Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Memorial - Kingston, ON
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jiggs11
N 44° 13.417 W 076° 29.387
18T E 381007 N 4897789
Handsome memorial to those members from the Kingston area that served with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery during the Great War.
Waymark Code: WMW9HA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/29/2017
Views: 6
Memorial "wall" located in the southwest section of City Park in Kingston.
The monument consists of a stylized concrete wall with various bronze markers affixed to the central post and to the side panels.
The main marker reads:
Erected by the Officers, NCO's and Men of the
ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE ARTILLERY
In glorious memory of
Their comrades who fell in
The Great War
There are 32 names listed on the front marker, both RCHA members and members of other branches of the Army who died while attached to the RCHA.
The other markers indicate some of the battles the RCHA was involved in:
SOMME 1916 - 1918
GILLEMONT
GINCHY
TRANSLOY
HILL 70
CAMBRAI 1917-1918
FRANCE AND FLANDERS
1915 - 1918
ST. QUENTIN
ROSIERES, AVRE
AMIENS
HAMEL
PURSUIT TO THE SELLE
The dates in relief are 1914 - 1919, recognizing the Russian Expeditionary Force of 1919 that fought in Archangel and Siberia.
There are two siege guns on "guard" in front of the Memorial.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1922
Private or Public Monument?: Other
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
City Park
Kingston, ON CA
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Website for this Monument: Not listed
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