Yorkton Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice

Unveiled on 28 August 1949 by the citizens of Yorkton and District and Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 77, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead.

Inscription

[upper plaque/plaque du haut]

DEDICATED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF OUR “GALLANT DEAD”

IN A THOUSAND FOREIGN
FIELDS AND IN MANY AN
UNKNOWN GRAVE, UNDER THE
WATERS OF THE SEAS AND IN
THIS HALLOWED SPOT LIE
THE BODIES OF THE BRAVE

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[lower plaque]

ERECTED BY THE YORKTON BRANCH
NO. 77 CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L. IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE CITIZENS OF YORKTON AND DISTRICT
AND DEDICATED THIS 28TH DAY OF AUGUST
A.D. 1949

Inauguré le 28 août 1949 par les citoyens de Yorkton et du district et la filiale no 77 de la Légion royale canadienne, ce mémorial est dédié aux résidants morts à la guerre.

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