FIRST -- Sod turned over for the Saskatchewan WWII & Korean War Memorial -- Regina, SK CAN
N 50° 25.987 W 104° 37.060
13U E 527153 N 5586858
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, turned over the first bit of sod at the groundbreaking for the construction of the The Saskatchewan WWII and Korean War Memorial in Regina
Waymark Code: WM17RM0
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 03/29/2023
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This multi-war memorial is the northernmost Memorial at this corner of the Saskatchewan Assembly grounds at Regina, one block east of the Albert Memorial Bridge. It is literally the first thing you see (apart from legislative building itself).
The monument is made of Tyndall stone plinths with bronze honor roll plaques listing the names of the dead from Saskatchewan who served during the 20th and 21st century wars and peacetime operations as members of the Canadian military forces. The plinths are arranged in a circle around a stone plaza in which the Canadian Maple leaf is set. It is a beautiful memorial, and Older Blasterz, being US Navy Persian Gulf War veterans, made sure to visit it. It was
The text on the general memorial plinths read as follows:
"Left plinth
[front]
Where sacrifice is remembered and democracy cherished
This War Memorial
is dedicated to
the brave men and women
of Saskatchewan
who gave their lives
during World War II
the Korean War
and in Canada’s peacetime operations
Dedicated October 2, 2005
by Lieutenant Governor
Hon. Dr. Lynda Haverstock
[R side]
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
Battle of the Atlantic – Murmansk
Mediterranean
Pacific Theatre
ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY
Hong Kong – Dieppe
Sicily/Italy
Normandy – France - Belgium
Netherlands-Germany
ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE
Battle of Britain – North Atlantic
North Africa – Sicily/Italy
Europe - Pacific Theatre - Burma
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM
Right Plinth
KOREAN WAR 1950-1953
Peacetime Operations
1953-Present
THEY SACRIFICED ALL
SO THAT WE MAY HAVE FREEDOM
[Set of plinths with bronze Honor Roll plaques containing the alphabetized names of all the men of Saskatchewan who served in WWII, Korean War, Peacetime Operations & Afghanistan War]"
On side of the northernmost plinth, an elegant bronze plaque is inset. The plaque reads as follows:
"[Royal Coat of Arms for the Province of Saskatchewan]
The first sod was turned for the Saskatchewan War Memorial by
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
May 18, 2005
during the visit of
Her Majesty the Queen
for the Centennial of the province of Saskatchewan"
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Date of FIRST: 05/18/2005
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