Monument to Peace and Remembrance in Hull

Monument to Peace and Remembrance in Hull

Corner of Alexandre Taché and St-Joseph boulevards,
Hull, Québec

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them."
"War Never Again"

One of the goals of all the branches of the Canadian Legion is to come to the assistance of veterans. After this mission comes that of "erecting and maintaining monuments to their bravery and sacrifices" (General Constitution of the Royal Canadian Legion, Aims and objects, f). In their attempt to meet this objective, the Hull branch of the Canadian Legion formed a standing cenotaph committee in 1939. The committee encountered various obstacles and plans for a cenotaph were continually postponed until the 1960s when the Legion purchased a property with views of erecting the long-awaited cenotaph there.

During this time, the legionnaires had to make do with a knock-down plywood monument that was assembled each November 11. Another portable monument was used starting in the 1960s which was borrowed from the Royal Canadian Air Force at Uplands air base. The cenotaph committee was still planning but the process did not accelerate until the late 1980s. Now the legionnaires had an ideal opportunity to see the project completed. The branch was celebrating the 60th anniversary of its founding in 1991. They were unable to meet this date, however, and the monument was finally unveiled on November 11, 1992, nearly 55 years after the planning began.

Alexandre Auger Arthur Alexandre Boucher Aimé Boulet Kenneth Cooke Broadhead Alphonse Chartrand Alexandre Chartrand Ovila D'Aoust Gordon Dennis Alfred N. Flynn Isidore Gaudreau Eugène Gauthier René Gauthier Roméo Gagnon Napoléon Gagné Alexis H. Helmer Albert Thomas Kelly	FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918) George Martin Kealey Joseph Lauzon Joseph Laviolette Moïse Labelle Noël Lafrance Ernest Labrie Joseph Arthur Lemay Joseph Levert Joseph Lavallée Justin Maxime Lalonde Joseph Legault Wilson Merrifield Olivier Morin Martin Murphy Joseph Michon Joseph Moreau		Edmond Montpetit Robert Alfred McElroy Robert McElroy Arthur Gérald Noël Joseph Pelletier George Alfred C. Reynolds John Ryan Donat Raymond Isaïe Sauvé Emery St-Amour Oscar Tambeau Henri Tremblay Hector Viau Léon Viau Arthur Samuel Wilson Gordon Brooks Wright
Étienne Joseph Aubin Donald Eric Armstrong Guilford R. Booth Reynolds James Broadhead Claude Boulay Roger Bouliane Raymond L. Bisson Napoléon Cabana Joseph Laurent Charlebois André Côté JeanPaul Desloges Jean-Paul Dumoulin Albini Jacques Dalpé Joseph Claude Demers Jean-Paul Dickenschield Roger Jean Desrochers	SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945) Joseph Roger Fortin Aldoria Fréchette Roger Joseph Gagnon Gaston Gaudreau Ernest Godmaire Jean-Paul Giroux Joseph E. Arthur Groulx George Robert Hill Joseph D.G. Hill Joseph René Isabelle Norval H. Jones Oliver Peter Kinsbury Gaston Larouche Lucien Joseph A. Laurin Joseph Ed. Lemieux Harry Leblanc		Lawrence Herman Mahler Joseph René Morin Joseph Paul Nault Jean-Francis Roger Pichard John Bernard Pichard Joseph A. Gérald Plouffe Rolland Schryer Maurice Saumier Clyde Russ Scollan Joseph Arthur Simard Joseph Alfred Séguin Lucien M. Soubliére Roger Valois Joseph Louis A. Viau Arthur Orville Williams Earle Fred Wright
KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)
George Michael Higgins Bernard Poirier		Thomas Edward Perry André Adélard Régimbald