in British Columbia; Great War Memorial and Lethbridge Cenotaph in Alberta; Winged Victory in Manitoba; County of Brome War Memorial, Verdun Victory Memorial, Monument to the Brave and Winged Victory in Quebec; Clifton Hill War Memorial and Woodstock Cenotaph in Ontario.
Inscription found on memorial
TO THE IMPERISHABLE GLORY
OF
THE MEN OF THIS PROVINCE
WHO FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
ERECTED BY COL. MACLEOD CHAPTER
I.O.D.E.
Street view
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