Alberta

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LEST WE FORGET

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THE MUSEUM OF THE REGIMENTS IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF ITS FOUNDING REGIMENTS: LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS), THE KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, AND THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS WHO WERE KILLED ON ACTIVE DUTY. THEIR HEROIC LEGACY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RICH HERITAGE EARNED BY THEIR REGIMENTS FOR CANADA.

DEDICATED ON 11 AUGUST 1989 BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, CD, JP, DL, COLONEL-IN-CHIEF, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY.

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.

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WITH PRIDE IN THEIR PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS), THE KING'S OWN CALGARY REGIMENT, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY, THE CALGARY HIGHLANDERS

ERECTED THIS MUSEUM OF THE REGIMENTS TO REMIND ALL WHO COME THIS WAY THAT PEACE IS NEVER CHEAPLY BOUGHT.

HERE DEAD LIE WE BECAUSE WE DID NOT CHOOSE TO LIVE AND SHAME THE LAND FROM WHICH WE SPRUNG. LIFE TO BE SURE, IS NOTHING MUCH TO LOSE, BUT YOUNG MEN THINK IT IS, AND WE WERE YOUNG.

OPENED 30 JUNE 1990 BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS

ROLL OF HONOUR

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IN MEMORY OF STRATHCONAS WHO SERVED AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY SINCE 1900

MEMBERS AND LADIES AUXILIARY THAT WERE AFFILIATED WITH THE MANITOBA ASSOCIATION LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (R.C.)

BOER WAR, 1899-1902
WAR ONE, 1914-1918
WAR TWO, 1939-1945
KOREA, 1951-1953
PEACEKEEPING, 1953
RISING RED RIVER, 1997

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1939 1945

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

Honour Roll

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BELOW IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE CALGARY & DISTRICT SERVICEMEN OF THE JEWISH FAITH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WARS I & II. THIS MEMORIAL WILL FOREVER ETCH THEIR NAMES IN OUR MEMORIES. IT IS IN THEIR HONOR WE DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE.             

                
DURING WORLD WAR II, TEN PERCENT OF ALL JEWRY IN CANADA SERVED THEIR COUNTRY:
A TOTAL OF 16,883    10,235 ARMY    596 ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
5,889 R.C.A.F.    163 ALLIED FORCES
TOTAL CASUALTIES: 721 KILLED    208 WOUNDED    84 PRISONERS OF WAR
A TOTAL OF 196 WERE DECORATED FOR BRAVERY AND SERVICE
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY

WE CANADIAN SERVICEMEN OF THE JEWISH FAITH TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE AND
HONOR FOR THE PART WE PLAYED IN A VICTORY THAT GAVE FREEDOM A CHANCE TO
BREATHE AND GROW IN LANDS LESS FORTUNATE THAN OUR OWN.

OUR BEST TRIBUTE LIES IN OUR LIVING AND WORKING FOR THE ETERNAL CAUSE
FOR WHICH SO MANY FOUGHT AND DIED.
THE TRUE PEACE BORN OF FREEDOM

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THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II KOREA UN PEACEKEEPERS

LEST WE FORGET

F.O. James Robinson
Born June 20, 1887
Died November 10, 1941

L.A.C. Karl M. Gravell G.C.
Born September 27, 1923
Died November 10, 1941

Mrs. Frances Walsh G.M.
Born October 21. 1912
Calgary, Alberta

On November 10, 1941, Moth Wireless
Training No. 4833 crashed in Simon’s Valley
and immediately burst into flames. The
trainee Wireless Air Gunner L.A.C. Karl M.
Gravell managed to extricate himself from the
wreckage and get clear. In spite of intense
shock caused by the loss of one eye and
severe burns, suffered at the time of the
crash, L.A.C. Gravell’s first and only thought
was the welfare of his pilot, F.O. James
Robinson. Finding that his pilot was still in
the aircraft, and ignoring the fact that his own
clothes were ablaze, he attempted to get back
to the flaming wreckage to pull his pilot clear.
He had barely reached the aircraft when
Mrs. Francis Walsh (School Teacher) at great
danger to herself, ran up and dragged him
away. Mrs. Walsh rolled him on the ground to
extinguish the falmes which had, by this time,
completely enveloped his clothing.

F.O. Robinson was a veteran pilot having
been a member of the Royal Flying Corps in
the First Great War.

L.A.C. Gravell was awarded the George Cross
for his heroic attempt to save his pilot.

Mrs. Walsh was awarded the George Medal
for her unselfish acts as described above.

Dedicated by
Sgt David James Fitzgerald
#878 Banff Canmore Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Cadets

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
LIEUT. LAURENCE GILLMOR SHERMAN
LOYAL EDMONTON REGIMENT
KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY
MAY 23, 1944
AGED TWENTY-THREE
"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD"

IN
MEMORY OF
TROOPER WALTER FROST,
D SQUADRON C.M.R.
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION
AT DIAMOND HILL, SOUTH AFRICA
JUNE 12, 1900
AGED 33 YEARS & 10 MOS.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND MEN OF
THE REGIMENT WHO ENLISTED AT CALGARY.
DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEMBERS OF THIS PARISH WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE