Sharpshooters’ Memorial

In Major’s Hill Park on the afternoon of Nov. 1, 1888, Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada, unveiled a monument dedicated to two local members of the Guards Company of Sharp-Shooters. William B. Osgoode and John Rogers were killed during the Battle of Cutknife Hill on 2 May 1885 during the North-West Rebellion.

The statue is a guardsman standing in mournful repose with his hands clasped on the butt of a rifle. Bronze medallion portraits of Rogers and Osgoode are located on each side of the Memorial.

Around the year 2006, this memorial was moved to Cartier Square Drill Hall.

Inscription

[front – upper plaque/devant – plaque du haut]

ERECTED
BY THE
CITIZENS OF OTTAWA.
TO THE MEMORY OF
WM. B. OSGOODE,
AND
JOHN ROGERS,
OF THE
GUARDS COMPANY OF SHARP-SHOOTERS
WHO FELL IN ACTION AT
CUTKNIFE HILL,
ON THE 2ND OF MAY, 1885

[lower plaque/plaque du bas]

OEUVRE ÉRIGÉE PAR LES
HABITANTS D`OTTAWA
EN MÉMOIRE DE
WM. B. OSGOODE ET DE JOHN ROGERS,
DE LA COMPAGNIE DE LA GARDE DES SHARP SHOOTERS
QUI SONT TOMBÉS AU COMBAT
À CUTKNIFE HILL, LE 2 MAI 1885.

Érigé par les citoyens d’Ottawa, ce mémorial est dédié à deux résidants membres de la Guards Company of Sharp Shooters – William B. Osgoode et John Rogers – morts à la bataille de Cutknife Hill le 2 mai 1885, lors de la campagne du Nord-Ouest. Vers l`an 2006, ce mémorial fut déplacé du parc de la Confédération à la Salle d’exercice du carré Cartier.

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