Coalhurst Cenotaph

This memorial is dedicated to those who served their country and the miners who lost their lives in the 1935 mine explosion. The Dedication Service for this memorial was held on Sunday, August 12, 1984. The stele on the left, dedicated to those who served their country, was unveiled by Edwin Hay, president of the Coalhurst Royal Canadian Legion and Mary Stoffer, president of the Ladies Auxiliary. The stele on the right, dedicated to the miners who died, was unveiled by Ronald Coombes, deputy mayor of Coalhurst and Jim Brown, president of the Miners’ Library. Sixteen miners perished in a mine explosion on December 9, 1935 at approximately 4pm. The mine was never reopened. These monuments are the result of a joint effort by the Lethbridge Miners’ Library, Coalhurt Legion, the Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary and the Village of Coalhurst.

Inscription

[left stele/stèle de gauche]
DEDICATED TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THOSE
WHO SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY

AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

ERECTED BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
AND LADIES AUXILIARY
COALHURST BRANCH #273
AND THE CITIZENS OF THE
VILLAGE OF COALHURST

[right stele/stèle de droite]
IN MEMORY OF
THE MINERS WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE COALHURST
MINE EXPLOSION
DECEMBER 9TH, 1935
AND OTHERS WHO
HAVE GIVEN THEIR
LIVES IN THIS AND
OTHER MINES

ERECTED BY
THE LETHBRIDGE MINERS
LIBRARY CLUB
AND THE CITIZENS OF THE
VILLAGE OF COALHURST

Ce mémorial est dédié aux soldats qui ont combattu pour la patrie et aux mineurs qui ont perdu la vie lors d’une explosion dans la mine, en 1935. Il a été inauguré le dimanche 12 août 1984. La stèle de gauche, dédiée aux combattants, a été dévoilée par le président de la Légion royale canadienne de Coalhurst, M. Edwin Hay, et la présidente des Dames auxiliaires, Mme Mary Stoffer. La stèle de droite, dédiée aux mineurs morts, a été dévoilée par le maire adjoint de Coalhurst, M. Ronald Coombes, et le président de la bibliothèque Miners’, M. Jim Brown. Seize mineurs ont péri dans une explosion à la mine le 9 décembre 1935, vers quatre heures de l’après-midi. La mine n’a jamais été rouverte. Ces monuments sont le fruit des efforts combinés du personnel de la bibliothèque Lethbridge Miners’, des membres de la Légion de Coalhurst, des Dames auxiliaires de la Légion et du Village de Coalhurst.

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