Charles Edward Dyer Plaque
plaque
Photo credit: Timothy Smart
Municipality/Province: Sutton, QC
Memorial number: 24011-015
Type: Plaque - bronze
Address: 52 Principale South
Location: Grace Anglican Church
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.1030566 Long: -72.6179919
Submitted by: Jan & Jessie Chayer
This memorial to Charles Edward Dyer, a local soldier killed in France on 25 February 1917 while serving with the 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion, was erected by his grandmother, Mrs. F.A. Cutter.
Inscription found on memorial
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
CHARLES EDWARD DYER
SERVED IN FRANCE IN THE 14TH CANADIAN INF. BATT'N.
ENLISTED IN 148TH BATT. CANADIAN, B.E.F. JUNE 1916
BORN IN SUTTON, QUEBEC, JAN. 26TH 1896
IN A HEROIC ENDEAVOR TO AID A COMRADE
HE WAS KILLED IN THE TRENCHES AT LE BOURQUE,
FRANCE, FEB. 25TH 1917.
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS;
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
ERECTED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS. F.A. CUTTER
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