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Colwood Cenotaph

This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion. The cenotaph is in the garden bed with the large oak tree near the Juan de Fuca arena. The cenotaph is maintained by West Shore Parks and Recreation. A small Remembrance Day ceremony takes place there on Nov. 11 with two minutes of silence, and wreath laying.

Inscription

[front/devant]
[top plaque/plaque du haut]
LEST
WE
FORGET

[front/devant]
[middle plaque/plaque du milieu]
IN MEMORY OF
THE FALLEN
1914-1918 1939-1945
WARS

[front/devant]
[bottom plaque/plaque du bas]
KOREA 1950-1953

Français

Cénotaphe de Colwood

This memorial is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion. The cenotaph is in the garden bed with the large oak tree near the Juan de Fuca arena. The cenotaph is maintained by West Shore Parks and Recreation. A small Remembrance Day ceremony takes place there on Nov. 11 with two minutes of silence, and wreath laying.

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

Location: Rex Center, 1767 Island Highway, Parking Lot, Colwood

Emplacement : Centre Rex, 1767 Island Highway, Stationnement, Colwood

Coordinates · Coordonnées: 48.445470, -123.466110

Marker type: Cairn (stone)

Type de repère : Tumulus (pierres)

Source: Veterans Affairs Canada – National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials

Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Veterans Affairs Canada).

Link · Lien : https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/5117