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following information was graciously donated by Donald Norrie. Mr.
Norrie may wish to publish this information at some future date and
therefore holds the copyright to this material. Please keep this in
mind and use for research purposes only.
Information & photos © 2001 Donald
Norrie
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Bentley
Date: August 24, 2000
Location: A new memorial is currently in the planning stages
Description: Tablets are of gray/white
marble.
Construction: Tablets are of gray/white
marble.
Inscription Tablet One:
THIS CENTRE IS
DEDICATED TO
THE MEN WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR DEMOCRACY
Inscription Tablet Two:
HONOUR ROLL
1914 - 1918
A. J. HANSON
C. D. POLING
R. V. POLING
J. A. VIG
P. H. WELCH
1939 - 1945
J. G. EVERNDEN
J. R. B. FERNIE
W. J. C. GIBSON
G. F. HUNTER
V. L. MILES
H. A. NEAL
L. L. PETRY
R. F. PETERSON
R. F. SOLIE
J. B. SOLIE
The original cenotaph was part of the
Bentley Memorial Park. The title "Memorial" being synonymous to those
who fell in the wars. As the Cenotaph deteriorated, it was decided to
remove the tablets and secure them in the basement of the Town
Administrative Office until such time as the new cenotaph was built.
The administrative staff were kind enough to allow me into the vault to
film them
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Bow
Island
Date: June 4, 2000
Location: In the town park behind the Royal Canadian Legion
Description: Rectangular gray granite stone
set in a concrete base. A bronze plaque has been added for Korea.
Inscription:
DEDICATED
TO THE HONOR
AND SACRIFICE
OF OUR MEN
AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED
OUR COUNTRY
IN WORLD
WARS I-II
Inscription Plaque:
KOREA
1950 - 1953
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names are listed on the cenotaph. They are kept in the Royal Canadian
Legion, Branch No. 197. Gordon McCormick provided the names of those
from the area who died in WWI and WWII and which are listed below.
Bow Island Roll of Honour
World War I
1914 - 1918
Annon, Francis
Abbott, Sam L.
Bradley, John
Caswell, Ernest
Caswell, Fred
Depew, Alfred
Grande, Anton L.
Holma, Henry
Love, Bob
Rushford, John
Speke, Hugh
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World War II
1939 - 1945
Amlim, Arnold
Bateman, Don
Belcher, Ken
Emard, Garth
Fogderud, Terence
Galvin, Leo P.
Olson, H. Gideon
Prunkell, Robert
Thomas, Jack
Torscher, Joseph
Trebble, Phyllis
Verhaest, Fred
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Burdett
Date: June 14, 2000
Location: On the north side of the railway tracks on entering the
village off Highway 2
Description: Obelisk in shape and crowned
with the Christian Cross. It is approximately 12 feet in height and 6
feet at the base. Painted black & white and surrounded by
miniature concrete obelisks threaded with industrial chain. A single
bronze plaque is mounted on the front.
Construction: Concrete.
Inscription:
LEST WE FORGET
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN GREAT WAR I
1914 - 1918
S.L. Abbot
A.L. Grande
WW2
1939 - 1945
Bdr. Garth E. Emard
L/Cpl Terrence M. Fodgernd
F.O Leo P. Gavin
LAC Hammond G. Olson
Flt. Sgt. Joseph W. Torscher
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE
MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM
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town of Burdett is very much in dereliction with only a handful of
persons living there at the writing of this article. The memorial is in
excellent condition and is presently maintainedby the Bow Island
Legion.
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Caroline
Date: August 22, 2000
Location: In front of the Royal Canadian Legion on 51st Avenue and 49th
Street.
Description: Granite stone is resting on a
granite baseand engraved with black highlighted lettering. A sword
superimposed. "VALOUR" in large letters immediately catches the eye.
Construction: Vertical granite stone 46
inches high by 28 inches wide by 8 inches deep resting on a granite
stone base 42.5 inches high by 14.5 inches wide by 8.5 inches deep.
Inscription:
DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THOSE
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
VALOUR
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE
MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION CAROLINE BRANCH #177
11 NOVEMBER 1982
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
KOREA
U.N.
NATO
NORAD
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memorial is surrounded by a silver painted chain attached to 4 corner
pipes. The base in front is garnished with poppies and geraniums.
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Fort
Saskatchewan
Location: The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #27, 9964 93 Avenue, Fort
Saskatchewan
Description: The cenotaph is approximately
14 feet in height. It consists of a base of three, foot-high, steps
(eight, six, and four feet square) supporting a four-foot shaft which
supports a six-foot obelisk. Five black granite plaques are affixed to
the shaft and the base. The monument is set upon a foot-high concrete
foundation twelve feet square. Three plaques face east, one faces
north, and one faces south. A faint inscription on the east side on the
top ridge of the shaft reads: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
Construction: The base, shaft, and obelisk
are grey granite while the five plaques are black granite. The
foundation is concrete.
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Innisfail
Date: August 24, 2000
Location: 50 Street and 49 Avenue on the NW corner.
Description: Obelisk, approximately 10 feet
high and 5 feet at the base. Facing SE.
Construction: Split and shaped field rocks
imbedded in concrete with a black granite plaque on the SE facing side.
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
INNISFAIL AND DISTRICT
WHO FELL IN
THE WORLD WARS
1914 - 1918,
1939 - 1945
AND THE
KOREAN WAR.
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is an excellent memorial and well maintained. The names of those who
paid the supreme sacrifice are not displayed on the monument. They are
enshrined on a plaque inside the Royal Canadian Legion premises across
the street.
Innisfail Roll of Honour
World War I
1914 - 1918
Their Name Liveth For Evermore |
Atkinson, G. S.
Baker, F.
Banner, R.
Barwis, S.
Baynham, J. A.
Beckett, G.
Bell, J.
Benton, R. A.
Biggs, V. Z.
Black, N.
Black, W. B.
Brewer, W.
Bryan, G.
Campbell, D. A.
Checkley, E. A.
Cummings, A. E. |
Ellis, E. M.
Forshaw, A. E.
Foster, J. L.
George, D. St.C.
Gowan, W.
Grimes, R.
Gulliver, A.
Hall, A.
Hill, G.
Hodge, C. F.
Hooten, W.
Hornett, O. E.
Jensen, F.
Kelly, E. H.
Kirkham, J.
Lee, J. |
Mainwaring, L.
Malcolm, F.J.
Marsden, B.
Marshall, J. M.
McAllister, A.
McAllister, R. S.
McArthur, C. A.
Michiel, F.
Miller, O.
Nicholson, A.
Peters, G. E.
Quantz, D.
Rogers, W.
Screen, H.
Sim, M.
Smallwood, J. C. |
Snider, J.
Songhurst, S.
Swick, A.
Swick, C.
Walker, J. H.
Whetham, P. G.
Wormald, J. W. |
World War II
1939 - 1946 |
Anderson, A. A.
Ball, D.
Bateman, J.
Black, R.
Brown, F.
Cameron, D.
Coles, B.
Ditchburn, K.
Freeman, J. E.
Gilliland, N.
Gislason, N.
Grant, W.
Henderson, H.
Hileman, E.
Hudson, R. D.
Jensen, A. |
Lennox, A.
Lind, M. G.
MacLeod, T.
McCaw, W.
Miller, L. A.
Morton, T.
Norman, R.
Pool, W.
Quartly, G.
Scott, P.
Simpson, J.
Spankie, E.
Steadman, D.
Stiles, A.
Thompson, J. W. |
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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Nobleford
Date: June 15, 2000
Location: Nobleford Centennial Park, corner of King Street.
Description: Pyramid shape surmounted with a
Latin cross.
Construction: Field rocks embedded in
concrete and set on a concrete base pad.
Inscription:
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN TIME OF WAR.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
NOBLEFORD BRANCH #257
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names are engraved on the monument and the local branch of the Royal
Canadian Legion is now defunct.
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Olds
Date: August 2, 2000
Location: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 105 located on 46th Street
between 53rd and 54th Avenues.
Description: Restored Sherman Tank Serial
Number T212123, with a grey granite memorial stone measuring 72 inches
by 30 inches displayed font and center of the monument. Three concrete
steps lead up to the front of the display flanked on either side by
replicated "tank trap" pyramids.
The right pyramid has an engraved grey
granite stone reading:
DEDICATED BY BRANCH 105 OLDS, ALBERTA
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
11 NOVEMBER 1992
The left pyramid reads:
SHERMAN TANK IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO
SERVED OUR COUNTRY WW1, WW2, KOREA
Plaque inscription:
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
ALSHEAD, H.
AHLWARDT, A.D.
ALLISON, K.H.
ANDERSON, F.
BRIEGEL, J.
CANN, J.
CLARK, M.
CONRAD, N.L.
COUTTS, A.G.
CROMBIE, R.J.
CUTHBERT, G. |
DAVIDSON, E.W.
DREW, A.
ELDER, J.W.
ERHART, G.
GRIMES, R.
GWARTNEY, C.
HARRISON, A.J.
HARTMAN, C.L.
KEOWN, L.
LINK, R.W.
MACINTYRE, H.V. |
MORPHY, V.
MURRAY, J.D.
PAASCH, N.
PECK, W.
PECKHAM, J.
REIBER, D.
REID, G.
RENDEL, W.
ROGERS, R.
RUNHAM, T.
SHANKS, A.B. |
SMITH, T.
STIRTON, D.
STRINGER, H.L.
ULRY, A.D.
ULRY, L.A.
WALLACE, D.
WARE, F.
WIGHAM, E.A.
WILKENSON, I.
WILLIAMS, J.E.
WILLSIE, G.
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WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
This armoured monument is a well maintained
"look and touch" memorial. There is a steel step walkway behind the
tank which allows visitors to view the top of the Sherman tank and
appreciate the enormity of these huge steel war machines.
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Rocky
Mountain House
Date: August 23, 2000
Location: SW corner of 49th Avenue and 49th Street, adjacent to the
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #8.
Description: The monument is engraved with a
ship, tank and aircraft representing the Navy, Army and Air Force
Construction: Vertical brown granite
monument 38 inches wide by 80 inches high and 8 inches deep, mounted on
a base of gray granite measuring 50 inches wide by 9 inches high by 20
inches deep.
Inscription:
LEST WE FORGET
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF THOSE FROM
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE
AND DISTRICT
WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES
OF OUR COUNTRY IN
WORLD WARS
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
AND THE KOREAN WAR
THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW
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monument stands beside the sidewalk and extends into the Royal Canadian
Legion parking lot. There is a light in the sidewalk which shines up
onto the monument which is a very nice feature.
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Sundre
Date: August 22, 2000
Location: Veterans Homecoming Park corner of Hwy 22 and 5th Street SE.
Description: Obelisk shape, approximately
7.5 feet in height with a 6 foot square base. Two plaques on east
facing side.
Construction: Field rocks from the local
area retained in cement and set on a cement base.
Inscription:
SUNDRE AND DISTRICT
HONOUR ROLL
W.W.1
ANDERSON, J.
DAMES, J.W.
FERRIS, H.
MJOLSNESS, J.
PENDLE, A.W. |
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W.W.2
ALLISON, A.H.
BIRD, R.F.
GOLDEN, N.A.
GOOD, J.W.
HEWITT, M.J. |
McINTYRE, H.D.
STOVEL, C.C.
WIGHAM, E.
WILLIAMS, J.E.
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The Veterans Homecoming Park has been
constructed with a great deal of forethought. It has a semi-circular
road around the back of the monument suitable for RV traffic of any
size. The park has a nice grassed area adjacent to the road with picnic
tables and garbage disposal cans. It is very well maintained and well
worth visiting.
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