War Memorial of Montréal West


Near City Hall, on Westminster Street (corner of Avon St.), Montréal, Quebec

This statue was sculpted by G.W. Hill, and erected in 1921 in memory of the sons of Montréal West who gave their lives in the Great War. A wall of remembrance for the heros of both World Wars stands behind the statue.

The inscriptions on the base of the statue read as follows:
Dedicated to the memory of the sons of Montreal West, who gloriously laid down their lives in the Great War and in honour forevermore of all those who served therein. This tribute is erected with full hearts by their fellow-citizens. 1914-1918.

Lens. The Somme. Ypres. Festubert. Vimy Ridge. Hill 70. Passchendaele. Amiens. Cambrai. Drocourt. Queant. Mons.

Lieut. Frank P. Collins.
Lieut. Laurence H. Gass
Lieut. Ralph G. Hall
Lieut. Wylie Sharp
Flt. Cdt. G.L. Robinson

 Co. Sgt. Maj. W. Eaton
Pte F.K.S. Mackay
Pte Hubert B. Mott
Pte. Chas E. Tyler
Pte L.H. Westover
Corp. J.G. Scott
M.M. Corp. S.C. Wesgate
Pte. W. Ian Brown
Pte Art W. Eaton

 Pte F.K.S. Mackay
Pte Hubert B. Mott
Pte Chas E. Tyler
Pte L.H. Westover

Front
Front - Close up

Left Side
Left Side - Close up

Back
Back - Close up

Right Side
Right Side - Close up

The Wall of Remembrance lists the names of the many more soldiers from the Montreal West area who gave their lives in the World Wars, as follows.

Chapman
Charlton, Ross C.
Christie, Patt, D.F.C. Bar,
Clark, Edwin S.C.
Clouston, J. Campbell
Clouston, John D.
Colley, John
Cook, John G.
Cooke, Geoffry S.
Corbett, Vaughan B., D.F.C.,
Coutler, J. Stewart
Crimmins, J. Allen C.
Crombie, David
Crowley, John W.
Davis, John T.J., D.E.C.,
Davis, Philip W.
Davis, Robert W.
Dawson, Harvey A., M.C.,
Daymond, Charles W.A.
Depew, D. George
Dillon, G.W. Roy
Donnelly, W. Paul
Dougall, John R.
Duncan, George F., D.S.C.,
Duncan, Robert B.
Earle, John W.B.
Eden, William A.
Edge, Thomas A.
Falls, Tom Montagu
Fieney, John Joseph
Ferrier, Marcus R.
Fisher, Fred
Fisher, John
Foss,Lindsay
Foster, Perry C.
Fox, James E. M.B.E.
Fraser, George C.
Fry, Ernest John
Fry, William Scarth
Fugère, Mercier
Gall, Hugh W.
Gall, John Douglas
Gilbert, George L.
Giroux, J.A. Lucien
Gonnet, Lennox
Goringw, William A.
Graham, Brown
Grindley, William E.
Gurd, Philip L.
Guynan, John W.
Hale, W. Maucaulay
Hanson, James R., D.F.C.,
Harling, David W.A., D.F.C.
Harris, V. Keith
Harvie, Robert
Henry, Thomas H.
Higginson, John B.
Hill, John Richard
Hingston, E. Williams
Hingston, W.H. Basil
Hodgson, Keith J.
Holbrook, H. Edmond
Hope, J.C. William
Huches, George L.
Hungate, Frederick W.
Hunter, John
Hutchison, Howard
Hyde, George G. Jr.
Hyman, George J.
Jackman, Thomas A.

 Jacson, James
Jacobs, Michael S.
Jacobson, Joseph A.
Jarvis, William Louis
Jefferson, Lawrence E.
Johnson, Frederick C.
Johnson, Ross E.
Johnson, J. Kenneth
Johnson, Malcolm C.
Johnson, Norman L.
Jones, Donal N.
Kelly, J. Harold
Kennedy, E. John
Kennedy, Edward, R.
Keer, J. Alexander
Kertland, Keith K.
Kirk Patrick, H.J.
Lafoley, John C.L.
Lafontaine, Charles
Laird, Kenneth M.
Lamb, Harry A.
Law, Robert A.
Lecouffe, Gordon J.
Leslie, Percy C.
Lewis, Thomas C., D.S.O.
Lorimer, Robert J.
Lough, Hubert O.
Lyle H. Keith
MacDonald, Camillus
MacLachlann, John S.
MacLachland, John S.
Manson, John L.
Markham, Gerard A.
Martin, Huch M.
May, David Arthur
McConnell, Russell H.
McDonald, Charles C.
McEwen, Lloyd E.
McKeown, Kenneth C.
McLeod, Donald C.
McMurtry, A. Eric
McRobie, Iam M.
Merrill, Henri M. J.
Michkels, John L.
Miller, Gordon S.
Miller, J. Reginald L.
Morgan, E. Gerald L.
Morris, Lioinel J.
Morrison, Alexander M.
Morrissette, Raymond
Mount, Louis B.
Mountford, K. William
Munn, Edgar F.
Murphy, Gerard M.
Neill, Edward J.
Nutter, John V.
O'Brien, John J.K.
O'Connell, John C. Jr.
O'Donnell, William G.
O'Grady, Decourcy, J.B.
O'Hara, Wallace Ian
O'Neil, Gordon C.
O'Reilly, James P.G.
O'Reilly, John J.
Osborne, Robert J.
Owens, Thomas R.
Palmer, Harry C.
Parsely, William A.
Paterson, Charles W.

 Paterson, Paul L.
Peacock, John W.F.
Pepper, William M.
Parvin, Tim Israel
Piers, Arthur J.
Piers, William S.
Pilborough, W. Edgar
Pinck, Harold
Pope, Rufus C.
Powell, John E.
Prévost, Harold E.
Price, Lyall B., D.F.C.
Pyper, Kenneth J.
Ralston, William E.
Randall, Donald T.
Ray, Hugh Percy
Richards, Edmond R.
Robinson, Richard J.
Roe, John Robert W.
Rogers, Harry W.
Ross, C. Alix
Ross, Gordon C.A.
Russell, Hugh
Russell, John Arnold
Rutherford, Clarke A.
Ryan, Donal Thomas
Sargent, Albert E., Jr.
Sargent, David H.
Savage, Peter J.C.
Savard, J. Logan, D.F.C.
Savoy, Pierre C.
Schoeler, Gabriel P.E.
Scott, A. Graham
Scott, Frederick A.
Scott, Richard Aird
Sergent, William Shea
Shippee, Q. MacPhall
Sims, Sydney T.
Slattery, Bernard J.
Small, W. Douglass
Smith, J. Harry
Smith, Tangus M.
Spencer, Bernard W.
Spinney, Wilbur R.
Sproule, David L.
Stairs, George W.
Starke, C. Ewing
Starke, Robert A.
Stevenson, Charles L.
Stewart, Donald R.
Strong, William C.M.
Taylor, Seth H.
Thomas, Elwyn B.
Thornhill, H. Boyd
Timmins, Noah A.
Tobin, Leo S., Jr.
Trow, James Edward
Trudeau, Maurice A.
Tyre, James R.C.
Usher, Moses Lewis
Wakefield, ARthur G.
Walkely, John M. Jr.
Ward, Albert Victor
Watt, Robert N., Jr.
Weir, Ronald Stanely
Wickenden, Alf A., Jr.
Windson, Thomas A.L.
Wyman, Peter Hersey
Zeller, Warren R.
1939 REMEMBRANCE 1945
Alexander, James
Armstrong, Robert O.
Baldwin, Jesse A.
Bark, Wilfrid
Beattie, Harry C.
Bissell, Donald C.
Blois, Kenneth
Brain, Donald
Brain, T. Reginald
Bryant, Robert A.
Brydges, H. Stanley
Clarke, Donald W.
Clarson, Oren
Conway, R. Warren
Croke, Francis B.
Crowdy, Charles W.C.
 Duff, Lewis W.
Fish, J. Garth
Freeland, J. Roy
Fulton, Hugh C.
Hale, John
Harvey, Robert C.
Higginson, L. Hyde
Horning, F. Arthur
Jacobs, David S.
Johnson, Jack D.
Johnstone, Thomas
Kimber, Gordon S.
Laing, Richard A.
Lough, O. Hubert
Mainguy, Philip S.
Marks, George H.
 Morton, David A.
Muir, T. James
Paterson, Edward A.
Patricks, John H.
Pethick, Thomas M.
Read, H. Calvin C.
Roberts, Joseph H.C.
Roddy, William J.
Schnebly, Clarence
Stranbury, J. Robert
Stevens, C.P. Rodger
Tudhope, William
Vikey, Richard W.
Wiggins, F. Walker
Williams, Peter Y.
Wilson, Donald F.
Wright, Gordon W.

A great deal of the information about this monument is taken from Lieux et monuments historiques de l'Île de Montréal, by Rodolphe Fournier (St-Jean, 1974, Éditions du Richelieu Ltée). Cited with the generous permission of Madame Irène Fournier.

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