1st Hussars Memorial

This memorial was dedicated on June 4, 1950 to the members of the 1st Hussars who died in the First and Second World Wars.

Plaques added to the memorial include the 100th Anniversary of the First Hussars Plaque, the 1st Hussars Liberation of Netherlands Plaque and the 1st Hussars 50th Anniversary of D-Day Plaque.

Inscription

[plaque 1]

HOLY ROLLER
PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF LONDON
BY 1st HUSSARS 4th JUNE 1950
IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST HUSSARS WHO FELL
IN TWO WORLD WARS
THE ONLY TANK OF THE 6th CANADIAN ARMOURED
REGIMENT (1st HUSSARS) TO COMPLETE CAMPAIGN
IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE
D-DAY 6th JUNE 1944
VE-DAY 8th MAY 1945

[plaque 2]

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FIRST HUSSARS REGIMENT
OF LONDON, CANADA
1856 – 1956

[plaque 3]

TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY
OF THE MEMBERS OF
THE 1ST HUSSARS

BOTH THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, WHO TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ALLIED CANADIAN AND ALLIED SERVICEMEN
PARTICIPATED IN THE GLORIOUS CAMPAIGN OF 1944-1945
THE LED TO THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS

PRESENTED BY:
THE GRATEFUL DUTCH CANADIANS OF LONDON
MAY 1970

RE-DEDICATED JUNE 6, 1998 BY:
THE DUTCH CANADIANS REMEMBER
COMMITTEE OF 1995

[plaque 4]

1944 1994
THIS PLAQUE IS PLACED HERE TO COMMEMORATE
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIED INVASION
OF NORMANDY ON D DAY, 6TH JUNE 1944.
IT IS DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE
FIRST HUSSARS; TO THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN THE
ASSAULT, TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN
CAMPAIGN, AND TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO
LIBERATE FRANCE, BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
“HODIE NON CRAS”

Ce monument commémoratif a été érigé le 4 juin 1950 en l’honneur des membres du 1st Hussars qui ont perdu la vie pendant la Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

Des plaques ajoutées au monument comprennent la plaque commémorative du 100e anniversaire du 1st Hussars, la plaque commémorative de la libération des Pays?Bas du 1st Hussard et la plaque commémorative du 50e anniversaire du jour J du 1st Hussard.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.