Cénotaphe de Shoal Harbour

Shoal Harbour, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

Type

Autre

Ce mémorial, un socle en marbre surmonté d’une urne sculptée, a été érigé par les gens de Shoal Harbour en mémoire de Herbert Wiseman et James T. Butler, qui ont été tués durant la Première Guerre mondiale.

Inscription

[front/devant]

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SHOAL HARBOR, IN MEMORY OF TWO SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR

THEY ARE LAID TO REST ON SOME FOREIGN CREST
AND FILL A SOLDIERS GRAVE
WITH DUTY DONE AND HONORS WON,
THE LOYAL, THE TRUE, THE BRAVE
A GLORIOUS DEATH FOR THOSE WHO DIE,
THAT OTHERS MAY FREELY STAND
GOD BLESS THE SONS, THE NOBLE SONS
THOSE BOYS FROM NEWFOUNDLAND

C.H.N.

[left side/côté gauche]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HERBERT WISEMAN
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, FRANCE SEPT. 29TH 1918 AGED 25 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS

WE SHALL SLEEP BUT NOT FOREVER
THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS DAWN
WE SHALL MEET TO PART NO NEVER
ON THAT RESURRECTION MORN

MOTHER

WISEMAN

[right side/côté droit]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF PTE.
JAMES T. BUTLER
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT MONCHY, FRANCE APRIL 14TH 1917 AGED 27 YEARS

TILL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY

BUTLER