Cénotaphe de la Place d'armes d'Halifax

[plaque/plaque]
Halifax Foundation
THE CENOTAPH,
GRAND PARADE

LIGHTING AND
MAINTENANCE SUPPORT BY
HALIFAX FOUNDATION

"NOTHING IS HERE FOR TEARS, NOTHING TO WAIL OR
KNOCK THE BREAST, NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT,
DISPRAISE OR BLAME
NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR, AND
WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE..."

JOHN MILTON, "SAMSON AGONISTES"
FROM THE CENOTAPH UNVEILING BY FORMER PRIME
MINISTER Sir ROBERT BORDEN, 1 JULY 1929

[north face/face nord]
IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL

1914 1918
1939 1945
1950 1953

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AMIENS
ARRAS
CANAL DU NORD
CAMBRAI

[West face/face ouest]
SOMME
VIMY YPRES
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE

[upper south face/haut de la face sud]
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
SICILY LANDINGS
GOTHIC LINE
FALAISE GAP
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
ORTONA
NORMANDY LANDING
BATTLE OF THE SCHELDT
BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND
THE RHINE CROSSING

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IN THE CITY ARCHIVES
ARE TREASURED THE NAMES OF
THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY MEN
AND WOMEN WHOSE SACRIFICE IS
PERPETUATED BY THIS MEMORIAL
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
AND IN KOREA 1950-1953

one low quality image in memorial electronic file. Photos medium quality dated 1995 in paper file.