L’intérieur de cette crypte commémorative présente des plaques à la mémoire de plusieurs groupes et individus. La crypte a été érigée en 1985 par la filiale no 375 de la Légion royale canadienne et par la communauté de Simpson en souvenir de la Première et de la Seconde Guerres mondiales, ainsi que de la guerre de Corée.
Inscription
[upper plaque/plaque du haut]
1914-1918
IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN ACTION IN WW I
BROWN LOSTE B.
BROWN LOSTE L.
LEES, J.
MCDADE, WM.
ROBB, WM.
HEWSTON, D.
[lower plaque/plaque du bas]
LEST WE FORGET
ERECTED BY THE SIMPSON LEGION BRANCH # 375 AND THE SIMPSON COMMUNITY 1985
1914-1918 KOREAN CONFLICT 1939-1945
[left side/côté gauche]
I.O.O.F.
ERECTED BY SIMPSON LODGE NO. 131 IN MEMORY OF BRO. BASIL LOSTE BROWN, KILLED IN ACTION APRIL 28, 1917, AGED 36 YEARS
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
IN MEMORIAM
SEGT. WILLIAM ROBB, KILLED IN ACTION, OBSERVATORY RIDGE, JUNE 2, 1916
SEGT. JAMES LEES, KILLED IN ACTION AT REGINA TRENCH NOV 18. 1916
THEY COUNTED NOT LIFE DEAR TO THEMSELVES, BUT WILLINGLY GAVE IT, THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE.
SIMPSON L.O.L. 2462
[right side/côté droit]
F/L ALBERT JOHN BECK, J40392 SQUADRON 626, RCAF ATTACHED TO RAF, KILLED IN ACTION, GERMANY, AGE 24, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
LANCE SGT. MALCOLM BUDD, L 12352, SOUTH SASK. REGT., KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, AGE 26, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
W.O. I JOHN EVANS COSFORD, 87409, RCAF, KILLED IN ACTION, IRAN, AGE 22, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
F.O. ROBERT S.E. GREENWAY, J6399, TUSKAR SQUADRON
RCAF ATTACHED TO RAF, KILLED IN ACTION, CEYLON, AGE 29, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
R.O. EARL W. LANG, 328-61-68, C26, U.S. NAVY, KILLED IN ACTION, AT SEA, AGE 24, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
PTE. PERCY HENRY SCHOTTS, H200129, QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS, KILLED IN ACTION, FRANCE, AGE 26, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
P.O. CLAUDE SENTON, J89686, SQUADRON 422, RCAF, KILLED IN ACTION, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, AGE 25, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
F/S KENNETH G. SMALLEY, R139880, RCAF, KILLED IN ACTION, NORTH SEA, AGE 20, HONOURED BY SIMPSON COMMUNITY, SIMPSON, SASK.
Informations pour les visiteurs
Crypte commémorative de Simpson
L'avenue Saskatchewan Nord et de la rue George
Simpson
Saskatchewan
Lat. 51.44878
Long. -105.44375