Paris War Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to those who served and those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

Inscription

[Main memorial/ monument principal]

[Front/ Devant]

1914 – 1918

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN
OF PARIS
WHO FELL
AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR

VIMY-LENS-HILL 70

“LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
AND OUR FATHERS THAT BEGAT US
…ALL THESE WERE HONOURED IN
THEIR GENERATIONS AND WERE
THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES.”

GIVENCHY

SANCTUARY WOOD

SOMME

PASSCHENDAELE-AMIENS

“TAKE THESE MEN FOR YOUR EXAMPLE
LIKE THEM, REMEMBER THAT PROSPERITY
CAN ONLY BE FOR THE FREE, THAT
FREEDOM IS THE SURE POSSESSION OF THOSE
ALONE, WHO HAVE COURAGE TO DEFEND IT.”

ARRAS

DROCQUORT – QUEANT

CANAL-DU-NORD

[Plaque/ Plaque]

TO THE
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II
IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY

THE TOWN OF PARIS EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION TO THE
CITIZENS WHO SERVED CANADA DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR. WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOUR
THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS.

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE END OF THE WAR.

“WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.”

NOVEMBER 11TH, 1995

[Right end/ Extrémité droite]

CAMBRAI

VALENCIENNES

MONS

[Left end/ Extrémité gauche]

YPRES

ST. JULIEN

FESTUBERT

[Left shaft/Socle à gauche]

1939

SICILY

ITALY

ATLANTIC

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
FAR CALLED OUR NAVIES MELT AWAY
LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET

CASSINO

GOTHIC LINE

RAVENNA

HONG KONG

CAMPOBASSO

ORTONA

LIRI

NORMANDY

[Right shaft/Socle à gauche]

1945

N.W. EUROPE

RHINE

PACIFIC

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT
WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW

1950 KOREA 1953

SCHELDT

REICHSWALD

HOCHWALD

DIEPPE

CAEN

FALAISE

CHANNEL PORTS

BATTLE OF BRITAIN

Ce mémorial est dédié aux combattants et aux morts des Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

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