Cénotaphe d'Aneroid

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DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF ANEROID AND COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES AND TO THE HONOUR OF ALL WHO SERVED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

BOER WAR

1899 - 1902

WORLD WAR I

1914 - 1918

CARD THOMAS
COMSTOCK WILLIAM H.
COOK JOHN
GAMMIE JAMES
GIRVIN W. FRANK
GRAVES G.A.J
GUNN HARRY
GROAT LLOYD
KELMAN JAMES
LEONARD ALBERT
LEONARD DAVID
MCCABE DAVID
MCKENZIE WILLIAM
PILGRIM JOHN H
PILGRIM HORACE T
RAYMOND EARL
SUTHERLAND SAMUEL S
VANKLUK GEORGE W
WATT LLOYD W
WATT NORMAN R
WHITBREAD ERNEST

WORLD WAR II

1939 - 1945

BOYCE REGINALD
CLARK WALLACE E
DODDS ROLANS
GREY-NOBLE HARRY
MCCONVILLE JAMES
MCMILLAN C. ORVILLE

KOREAN WAR

1950 - 1953

CANADIAN FORCES

MCCOY TERENCE T

ERECTED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION ANEROID BRANCH 85

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THE FIRST MILITIA UNIT ESTABLISHED IN ANEROID WAS THE 10TH FIELD BRIGADE AMMUNITION COLUMN NPAM IN 1925. THIS UNIT BECAME THE 60TH FIELD BATTERY CFA IN 1927. THE 60TH BATTERY WAS MOBILIZED IN 1940 AND BECAME THE SENIOR BATTERY OF THE 17TH FIELD REGIMENT RCA, WHICH SERVED IN DISTINCTION IN ENGLAND, ITALY AND NORTHWEST EUROPE, AS PART OF THE 5TH CANADIAN ARMOURED DIVISION. THE 60TH BATTERY WAS DISBANDED AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II BUT ITS INSPIRATION LIVES ON

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IN THE SPRING OF 1946 THE 60TH ANTI-TANK BATTERY RCA WAS ESTABLISHED IN ANEROID. IN 1948 THE UNIT BECAME D SQUADRON HEADQUARTERS OF THE 14TH CANADIAN HUSSARS ROYAL CANADIAN ARMOURED CORPS. THE ARMORY WAS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF MAIN ST. "D" SQUADRON TRAINED AT CAMP SHILO, CAMP BORDEN AND CAMP WAINWRIGHT. "D" SQUADRON WAS DISBANDED IN 1958.

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