Manitoba

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ON THESE BEACHES AT "H" HOUR 6TH JUNE 1944 LANDED THE AMPHIBIOUS TANKS OF THE 10TH CANADIAN ARMOURED REGIMENT (FORT GARRY HORSE)

SUR CES PLAGE A L'HEURE "H" LE 6 JUIN 1944 ATTERRIRENT LES CHARSDASSAUT AMPHIBIE DE 10E REGIMENT BLINDE CANADIEN (FORT GARRY HORSE)

DEDICATED TO OUR COMRADES BY ALL RANKS THE FORT GARRY HORSE 1965

PRESENTED TO THE FORT GARRY HORSE (ACM) BY THE FORT GARRY HORSE (ACR) CAMP WAINWRIGHT 1966

REPLICA OF THE CAIRN DEDICATED BY THE FORT GARRY HORSE SAINT AUBIN-SUR-MER NORMANDY 17 OCT 65

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FACTA NON VERBA

N W CANADA 1885, FISH CREEK, BATOCHE, SOMME 1916-1918, BAZENTIN, POZIERS, FLERS-COURCELETTE, CAMBRAI 1917-1918, ST. QUENTIN, AMIENS, HINDENBURG LINE, BEAUREVOIR, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, NORMANDY LANDING, CARPIQUET, FALAISE ROAD, THE LAISON, BOULOGNE 1944, ANTWERP TURNOUT CANAL, THE SCHELDT, WOENSDRECHT, THE HOCHWALD, GRONINGEN

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MARTIN PARK
IN MEMORY OF
LCOL G.J. MARTIN, CD
COMMANDING OFFICER, THE FORT GARRY HORSE
WHO WAS KILLED ON A TRAINING ACCIDENT
ON MOUNT WASHINGTON, 9 JUNE, 1969.

THIS PARK IS DEDICATED TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMOURED CORPS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY

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DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES IN THE 90TH WINNIPEG BATTALION OF RIFLES, THE 8TH BATTALION CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, THE ROYAL WINNIPEG RIFLES, THIS 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER AD 1970 BY THE LITTLE BLACK DEVILS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF GUNNER EDWARD CODE BORN JULY 8TH 1898 KILLED IN ACTION AT DRURY MILL, FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 2ND 1918, ERECTED 1927

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SIR WILLIAM SAMUEL STEPHENSON

"INTREPID"

SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON WAS BORN IN 1896 IN THE POINT DOUGLAS AREA AND RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF WINNIPEG.

IMMEDIATELY UPON GRADUATION FROM ARGYLE SCHOOL IN 1914 HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS. HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND WAS DECORATED SEVERAL TIMES FOR BRAVERY BEING AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS, THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE CROIX DE GUERRE.

FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR HE JOINED THE STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA WHERE HE TAUGHT MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE. IN 1921 HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND ENJOYING A BRILLIANT CAREER IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AND PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF TELEVISION DEVELOPMENT.

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, SIR WILLIAM WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF BRITISH SECURITY CO-ORDINATION AS WELL AS PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. HE IS MOST POPULARLY KNOWN FOR HIS PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE BRITISH INTELLIGENCE EFFORT, AN ACTIVITY WHICH EARNED HIM THE CODE NAME, INTREPID. HIS SERVICES TO THE COMMONWEALTH DURING THE WAR YEARS WERE RECOGNIZED BY HIS BEING KNIGHTED IN 1945.

TRULY A REMARKABLE SON OF WINNIPEG, SIR WILLIAM ALWAYS EXCELLED IN EVERY ACTIVITY IN WHICH HE BECAME INVOLVED AND ALWAYS EXEMPLIFIED THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF DEDICATION AND PATRIOTISM.

THIS PLAQUE ERECTED IN HIS HONOUR BY THE CITIZENS OF WINNIPEG AND THE RESIDENTS OF POINT DOUGLAS COMMUNITY WAS UNVEILED BY: HIS WORSHIP MAYOR WILLIAM NORRIE, Q.C. AUGUST 15TH 1982

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FORT GARRY HORSE
BATTLE HONOURS
FISH CREEK
BATOCHE
NORTH WEST CANADA 1885
(BY AMALGAMATION WITH MANITOBA HORSE)
GREAT WAR
"SOMME 1916'18"
"BAZGNTIN'
"POZIERES"
"FLERS-COURCELETTE"
"Hill 70"
"Ypres 1917"
"CAMBRAI 1917'18"
"ST. QUENTIN"
"AMIENS"
"Arras 1918"
"HINDENBURG LINE"
"St. Quentin Canal"
"BEAUREYOIR"
"Pursuit To Mons"
"FRANCE and FLANDERS 1916'18"

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FORT GARRY HORSE
BATTLE HONOURS
WORLD WAR II
"NORMANDY LANDING"
"Caen"
"CARPIQUET"
"Falaise"
"FALAISE ROAD"
"THE LAISON"
"BOULOGNE, 1944"
"ANTWERP-TURNHOUT CANAL"
"THE SCHELDT"
"WORNSDRECHT"
"The Rhineland"
"Goch-Calcar Road"
"THE HOGHWALD"
"GRONINGEN"
"Oldenburg"
"North-West Europe 1944'45"

TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FORT GARRY HORSE
BOTH THE LIVING AND THE DEAD,
WHO TOGETHER WITH OTHER CANADIAN AND ALLIED SERVICEMEN
PARTICIPATED IN THE GLORIOUS CAMPAIGN OF 1944-1945
THAT LED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS.

PRESENTED BY THE GRATEFUL DUTCH-CANADIANS OF WINNIPEG

MAY 1970

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND TO COMMEMORATE SERVICE BY THE FORT GARRY HORSE IN THE HEMER AREA, 1962 to 1966

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1944 - 1994

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LEST WE FORGET

ON 6 JUNE 1944,
THE 10TH ARMOURED REGIMENT
(THE FORT GARRY HORSE)
PARTICIPATED IN THE
ASSAULT ON THE BEACHES
AND THE LIBERATION OF
BERNIÈRES-SUR-MER

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AFIN QUE NUL N'IGNORE

LE 6 JUIN 1944,
LE 10E RÉGIMENT BLINDÉ
(THE FORT GARRY HORSE)
PARTICIPAIT A L'ASSAULT
DES PLAGES ET À
LA LIBERATION DE
BERNIÈRES-SUR-MER

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THE FORT GARRY HORSE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

CANADA

This is a replica
of the plaque at
BERNIÈRES-SUR-MER
in France.