Roblin War Memorial

Unveiled on 11 November 1927 in a well-attended ceremony, this memorial was the product of local fund-raising by a municipal War Memorial Committee. The memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War.

The marble figure on the World War I memorial is of Italian manufacture. A local memorial manufacturer would have been the go ‐ between for ordering these figures, and would have installed them on bases made here. The origin of these figures in Italy helps explain why their uniforms are not always 100% accurately Canadian, though the carvers were usually careful to put a maple leaf where Canadian uniforms had this symbol (on the cap and collar). This Italian marble would probably have been selected from a catalogue or a generalized description.

The details of the collar, epaulettes, and buttons of the helmeted figure at Roblin have real depth. The fabric of the Roblin tunic has been sculpted so as to look pliable, like a real garment over flesh and bone. The faces of the figure includes modeling of the cheekbones and chin, the expression in the eyes, and even the hair.

Inscription

[front/devant]

1914 1918

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ROBLIN AND DISTRICT TO WHOSE SUPREME SACRIFICE THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED

YPRES
SOMME
VIMY
PASSCHENDAELE

[left side/côté gauche]

PTE. GUS. ANDERSEN
PTE. W. ARNOLD
PTE. J. BOUCHER
PTE. F. BURT
PTE. G. CHAPLE
PTE. GEORGE DAY
PTE. W. DAY
PTE. BERT DETMOLD
PTE. J. FROST
PTE. C.F. FISHER
PTE. WILFRED GASCOYNE
CAPTAIN L.S. CYSIN
PTE. G. GAUNT
PTE. W.L. HOLMES
PTE. JAKE HRYNCHUK
PTE. TOM IRVINE
PTE. J. KUNDERT
PTE. R. LINDSAY
PTE. GEORGE LOUGHTON

[back/arrière]

1939 1945

ANDRONYK, S.
BANGLE, C.
BRUMWELL, R.
BURRELL, H.
BRYDON, R.
BRYDON, H.
BURNS, W.
CONTOIS, C.
CRAIB, T.
CRAIB, A.
CRANE, C.
FINCH, C.
FREELAND, R.
FUNK, O.
FULLERTON, J.
GREENBURG, H.
CROZIK, M.
HARRISON, J.
HUNTER, J.
JAKEMAN, C.
JARVIS, R.
JOHNSTON, J.
KELSO, R.
KINES, C.
LAPLANTE, G.
LAROCQUE, O.
LARCE, R.
LIVINGSTON, D.
LUPICHUK, F.
MADDEN, J.
MELNYCHENKO, W.
NYKOLAISHYN, WM.
RITCHIE, C.
ROBERTSON, H.
ROWAN, H.
RURAK, P.
SHYMKIW, T.
SLUSAR, H.
THOMPSON, J.A.
WARD, H.
WHYTE, WILLIAMSON, D.
YAWORSKI, N.

Ce mémorial, dévoilé le 11 novembre 1927 devant une foule nombreuse, a été érigé grâce à une campagne de souscription locale organisée par un comité municipal. Il est dédié aux citoyens de la localité qui ont été tués au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale.

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