Mission Cenotaph
This memorial to local veterans and war dead of the First and Second World War and the Korean War as well as Canadian Peacekeepers was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion.
Inscription
[centre/centre]
CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS
KOREA
1950-1953
IN REMEMBRANCE
1939-1945
IN MEMORY OF VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
THIS PLAQUE REPLACING THE MEMORIAL TREES PLANTED BY THE MISSION CITY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
[left/gauche]
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MISSION CITY AND DISTRICT WHO SO VALIANTLY SERVED IN THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY
[right/droit]
TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE TO YOU FROM FALLING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIED WE SHALL NOT SLEEP
Cénotaphe de Mission
Ce mémorial, dédié aux anciens combattants et aux citoyens de la localité morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et la guerre de Corée ainsi qu’aux gardiens canadiens de la paix, a été érigé par la Légion royale canadienne.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.