Dartmouth Memorial Obelisk

It appears that this was a First World War monument that was adjusted to include the Second World War.

Inscription

[front/devant]
WORLD WAR II
1939 – 1945

[cross/croix]

(4 names/4 noms)

THOSE THAT PRAY HERE
PRAY FOR THEM

[middle/centre]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR 1914-1918

BE THOU FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED
AND I WILL OWE THEE A CRUMB
OF LIFE
[left/à gauche]
[cross/croix]
[top/en haut]
(5 names/5 noms)
[middle/au centre]
(12 names/12 noms)

(bottom/en bas)
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY MACCALLUM GRANT
LIEUT GOVERNOR OF NOVA SCOTIA
AND DEDICATED BY CLARENDON L WORRELL
ARCHBISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA
JULY 8, 1917
BEING THE ONE HUNDRETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ERECTION OF CHRIST CHURCH

Il semble que ce monument érigé à la suite de la Première Guerre mondiale ait été modifié pour honorer les anciens combattants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

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