- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 3132
- Description
- Two sloping granite blocks, forming a shallow pyramid with inset bronze maple leaves and water flowing over them. The intersecting path lead to a compass rose, pointing towards Halifax, Nova Scotia, from where many Canadian troops left Canada to fight in Europe. There are dedicatory inscriptions, in English and French, on two plaques set into upright marble slabs, and on the roundel of the compass rose which is set into the paving blocks in front of the memorial. The overall ensemble was designed to reflect the above trees.
- Inscription
- Left hand plaque: THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/ THE NEARLY 1,000,000 CANADIANS/ ALMOST ALL VOLUNTEERS,/ WHO SERVED IN BRITAIN/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ AND ESPECIALLY THE 110,000 CANADIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THOSE WARS/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND FOR THE CAUSE/ OF FREEDOM/ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD./ IT WAS UNVEILED BY HER MAJESTY/ QUEEN ELIZABETH II/ IN THE PRESENCE OF HER MAJESTY/ QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER,/ AND ALSO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES/ THE DUKES OF EDINBURGH, YORK AND KENT,/ THE PRINCESS OF WALES,/ THE PRINCESSES MARGARET AND ALEXANDRA,/ AND ALSO THE PRIME MINSTERS OF CANADA/ AND THE UNITED KINGDOM/ AND THOUSANDS OF VETERANS./ 3RD JUNE 1994
Right hand plaque: CE MONUMENT COMMÉMORE/ LE MILLION DE CANADIENS/ PRESQUE TOUS VOLONTAIRES/ QUI ONT SERVI AU ROYAUME-UNI/ AU COURS DES DEUX GUERRES MONDIALES/ ET SURTOUT LES 110,000 CANADIENS/ QUI ONT DONNÉ LEUR VIE/ PENDANT CES GUERRES/ POUR LEUR PAYS/ ET POUR LA CAUSE/ DE LA LIBERTÉ;/ DANS LE MONDE ENTIER./ IL A ÉTÉ INAUGURÉ PAR SA MAJESTÉ/ LA REINE ELIZABETH II/ EN PRÉSENCE DE SA MAJESTÉ/ LA REINE ELIZABETH LA REINE MÈRE,/ ET AUSSI DE LEURS ALTESSES ROYALES/ LES DUCS D'EDIMBOURG, DE YORK ET DE KENT,/ DE LA PRINCESSE DE GALLES,/ DES PRINCESSES MARGARET ET ALEXANDRA/ ET AUSSI DES PREMIERS MINISTRES/ DU CANADA ET DU ROYAUME-UNI/ ET DE MILLIERS D'ANCIENS COMBATTANTS,/ LE 3 JUIN 1994
Roundel, centre left section: "IN TWO WORLD WARS,/ ONE MILLION CANADIANS/ CAME TO BRITAIN/ AND JOINED THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FROM DANGER SHARED, OUR FRIENDSHIP PROSPERS."
Roundel, centre right section: "AU COURS DES DEUX GUERRES MONDIALES,/ UN MILLION DE CANADIENS/ SONT VENUS EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE,/ SE JOINDRE À LA BATAILLE POUR LA LIBERTÉ HUMAINE. FACE AU DANGER COMMUN, NOTRE AMITIÉ AUGUMENTE."
Roundel border: THIS MONUMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE IN CANADA AND BRITAIN, AND IN PARTICULAR CANADIAN VETERANS OF BOTH WARS WHO DONATED WILLINGLY FOR THIS CAUSE. (SEE FILE FOR REST OF INSCRIPTION)