Ce mémorial commémore les soldats de la garnison impériale qui ont servi dans la région de Montréal au XIXe siècle et qui ont été enterrés dans le cimetière militaire de l’île Sainte-Hélène. Ils comprennent des membres des 1st Dragoon Guards, des 7th Hussars, de l’Artillerie royale, des Royal Engineers, des 1st Foot, des 14th Foot, des 20th Foot, des 25th Foot, des 52nd Foot, des 60th Foot, des 66th Foot, des 67th Foot, des 71st Foot, des 82nd Foot, de la Rifle Brigade, des Royal Canadian Rifles et du Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
Inscription
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1ST DRAGOON GUARDS
1862 THOMAS MOTTRAM
7TH HUSSARS
1842 HENRY BOWEN
1842 JAMES GUNN
13TH HUSSARS
1869 ROBERT GAIR
ROYAL ARTILLERY
1829 GEO. BRAIDWOOD, GREN.
1831 CHARLES KNIGHT, GREN.
1832 WILLIAM BATES, GREN.
1861 THOMAS WHITE, SGT.
1861 THOMAS WOOD, SGT.
1861 WM. McCORMICK
1861 DR. JAMES WOOD
1862 WM. McGINNESS, GREN.
1863 ISAAC NEWTON, SGT.
1863 DR. EDWARD NORMAN
1863 JOHN SIMPSON, GREN.
1865 ROBERT EVANS, GREN.
1866 ARCHIBALD McDONALD, CORP.
ROYAL ENGINEERS
1862 JOHN MONTGOMERY, SPR.
1862 WM. S. MONTGOMERY, SPR.
1862 WM. WIMBLETON, SGT.
1863 JOHN WHITE, SPR.
1864 PETER ANDERSON, SGT.
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DIEU ET MON DROIT
THE MILITARY CEMETERY ST. HELEN’S ISLAND.
IN THIS SACRED GROUND LIE BURIED
THE FOLLOWING SOLDIERS OF THE IMPERIAL GARRISON
AND SEVERAL OTHERS OF NAMES UNKNOWN. SEVERAL
WIVES AND MANY CHILDREN WERE ALSO BURIED HERE.
1ST FOOT
1847 WM. CARPENTER, BARR. MR.
14TH FOOT
1845 ROBERT ARTHUR, CORP.
20TH FOOT
1851 JAMES POUTER
25TH FOOT
1866 DAVID HOARE
52ND FOOT
1843 NICHOLAS McAULEY
1845 WM. EMORY
60TH FOOT
1863 JOHN GREEN
1863 HENRY EGGLETON
1864 WILLIAM DEMPSTER, CORP.
1864 STEPHEN MOYNOHAN
66TH FOOT
1850 THOMAS AUSTIN
1854 GEO. BROAD
1854 WM. CLARK
1854 THOS. CRANSHAW
1854 ELLOY EDWARDS, SGT.
1854 WM. HARRIS, SGT.
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66TH FOOT
1854 WM. PHILLIPS
1854 GEO. RUDD
1854 GEO. ROBINSON
1854 GEO. TWELFTREE
67TH FOOT
1842 CARLAN WATSON PHELPS, SGT.
71ST FOOT
1848 THOMAS SMITH
1849 WILLIAM KITSON
1849 THOMAS LOGAN
1850 THOMAS SMITH
82ND FOOT
1846 S. BICKERSTAFF
RIFLE BRIGADE
1849 WILLIAM THOMAS JONES
1867 WILLIAM MARLER
ROYAL CANADIAN RIFLES
1842 WILLIAM BLAKE
1863 ANDREW HOLLIDAY
1867 WILLIAM DUKE, S.M.I.
ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
1858 MICHAEL HUMPHREYS
REGIMENT UNKNOWN
1842 JOSEPH EVELEIGH
1853 ALLISON BOWIE
1863 CARLO VILLA
Informations pour les visiteurs
Mur de la garnison impériale
271, chemin du Tour de l'isle
Montréal
Lat. 45.5163867
Long. -73.5320647