Salmo Community Memorial Church

The Salmo Community Memorial Church was built in 1952. Not only was it constructed as a place to worship, but also with the specific purpose of being dedicated to the memory of local young men who were killed in the Second World War. Every year, at this church, on the Sunday before Remembrance Day, the Honour Roll of fallen soldiers from the Salmo Valley is read. The names of these young men can be seen in the church.

Construction commenced in the summer of 1949 and it was completed by Christmas 1952. The Salmo Ladies’ Aid initiated the drive and raised the first funds as early as 1937.

After two years of research by Jean Stahl, on Sunday, September 25, 2011, a ceremony was held at the Salmo Community Memorial Church to dedicate a wall of photographs and information about these young men.

Inscription

[plaque]

SALMO COMMUNITY
MEMORIAL CHURCH

This Church was Dedicated on
May 8, 1953 to the Memory of
Salmo & Ymir Area Men Who
Died in World War II 1939-1945

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PRIVATE ALEXANDER BAIN
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1944

FL/LT HENRY BIRKLAND
POZNAN OLD CEMETERY POLAND
1917-1944

GUNNER EDWARD WILLIAM BRYAN (LUND)
MORO RIVER CEMETERY ITALY
1919-1944

LANCE SERGEANT JOHN DAVID CRUICKSHANK
VILLANOVA CEMETERY ITALY
1921-44

PRIVATE WILLARD ALBERT ELLISON
HOLTEN CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1945

SGT.(AIRGUNNER) JOSEPH LAMBERT FITZPATRICK
REUCHWAKD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, GERMANY
1917-1944

FLYING OFFICER GUSTAF FLEGEL
MANDAL CHURCHYARD NORWAY
1921-1944

FLYING OFFICER, JOHN WILLIAM GRANT
SHROPSHIRE, UK
1921-1944

FLIGHT SGT. ALEXANDER ALAN HADIKEN
BERLIN CEMETERY, BRANDENBURG GERMANY
1913-1945

PRIVATE RAYMOND EDWARD HALL
CASSINO CEMETERY, ITALY
1923-1944

FLIGHT SERGEANT MERLIN LINDSAY JOHN
YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND;
1922-43

PILOT OFFICER, RICHARD BARRON JONES
HANOVER CEMETERY, HANOVER, GERMANY
1914-1945

FLYING OFFICER (PILOT) LAWRENCE HERBERT MCLEOD
MISSING IN ACTION
1923-45

RIFLEMAN EARL VERNON MULHERN
BENY-SUR-MER CEMETERY, NORMANDY
1921-1944

CORPORAL RAYMOND AUREAL SEGUIN
GROSBEEK CEMETERY NETHERLANDS
1917-1945

La Salmo Community Memorial Church a été construite en 1952. Elle a été construite non seulement comme un lieu sacré, mais aussi dans le but précis d’être dédiée à la mémoire des jeunes hommes de la région qui ont été tués pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Chaque année, dans cette église, le dimanche précédant le jour du Souvenir, on fait la lecture de la liste d’honneur des soldats de la vallée Salmo tombés au combat. On peut voir les noms de ces jeunes hommes à l’intérieur de l’église.

La construction a commencé à l’été 1949 et a été achevée pour Noël 1952. C’est la société Salmo Ladies’ Aid qui a lancé une campagne et commencé à recueillir des fonds dès 1937.

Après que Jean Stahl ait mené deux années de recherche, le dimanche 25 septembre 2011, une cérémonie a eu lieu à la Salmo Community Memorial Church pour dédier un mur de photographies et d’informations à ces jeunes hommes.

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