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 Geddie Memorial Church World War I Memorial - Springbrook, PEI Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 46° 29.651 W 063° 30.406
20T E 461110 N 5149081
Geddie Memorial Church is one of the oldest churches remaining on Prince Edward Island. Its large cemetery contains not only a great many graves of local pioneers, but World War I and World War II memorials as well.
Waymark Code: WMR4BE
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 05/12/2016
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These brave men are honored here who gave their lives in service to country and freedom.
GR. HAROLD A. MACLEOD
8TH CAN. SIEGE BATT.
JUNE 10, 1897 - MAR. 3, 1917
DIED AT ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND
FRANK L. MCKENZIE
P.P.C.L.I.
MAR. 12, 1895 - AUG. 14, 1918
KILLED IN ACTION AT PARVILLERS
PTE. ROBERT ADAMS
25TH CAN. BATT.
AUG. 6, 1896 - OCT. 12, 1918
KILLED AT PALLENCOURT, FRANCE
SPR. ARCHIBALD COUSINS
8TH CAN. ENG.
GASSED AT CAMBRIA: OCT. 24, 1918
OCT. 9, 1895 - JAN. 12, 1924
PTE. J. WILFRED CANN
N.S. REGT.
JUNE 13, 1897 - APR. 30, 1920
PTE. CECIL E. MCGREGOR
105TH BATT.
APR. 29, 1899 - JULY 17, 1921
L'CPL GEORGE C. MACKENZIE, M.M.
105TH BATT.
KILLED IN ACTION AT AMIENS
NOV. 10, 1895 - SEPT. 2, 1918
PTE. JAMES DAWSON BROWN
10TH CAN. BATT.
KILLED AT LANGEMARK
APRIL 22-26, 1915
LT. NORWOOD MACLEOD
R.F.C.
KILLED FLYING IN FLANDERS
OCT. 14, 1917, AGED 31 YEARS
SGT. F. VERNON LYNDS
105TH BATT.
KILLED AT AMIENS
AUG. 9, 1918, AGED 22 YEARS
PTE. Archbald Campbell
6th CAN. M. RIFLES
JUNE 10, 1894 – JULY 8, 1917
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
GR. ARTHUR P. JOHNSTONE
2nd CAN SIEGE BATTY.
JUNE 10, 1894 – JULY 8, 1917
KILLED IN ACTION AT LIEVEN, FRANCE
PTE. LESLIE WM. MCLEOD
105TH CAN BATT.
JULY 4, 1897 – DEC. 30, 1917
DIED AT GLASCOW, SCOTLAND
The Presbyterian congregation was organized in the Springbrook area in 1810, constructing their first church, a log building, at nearby Yankee Hill at about this time. The meeting house style Geddie Memorial Church replaced that building in 1836. Originally known as Anderson's Church, after the donor of the land on which the church stands, it was later renamed in honour of Reverend John Geddie (1815-1872). Scottish born and Nova Scotia raised, Geddie was ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Cavendish and New London at Geddie Memorial Church in March of 1838.
Reverend Geddie pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, now known as Vanuatu, and became known as " the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas". He managed to convert essentially the entire population before dying on the islands on December 14, 1872. Reverend Geddie had been the first missionary sent out by the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
On the south side of the church, standing side by side, are a pair of war memorials, dedicated to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars. This First World War memorial consists of a tall granite and marble obelisk, four sides of the centre section of which contain the names of the fallen. The memorial was dedicated on July 8, 1920 by local communities. Above the names of the fallen is the inscription:
BUILT OF A PEOPLE'S LOVE
TO THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
Below is the inscription:
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
1914 1918
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/08/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local communities
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
5656 Route. 20
Springbrook, PEI Canada
C0A 1M0
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