Weyburn War Memorial

This memorial was unveiled in November 1924. It is made from British Columbia grey granite with a life-sized statue of a Canadian soldier in full service kit, standing at ease with his hands over the muzzle of his Lee-Enfield rifle made from Italian white marble. The statue was sculpted in Italy. The memorial is sixteen feet tall and weighs approximately twelve tons. Weyburn Monument Works supplied the completed memorial.

In 1920 the Canadian William A. Rogers Limited Company published a catalogue of memorial designs including the overlife-sized statue of a pensive infantryman, leaning on his rifle, with his chin resting on his hand. According to the catalogue, Rogers was at that time the only bronze foundry in Canada that had successfully made large casts like this, the figure is a cast from a model by a St. Boniface sculptor named Nicolas Pirroton.

Inscription

[front/devant]

LEST WE FORGET

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM WEYBURN AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD

1914 – 1918
1939 – 1945
1950 – 1953

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Ce monument commémoratif a été dévoilé en novembre 1924. Il s’agit d’une construction de granit gris de la Colombie-Britannique sur laquelle est installée une statue grandeur nature d’un soldat canadien en uniforme qui se tient au repos; ses mains sont placées sur la bouche de son fusil Lee-Enfield qui a été reproduit en marbre italien blanc. La statue a été sculptée en Italie. Le monument commémoratif mesure 5 m de haut et pèse environ 12 tonnes. C’est l’entreprise Weyburn Monument Works qui a fourni le monument commémoratif terminé.

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