Leask Cenotaph

This memorial was erected in honour of the local war dead of the First World War. A wooden plaque and further inscriptions were added after the Second World War to record the local fallen of that conflict.

Inscription

[front/devant]

ERECTED TO]
THE MEMORY OF]
THOSE HEROES]
MEN OF THIS]
DISTRICT, WHO SO]
NOBLY SACRIFICED]
THEIR LIVES
IN DEFENCE OF
THEIR COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR OF

1914-1918

we are the dead, short days ago
we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
loved and were loved and now we lie
in flanders field

WORLD WAR II

1939-1945

PRIVATE H.L. DICUS
SAPPER L. SMITH
RIFLEMAN L. RENAUD
WARRANT OFFICER W.W. DUNCAN
SERGEANT H. DREAVER
SERGEANT L.E. LALONDE

[right side/côté droit]

LEADING SEAMAN

A. SMYTHE

PRIVATES

J. BOURASSA
W. BOURASSA
W. MORROW
W. NUTTER
H. STANNARD
A. CHAMBERS

Ce mémorial a été érigé en hommage aux citoyens de la localité morts durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Une plaque en bois et des inscriptions additionnelles ont été ajoutées après la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour honorer ceux de la communauté qui sont morts durant ce conflit.

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