Margot Davies Memorial Plaque
The Margot Davies Memorial Plaque is located in the Confederation Building.
Inscription
IN MEMORY
OF
MARGOT DAVIES, M.B.E.
MARGOT, WHO LEFT NEWFOUNDLAND AT AN EARLY AGE, WAS A FRIEND TO THOUSANDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND SERVICEMEN WHO SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II
HER WEEKLY BROADCAST “CALLING FROM BRITIAN TO NEWFOUNDLAND,” THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, WHICH COMMENCED SHORTLY AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST NEWFOUNDLAND TROOPS IN ENGLAND AND CONTINUED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO HER SAD DEMISE ENDEARED HER TO THE PEOPLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND
LORD GRANT THAT WE MAY SEEK RATHER TO COMFORT
THAN TO BE COMFORTED
THAT WHERE THERE IS SADNESS WE MAY BRING JOY
THAT WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR WE MAY BRING HOPE AND WHERE THERE ARE SHADOWS WE MAY BRING THY LIGHT.
ERECTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND BY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS MEMORIAL FUND INSTITUTED BY EX-GUNNER MAXWELL LITTLE JOHN ROYAL ARTILLERY
Plaque commémorative intitulée Margot Davies
Cette plaque commémorative intitulée Margot Davies Memorial Plaque est située à l’intérieur de l’édifice de la Confédération.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.