Mont-Royal Cenotaph
The last British governor-general of Canada, Earl Alexander of Tunis, who was Britain’s youngest major-general in the Second World War, unveiled the 19-foot monument of granite that stands across the street from the town hall on October 24, 1948. The cenotaph was dedicated in the presence of Lt.-Col. Norman Mitchell, who was awarded the Victoria Cross during a battle in 1918 near Cambrai.
Inscription
[front/devant]
1939 1945
EN MEMOIRE DE CEUX MORTS A LA GUERRE. THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY FIELD MARSHALL THE VISCOUNT ALEXANDER OF TUNIS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA
[right side/côté droit]
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
C. Needham Allan
John L. Atkinson
Blake F. Atto
C. Needham Allan
John L. Atkinson
Blake F. Atto
Clayton H. Atto
Robert H. Britnell
John R. Burrows
Stuart S.T. Cantlie
Hugh O. Carson
G. Kenneth Crowe
Fraser Dewar
Francis F. Duffy
Edmund L. Easton
Robert W. Easton
Leslie R. Farrow
Glen M.C. Fletcher
Robert D. Flitton
Kenneth A. Fogg
Huntley O. Giffin
E. Leslie Glass
Jack E. Harrison
Frederick G. Johnson
Thomas F. Kerr
William W. Kerr
Frederick G. Law
Donald B. MacNeil
John D. MacVicar
Paul S. Major
William P. McLaren
John D. Mitchell
Norman R. Mitchell
Frederick B. Morrison
W. Harold Morrison
Eric C. Patterson
Robert M. Perkins
W. William Price
H.C. Beresford Reynolds
Bonar L. Robertson
Tom Schofield
Ronald S. Weir
Mervyl H. Woods
Peter B. Young
Richard O. Young
Cénotaphe de Mont-Royal
Le dernier gouverneur général britannique du Canada, le vicomte Alexander de Tunis, plus jeune major-général britannique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, a inauguré le 24 octobre 1948 ce monument de granit de 19 pieds érigé en face de l’hôtel de ville. La cérémonie a eu lieu en présence du lcol Norman Mitchell, qui a mérité la Croix de Victoria au cours d’une bataille près de Cambrai en 1918.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.