Major Percy Rigby Memorial Plaque

This memorial, erected by surviving members of the 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, is dedicated to the memory of Major Percy Rigby, an officer with the battalion killed in France on 10 March 1915.

Inscription

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In Affectionate Memory of
MAJOR PERCY RIGBY,
OF THE SEVENTH BATTALION, FIRST CONTINGENT,
CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
WHO WAS KILLED AT FLEUX BAIX, FRANCE,
ON MARCH 10, 1915.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CERTAIN OF THE MEN OF
HIS BATTALION, IN MEMORY OF A GALLANT OFFICER,
A BRAVE SOLDIER, AND A TRUE FRIEND.

“One who never turned his back but marched breast
forward.”

Ce mémorial, érigé par les membres survivants du 7e bataillon du Corps expéditionnaire canadien, est dédié au Major Percy Rigby, un officier du bataillon qui a été tué en France le 10 mars 1915.

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