22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment Memorial
Municipality/Province: Ottawa (Nepean), ON
Memorial number: 35062-011
Type: Tank
Address: 35 Shirley Boulevard
Location: Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.3601017 Long: -75.9025124
Submitted by: Terence Whitty; Richard Turcotte
This tank was dedicated by the 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards) to the memory of its soldiers who fought in Northwest Europe from 1944 to 1945.
Note: This tank is no longer present at the Connaught Range Site. It was reclaimed by the Canadian War Museum and given to an indiviudal in Calgary, AB.
Inscription found on memorial
[left/à gauche]
THIS M4 SHERMAN TANK BEARS THE
OPERATIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF THE
22nd CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS)
AND IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ITS
SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN NORTHWEST
EUROPE FROM 1944 TO 1945 WITH COURAGE,
HONOUR AND SELFLESS DEDICATION. THEIR
VALOUR AND SACRIFICE CONTRIBUTED TO
THE LIBERATION OF OCCUPIED EUROPE AND
THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF ENEMY
FORCES.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
FALAISE
FALAISE ROAD
THE LIASON
CHAMBOIS
[centre/centre]
THE SCHELDT
THE LOWER MAAS
THE RHINELAND
THE HOCHWALD
[right/à droite]
CE CHAR D'ASSAUT SHERMAN M4 COMPORTE
LES DÉSIGNATIONS OPÉRATIONNELLES DU
22nd CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT
(CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS)
ET EST DÉDIÉ À LA MÉMOIRE DE SES SOLDATS
QUI COMBATTIRENT EN 1944 ET 1945 DANS LE
NORD-OUEST DE L'EUROPE AVEC COURAGE
HONNEUR ET UN DÉVOUEMENT EXEMPLAIRE.
LEUR BRAVOURE ET LEUR SACRIFICE
CONTRIBUÈRENT À LA LIBÉRATION DE
L'EUROPE OCCUPÉE ET À LA CAPITULATION
INCONDITIONNELLE DES FORCES ENNEMIES
NOUS NOUS SOUVIENDRONS D'EUX
VEEN
TWENTE CANAL
BAD ZWISCHENAHN
NORTHWEST EUROPE 1944-45
Street view
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