Strathcona and South African Soldiers’ Memorial
Source: For honour and glory, by Alan Hustak The Gazette, Montreal, Saturday, November 11, 2000.
This memorial is dedicated to the veterans of the Boer War. It was designed by George William Hill, and dedicated by Quebec’s chief justice on May 24, 1907. It is officially known as the Strathcona and South African Soldiers’ Memorial. When it was unveiled, the Montreal Star said it would stand forever “to remind generations of the high hearted and fearless young fellows who sailed away to fight battles of the flag in another hemisphere, under other stars, and who still sleep there.” Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment was started in 1900 for service in the Boer War. It was financed by Montreal railway magnate Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. The regiment, which today is known as the Royal Canadians, exists as a regular armoured regiment and is honoured on one of two 46-cent Canadian postage stamps released today.
Inscription
[front/devant]
To
commemorate
the
heroic devotion of the
Canadians who fell in the
South African War
and the valour of their
comrades.
Paardeberg
Royal Canadian Infantry
[rear/en arrière]
In grateful
recognition of the patriotism
and public spirit shown by Lord
Strathcona and Mont Royal
in raising and equipping a regiment
of horse for service in South
Africa as an evidence of his sympathy
with the cause of Imperial unity.
Komati River-Belfast
Strathcona Horse
[South side/côté sud]
Imperium
et
libertas
M.C.M. -M.C.M. II.
Canadian Montreal Rifles
[North side/côté nord]
Kimberley
Paardeserg
Johannesburg
Mafeking
Pretoria
Harts River
Belfast
Lydenburg
Diamond Hill
Faver’s Putt’s.
Royal Canadian Artillery.
Strathcona and South African Soldiers’ Memorial
Source : For honour and glory, par Alan Hustak The Gazette, Montréal, samedi 11 novembre 2000.
Ce mémorial est dédié aux combattants de la guerre des Boers. Il a été conçu par George William Hill et inauguré par le Juge en chef du Québec le 24 mai 1907. Il est connu officiellement sous le nom de « Strathcona and South African Soldiers’ Memorial ». Lors de son dévoilement, un journaliste du Montreal Star écrivait qu’il allait rester debout pour l’éternité « afin de rappeler aux générations les jeunes hommes intrépides et courageux qui ont pris la mer pour aller combattre sous le drapeau dans un autre hémisphère, sous d’autres étoiles, et qui dorment encore là-bas ». Le Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment a été constitué en 1900 en vue de la guerre des Boers. Il a été financé par le magnat montréalais des chemins de fer Donald Alexander Smith, 1er baron de Strathcona et Mount Royal. Le régiment, connu aujourd’hui sous le nom de Régiment royal du Canada, est un régiment blindé de la force régulière; un des deux timbres-poste canadiens de 46 cents émis aujourd’hui lui rend hommage.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.