Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

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TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF

ELDRED REES
CANADIAN REGT
DIED OF WOUNDS
SEP, 19TH 1918.

EDGAR REES
ROYAL NFLD REGT DIED
OF WOUNDS OCT 15 1918.

WILLIAM ELDRED REES
ROYAL NFLD REGT, DIED
OF WOUNDS OCT 27 1918.

THESE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR
EMPIRE DURING THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAMES LIVE ON FOR EVERMORE.

ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, LANCE COVE, BELL ISLAND, 1919.

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LEST WE FORGET

SEAMANS MEMORIAL

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LANCE COVE - BELL ISLAND

THE ONLY COMMUNITY IN NORTH AMERICA
TO TAKE A DIRECT HIT FROM A TORPEDO FIRED BY A
NAZI U - BOAT IN WORLD WAR II.

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1942, THE S.S. SAGANAGA AND THE
S.S. LORD STRATHCONA, ANCHORED NEAR LANCE COVE, BELL
ISLAND, WERE SUNK BY U - 513.

ON NOVEMBER 2 1942, THE S.S. ROSE CASTLE AND THE
FREE FRENCH FREIGHTER P.L.M. 27, ALSO ANCHORED A FEW
HUNDERD YARDS FROM LANCE COVE, WERE SENT TO THE
BOTTOM AFTER BEING ATTACHED BY U - 518. SIXTY-NINE
SEAMEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN THESE SINKINGS.

DURING THE ATTACK OF NOVEMBER 2, 1942, A TORPEDO
STRUCK THE SCOTIA LANDING PIER, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL
DAMAGE AND SEVERE SHOCK TO RESIDENTS OF THE ISLAND
WHO WERE AWAKENED BY THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF BELL ISLAND
TO COMMEMORATE THESE WARTIME EVENTS AND
TO REMEMBER THE BRAVE SEAMEN
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

LA SEULE COMMUNAUTÉ EN AMÉRIQUE DU NORD À AVOIR ÉTÉ
VICTIME DÙNE ATTAQUE ALLEMANDE PENDANT
LA 2ÈME GUERRE MONDIALE

LE 5 SEPTEMBRE 1942, LE S.S. SAGANAGA ET
LE S.S. LORD STRATHCONA, ANCRÉS PRÈS DE LANCE COVE,
BELLE ISLAND, SE SONT FAIT COULÉS PAR LE U - 513.

LE 2 NOVEMBRE 1942, LE S.S. ROSE CASTLE ET
LE CARGO P.L.M. 27 DES FORCES NAVALES FRANÇAISES LIBRES,
ANCRÉS ÉGALEMENT À QUELQUES CENTAINES DE MÈTRES DE
LANCE COVE, ONT ÉTÉ ENVOYÉS AU FOND PAR LE U - 518.
À LA SUITE DE CES DEUX TORPILLAGES, SOIXANTE-NEUF
MARINS DE LA MARINE MARCHANDE ON PÉRI.

PENDANT L`ATTAQUE DU 2 NOVEMBRE 1942, UNE TORPILLE
A HEURTÉ LE QUAI SCOTIA, PROVOQUANT DES DÉGÂTS
IMPORTANTS. LES RÉSIDENTS DE L`ÎLE SE SONT
FAIT RÉVEILLÉS PAR LA FORCE DE L`EXPLOSION

CE MONUMENT EST ÉLEVÉ PAR LES RÉSIDENTS DE BELL ISLAND
EN COMMÉMORATION DE CES ÉVÈNEMENTS DE GUERRE
ET EN MÉMOIRE DE CES BRAVES MARINS
QUI ONT PERDU LEUR VIE.

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Inscribed with names of 69 seaman who lost their lives.
Gravé avec le nom des 69 marins qui ont perdu la vie.

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SS PLM 27

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THIS PLAQUE IS
DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENTS OF
LANCE COVE
FOR SERVICES RENDERED
TO VICTIMS OF
TWO U - BOATS 1942

BRANCH 18
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

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SS PLM 27

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George R. Pearkes

MEMORIAL TO
SGT THOMAS RICKETTS V.C.
CROIX DE GUERRE, D.C.M.
1901-1967
SOLDIER-PHARMACIST-CITIZEN
JUNE 10, 1972

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IN MEMORY
OF PETTY OFFICERS
WARRANT OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS
WHO DIED IN --- WORLD WAR II
1939 ------1945

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ERECTED BY
THE

WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS OF
THE 2nd BATT THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND
REGIMENT IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS
WARRANT OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE REGIMENT
WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DIED OF
WOUNDS OR SICKNESS IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1919

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ERECTED BY THE VETERANS OF
THE KOREAN CONFLICT
IN HONOUR OF
WARRANT OFFICERS AND
SERGEANTS
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
1950-1954

Presented to
The Government and
People of Newfoundland and Labrador
by the
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment
Royal Artillery Association to commemorate the fiftieth Anniversary
of its formation and service in World War II

The Battle Route of the 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery (1944-1945)

IN MEMORY
OF
MARGOT DAVIES, M.B.E.

MARGOT, WHO LEFT NEWFOUNDLAND AT AN EARLY AGE, WAS A FRIEND TO THOUSANDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND SERVICEMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II

HER WEEKLY BROADCAST "CALLING FROM BRITIAN TO NEWFOUNDLAND," THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WHICH COMMENCED SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN ENGLAND AND CONTINUED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO HER SAD DEMISE ENDEARED HER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND

LORD GRANT THAT WE MAY SEEK RATHER TO COMFORT
THAN TO BE COMFORTED
THAT WHERE THERE IS SADNESS WE MAY BRING JOY
THAT WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR WE MAY BRING HOPE AND WHERE THERE ARE SHADOWS WE MAY BRING THY LIGHT.

ERECTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIAL FUND INSTITUTED BY EX-GUNNER MAXWELL LITTLE JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY

Beaumont Hamel 1916
Arras 1917
Langemarck 1917
Cambrai 1917
Courtrai

"The Infantry Man"
presented to the
people of
Newfoundland and Labrador
by the Soldiers, past and present, of the
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
to mark the Regiments 200 years of service to Queen and Country from 25 April, 1795 - 1995

Le Transloy
Ypres 1917, 1918
Poelcappelle
Bailleul
Gallipoli 1915

In Commemoration
of the Service and Sacrifice
made by the
Women during World War II
on the occasion of the
RCAF Women's Division and RAF
Women's Auxiliary Air Force Reunion
in
St. John's, Newfoundland July 4, 1998

We will remember them.