Royal Canadian Regiment Museum Chapel Memorial Windows

The windows left and right came from chapels in Fort York Germany and were removed upon the Canadian army moving to south Germany. The window in the centre was donated to the museum by a local rural church (the Bethesda United Church) that was being demolished (in January 1974), it depicts a First World War Canadian soldier in France. This window had been dedicated to the Memory of Private Everett Fitzgerald who was killed in the First World War. The window, originally designed by Hobbs Glass Company of London, Ontario in 1919, is now dedicated to all of the Fallen of the Canadian Forces.

Inscription

THIS WINDOW WAS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED BY THE
CONGREGATION OF BETHESDA CHURCH, THORNDALE, ONTARIO
IN LOVING MEMORY OF PRIVATE EVERETT FITZGERALD
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN SANCTUARY WOOD
MAY 10TH 1916 AND WHO IS BURIED NEAR YPRES.
IT HAS BEEN PLACED IN THIS ROOM BY HIS FAMILY,
THE CHURCH CONGREGATION AND THE RCR ASSN. AS A
TRIBUTE TO AND IN MEMORY OF ALL THE FALLEN OF
THE CANADIAN FORCES
NOVEMBER 9TH 1974

Les vitraux de gauche et de droite proviennent de chapelles du Fort York, en Allemagne; ils en ont été retirés quand l’armée canadienne s’est installée dans le sud de l’Allemagne. Celui du centre a été donné au musée par une paroisse rurale locale (l’Église Unie de Bethesda) qui allait être démolie (en janvier 1974). Il représente un soldat canadien en France pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Il était dédié à l’origine à la mémoire du soldat Everett Fitzgerald, tué au cours de ce conflit. Conçu par la Hobbs Glass Company de London (Ontario) en 1919, il est maintenant dédié à tous les morts des Forces canadiennes.

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