Sackville War Memorial

This memorial was erected by the Women’s Civic Council of Sackville and is dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

The Sackville cenotaph is located in the centre of the town’s Memorial Park at the corner of Bridge and Weldon Streets. Originally developed in 1910 as a Town park, with the addition of the cenotaph in 1922 it was designated as the town’s “Memorial Park.” The memorial stands 20 feet high and is of New Brunswick grey granite, in the shape of a Celtic cross. Originally designed to commemorate the 35 who fell in the First World War (1914-1918), the names of the fallen are inscribed on the four faces of the base of the memorial. The cenotaph was dedicated on 1 October 1922.

After the Second World War (1939-1945) a bronze plaque was added on the south face of the monument with the names of the 35 who fell in that conflict. Finally a small plaque was added with the names of the two who gave their lives in the Korean Conflict (1950-53). Originally the cenotaph stood on a mound in the centre of the park and was approached by a set of steps. Because of the danger of flooding the level of the whole park was raised bringing it level with the base of the monument thus eliminating the need for the steps. The cenotaph is the site of the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies on 11 November.

The inscription “Their name liveth for evermore” is from Ecclesiasticus or Sirach, chapter 44, verse 14, in in the King James Version of the Bible

Inscription

South Face

1914 – 1918

ROLAND BEAL FRANK MILNER ARTHUR BOURQUE GEORGE BICKERTON RALPH CROSSMAN ALPHEUS CROSSMAN STANLEY CRAWFORD ARTHUR DEVARENNE

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

East Face

HENRY DIXON VIRGILE GAUDET WINFRED HICKS WALTER KNAPP HUBERT KILCUP WILLIAM KINNEAR JOSEPH LYRETTE STEELE PATTERSON CLARENCE McCARTHY

North Face

DOUGLAS OULTON HOMER PALMER HARRIS READ WARREN READ HAROLD SEARS ALONZO PATTERSON CHRISTOPHER PIPER HAROLD ROBERTSON NELSON RICHARDSON

West Face

FRED SCOTT EVERETT SCOTT ROY TOWER LEONARD TOWER LESLIE WARD WALTER WARD ARLINGTON WARD IRVING WIGMORE RAINSFORD WHEATON

1939 – 1945

JOSIAH ANDERSON ROBERT W. ATKINSON E. RONALD BENNETT H. HARRISON BENNETT G. STANLEY BICKERTON JOHN A.H. BLACK ALLAN C. CRIMMINS WARREN DOBSON DOUGLAS ESTABROOKS VERNON ESTABROOKS JOHN W. FAGAN CHARLES FAWCETT GEORGE H. FAWCETT THAYER FAWCETT RUSSELL FILLMORE JEFFREY HARGRAVES ARNOLD J. HICKS DENIS J. LANDRY LEVI J. LANDRY BLAIR J. LeBLANC EDWARD R. LEGER V. AUSTIN MAXWELL CARMAN MERRILL RONALD MILLER GEORGE A. MORTIMER ALDEN E. NICKERSON J. ALBERT RICHARD EARL K. SEARS GORDON SNOWDON HAROLD SNOWDON HARRY TIPPING RICHARD TRITES ALEC A. TRUEMAN VERNON M. WARD LAWRENCE A. WRY

KOREAN CAMPAIGN 1950 – 1953 ARTHUR G. HERMAN STANLEY WARD

Ce mémorial érigé par le Women’s Civic Council de Sackville est dédié aux anciens combattants et aux morts de la localité qui ont participé aux Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et à la guerre de Corée.

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