Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Brockville War Memorial

The Brockville War Memorial occupies a prominent place at the south end of Court House Avenue in Brockville, Ontario.










YPRES
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
VIMY RIDGE

KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
AND
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING


IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE IN THE
SERVICE OF CANADA WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR FREEDOM WHILE SERVING
WITH UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN KOREA
AND FOR PEACE ON UNITED NATIONS
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

WE WILL REMEMBER


THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER-MORE

GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS

KOREA
1950 - 1953





PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
ARRAS
CAMBRAI

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945


IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF OUR NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE AND
MERCHANT NAVY AND OF THOSE CANADIANS
IN THE ARMED SERVICES OF OTHER NATIONS
AND ALLIES OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR CANADA
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

WE WILL REMEMBER





TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW
THE TORCH; BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH.
IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP, THOUGH POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
BROCKVILLE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE WHO SHARED
ITS DANGERS
1914 - 1919
1939 - 1945