Cénotaphe de Chelsea

PRIVATE
RICHARD ROWLAND
THOMPSON
THE ONLY CANADIAN SOLDIER
TO BE AWARDED
THE QUEEN’S SCARF
OF HONOUR
FOR BRAVERY
AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899 - 1902
IS BURIED
IN THIS CEMETERY

1914 - 1918
Private Richard Gardner
2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry
(Eastern Ontario Regiment)
24th April 1915, age 35
whose name appears on the
Menin Gate Memorial
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium

1914 - 1918
Private William Patrick Reynolds
21st Battalion, Canadian Infantry
(Eastern Ontario Regiment)
16th October 1918, aged 21
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Fichieux
Pas-de-Calais, France

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF

Those residents of Chelsea (West-Hull)
who lost their lives in the
First and Second World Wars

Private Stephen Thomas Dunn 27^th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, (Manitoba Regiment)8^th May 1917, aged 28. Son of John and Ann Dunn, of Old Chelsea, Quebec. Commemoration at the Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Private Allan Sidney Farmer 42^nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, (Quebec Regiment), 3^rd November 1917, aged 21. Son of Mrs. F. Farmer, of Kirk’s Ferry, P.Q., and the late Fred Farmer. Commemoration at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

Pilot Officer John Donald Bates 431 Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force, 20^th February 1944, aged 19. Son of Thomas H. Bates and Janey Pearl Bates, of Farm Point, Province of Quebec. Commemoration at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Brandenburg, Germany.

Pilot Officer George Frazer Kingsbury 5 (RAF) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force, 26^th June 1944, aged 21. Son of G. Clifford Kingsbury and Mary F. Kingsbury, of South Hull, Province of Quebec. Commemoration at the Imphal War Cemetery, India.

Leading Aircraftman Richard Neiland Hammond R/180998, Royal Canadian Air Force, 22^nd September 1943, aged 20. Son of William W. Hammond and Jane H. Hammond; brother of Jean Dessenden, of Ottawa. Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.

Flying Officer Robert Edward Lee, 570 (RAF) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force, 11^th July 1944, aged 24. Son of Horace R. and Lily S. Lee, of Chelsea, Province of Quebec, Canada. Commemoration at the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, Unite Kingdom.

Flight Sergeant Erle Mayne Milks 570 (RAF) Sqdn, Royal Canadian Air Force, 23^rd September 1944, aged 20. Son of Erle Kenneth and Helen Catherine Milks, of Chelsea, Province of Quebec. Commemoration at the Heteren General Cemetery, Netherlands.

Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Bernard Murphy 467 Sqdn (RCAF), Royal Canadian Air Force, 16^th July 1944, aged 27. Commemoration at the Lignieres-de-Touraine Communal Cemetery, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Gunner James Allan Reid, 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, 7th September 1944, aged 21. Son of Levi C. and Elizabeth Reid, of Farm Point, Province of Quebec. Commemoration at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Maldegem, East Flanders, Belgium.

We will remember them

Erected by
The Historical Society of the Gatineaus and
The Municipality of Chelsea (West-Hull)

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