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 Prince County Memorial - Summerside, Prince Edward Island
N 46° 23.662 W 063° 47.394
20T E 439272 N 5138169
Primarily a memorial dedicated to those who fought and died in World War I, an addition was made in the 2000s to add veterans who died during the conflict in Afghanistan.
Waymark Code: WMZ2ZD
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 09/02/2018
Views: 1
Most paths in Memorial Square / Veterans Memorial Park lead to this fine memorial. It is the oldest park in Summerside and contains many connections to the history of the community and the province.
It was created in 1889 and became a designated site in 2010. The names of local men who lost their lives in the First World War are the subject of three of four sides. The fourth, northern, side is dedicated to the Afghanistan War.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
WWI, Afghanistan
In Honor Of: Those killed in action, died in active service, or died of their wounds
Marker Text:
Hundreds of names are names are indicated on the east and west sides. Along the top of all four faces, the battles in which these heroes lost their lives are inscribed: Cambrai, Mons, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras, Ypres, The Sommes, Festubert, Courcelette, and Vimy Ridge.
On the south side the marker reads:
Prince County Memorial 1914-1918
O Canada the blood of all thy sons
cries out today from fair and glorious deeds
and spirit legions of immortal ones
who died to serve their country and its needs
pledge thee anew. By their white honor roll
to loftier issues born of sacrifice
bidding thee keep, unstained that nobler soul
which they have ransomed with so great a price.
A.B. Hickson
On the north side is a more recent update reading:
This monument v
was refurbished by the
2001 committee
George R. Pearkes V.C. Branch
Royal Canadian Legion
July 1, 1988
Below that are the names of three soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Who Put it Here?: Prince County
Description of Memorial:
The four sided base where the white coloured names are engraved on black polished granite is topped by a copper sculpture of a soldier advancing with rifle in hand.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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