Brick cairn – Windsor (La Salle)

This memorial to the veterans and war dead of the First World War from Sandwich was erected by the Honourable James Baby Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) after the First World War. It was refurbished by the Windsor Veterans Memorial Services Committee in 1980 and, again, in 1993 by Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 143 and the City of Windsor. The memorial was rededicated on 11 November 1993.

Inscription

[south side/côté sud]
1914 – 1918
In memory of the men of Sandwich who gave their lives for humanity in the Great War and in honour of those who daring to die survived. Erected by the Baby Chapter, I.O.D.E.

[north side/côté nord]
“Do you wonder why we’re here to-day and why we stand so still.
Do you wonder why we gather here and why we always will.
We’re here to-day to honour those who gave their live, their all.

We’re here to-day to honour those who’ve answered God’s last call.
They’ve done their part. They paid the price so you and I are free.

Let’s pray to God that that’s the way it will always be.”

Dedicated by Branch 143 Royal Canadian Legion
November 11, 1993

Ce mémorial en l’honneur des anciens combattants et des morts de la région de Sandwich, lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, a été érigé par le chapitre Honourable James Baby de l’Ordre impérial des Filles de l’Empire. Il a été remis à neuf en 1980 par le Comité des services commémoratifs des Anciens Combattants de Windsor, puis, en 1993, par la filiale 143 de la Légion royale canadienne et la Ville de Windsor. Ce mémorial a été dédié de nouveau le 11 novembre 1993.

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