Alberta

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MCMURRAY BRANCH 165

IN HONORED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

1914-1918 1939-1945

ERNEST FRANK CLARKE
DAVID WALTER HILL
FREDERICK LESSOWAY
HOWARD MEIN
PATRICK FRANCIS O'COFFEY
GEORGE WANIANDY
GORDON WHITE

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IN MEMORY OF
THOSE OF THE
LESSER SLAVE LAKE AREA
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR PEACE


WORLD WAR I 1914-1918

WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

KOREAN CONFLICT

LEST WE FORGET

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An illustration of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Vimy Ridge Monument, and the Field of Remembrance, this mural is dedicated to the men and women of the Army, Navy, and Airforce who fought in all wars, and to the Peacekeepers who guard the freedoms we as Canadians enjoy today.

Lest We Forget

November 1999

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HIGH PRAIRIE

ALTA BRANCH NO. 37

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945

LEST WE FORGET

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1914 - 1918

C. TRAVERSE
W.J. MARTINS

1939 - 1945

W. ARLIDGE
J. ANDERSON
L. BASARAB
A. BONE
A. CUTHBERT
E.N. GRAUMANN
J. HANLIN
J. HEATH
F. HELMER
F. IRELAND
C. IRELAND
C. KEAY
P. MEARON
S. MEARON
F. MECLEOD
C. RAEGEN
E. SAHLIN
F. SMITH
E. WABASCA
C. WALKER

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C.E.F.
NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN
E'ER EFFACE THE MEMORY
OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

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1914-1918

• G. ADDISON
• A. BATTY
• W. BATES
• A.H. BIRBY
• A. BOURNE
• S. BRANT
• A. BRAMLEY-MOORE
• E. BROWN
• EWART. BROWN
• F. BULLOCK-WEBSTER
• H.A. BRUCHNALL
• D. CHERRY
• R. CREECH
• D. CROMPTON
• F. DALY
• J.E. DALLEY
• W. DARCIE
• W. DAVEY
• G. DAVISON
• T. DENT
• L.H. TRUSCOTT
• W. THOMSON
• C.B. DESPARO
• F. EVERETT
• A. FRASER
• J. FORD
• W. GAYFORD
• C. GILCHRIST
• A. GREENSHAW
• A.F. HAMES
• A.V. HARDING
• F.W. HAINSBY
• H. HATHAWAY
• H.H. HATHAWAY
• G. HENDERSON
• R. HILL
• G. HUDSON
• H. IREMONGER
• J. JEFFERY
• W.A. JOHNSON
• M. JONES
• H. JUDD
• S. BRANT
• P.WOOD

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1939-1945

• A. BARRETT
• R. BARRETT
• E.S. BLAKE
• E.W.R. BOLTON
• L.C. BOYD
• W.L. BROWN
• K. BURLEICH
• W. CAMERON
• R.E. CHAMBERS
• E.W. CHAPMAN
• H. COOK
• A.J. DAVIES
• F. FIFE
• E. FINES
• R. FOX
• J. FRETWELL
• J. FROST
• C. CEROW
• L. CIPES
• J.K. CREENWAY
• C. HAWKINS
• S.L. HAYNES
• J.T. HILL
• J. HOFFLIN
• R. HOLTBY
• F.S. LOMAS
• H.C. KNIGHT
• C. MEEKER
• S.E. MESSUM
• W.G. MILLERC. MITCHELL
• P. MITCHELL
• A.B. MORLIDGE
• D. McDONALD
• H.E. ODDAN
• D.B. OLSON
• P. PAUL
• R. PIERCY
• O.J. PETERSON
• J.E. POTTER
• T.F. PRIEST
• L.O. ROGERS
• T.M. SEABROOK
• W.N. STUDDS
• C.B. SUTTON
• M. TAYLOR
• F.W. TURVEY
• C.R. WATTS
• A. WILKINSON
• J. WINTHERS

KOREA 1950 - 1953

C.J. CURRIE

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1914-1918

• H.V. KIFT
• A. LAWS
• A.S.K. LLOYD
• C. LYNCH
• J.W. MATHER
• H.F. MASTERMAN
• C.P. MERSEREAU
• H.R. MILES
• L.S. MOFFETT
• W.H. MURRAY
• G. McADAM
• A.H. McKAY
• A. McGILLIVARY
• J.H. NOBLE
• H.H. NOYES
• A.E. OSBORN
• H. PAPE
• A.S. PATMORE
• H.F. PWER
• F. PRITCHARD
• M. EUSTACE
• C.J. GEORGE
• E. ROBINSON
• F. REID
• T.J. RELF
• B.H. ROWLES
• W.H. ROWLEY
• H.J. SEELS
• W.F. SLOMAN
• C.H. SMITH
• J.F. SMITH
• W.F.C. SMITH
• G.P. STEPHENSON
• A. STURGEON
• J.E. SWINDELL
• L.E.R. THOMPSON
• W. McA. VOKINS
• F. WALL
• W. WEEKS
• W. WHITEHEAH
• F. WEBBER
• B. STILL
• C. STILL
• V.W. FOURACRE

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THIS MEMORIAL
IS DEDICATED AS A PLEDGE
OF EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP
TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND TO THE GALLANT FIGHTERS
FROM HER EVERY STATE WHO
JOINED THE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
OF NATIONS IN
THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
DURING
THE SECOND GREAT WAR

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IN THIS VALLEY
TWO MEMBERS OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
SERGEANT PILOT
ALFRED REGINALD
LAFLECHE, SASKATCHEWAN
AND
HIS AMERICAN COMRADE
LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN
QUENTIN BURL CHACE
WICHITA, KANSAS

WERE STAYED BY THE HAND
OF DEATH
FEBRUARY 17, 1941

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THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR COMMAND

AIR OFFICERS COMMANDING

SQUADRON LEADER S A BUSHELL
WING COMMANDER H L CAMPBELL
WING COMMANDER R F GLADDEN
SQUADRON LEADER F R HARDY
GROUP CAPTAIN W E KENNEDY
SQUADRON LEADER C V MARK
WING COMMANDER D D ATKINSON, TEMPORARY CO DURING KENNEDY'S ABSENCE AS CO OF NO. 7 SFTS FORT MACLEOD

LEST WE FORGET

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

WO1 V G ARCHIBALD
S/O R J GOODMAN
LAC E E GUTTERIDGE
LAC R G JOHNSTON
LAC S T MONROE
LAC S M RODGERS
P/O W A SPARKS
LAC C M STEARNS
F/SGT L J TAME

ROYAL AIR FORCE

P/O A J GOLDIE
SGT K C HOLT
SGT K L SUTTON

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE

LAC A R BAKER
F/O L W A BAUER
LAC W L BRIGHTON
LAC L H B BENNET
LAC W C MACDONALD
F/SGTJ C MCKITTRICK
LAC I R VIDLER

OTHERS KILLED

AC2 J R BERGLUND - TRUCK ACCIDENT
AC1 C W ODELL - CROWNING

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DEDICATION

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALL OFFICERS AND RANKS WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND MADE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR THROUGH DEVOTED SERVICE AT NO. 15 SFTS IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN DURING 1941-1945 AT CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA, CANADA

SOME DID NOT LIVE TO FULFIL THEIR PURPOSE, 'THESE BRAVE SOULS STAYED IN CLARESHOLM'

THE BONDS OF EMPIRE LIE WITHIN THESE MEN AS THEY SLEEP THROUGHOUT ETERNITY

THE BONDS OF LOVE, THE BONDS OF SACRIFICE, THE LIVES OF THESE MEN WERE GIVEN OUR COUNTRY, FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS SURELY AS THOSE THAT DIED OVERSEAS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA
THE TOWN OF CLARESHOLM
THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF WILLOW CREEK
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 41 CLARESHOLM

THIS MONUMENT ERECTED AND DEDICATED AUS 8. 1981 TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THOSE WHO DIED NO. 15 S.F.T.S.

Names of our brave boys who fell in the First Great War from 1914 - 1918 are inscribed on the plaque of the Memorial Clock as follows:

A few years later, our boys were called again for the war from 1939 to 1945. The boys that gave their lives again for us were also inscribed on the Memorial Clock.

These were as follows: