Sunday, 9 December 2018

Alfred



Location:  United Counties of Prescott and Russell
N 45.558846   W -74.879810
On the median between St. Philippe Street and Telegraph Road.  Across the road from St. Victor Church.
 
Alfred is a predominately French speaking village founded in 1871.  Known for its agricultural college as well as being the french fry capital of Canada, this small village was also home to several brave soldiers of the World Wars.  The names of those who served appear on the cenotaph built in a long park situated on a median along the main street.  The cenotaph consist of several parts, a cross which represents the Catholic Franco-Ontarian heritage of the region adorned with three fluer-dis-lis to remember the French language spoken here, three flagpoles with the Ontario, Canadian, and Franco-Ontario flags, a black marble stone which acts as the main part of the cenotaph, and a tall sign-type plaque with the names of those who served.  Several benches provide a calm place to rest and reflect on the sacrifice made by all who died and by those who returned broken and pained.

*Special thank you to Louise Bellec for the photos and very helpful information.




Marker text:
Marble stone:
Hommage aux hommes et femmes
qui sont morts
en combattant pour la paix
- heir - aujourd'hui- demain-

In remembrance of the men and women
who died fight for peace
-yesterday - today - tomorrow.

Première Guerre
Mondiale
1914-1918
Deuxième Guerre
Mondiale
1939-1945
Guerre de Corée 1950-1953
Au serice du Canada

First World War
1914-1918
Second World War
1939-1945
Korean War
1950-1953
In the service of Canada
 


 
Sign Plaque:

Hommage
à nos vétérans

1914- 1918
Delphis Beaulieu
Edmond Cyr
Henri Lacombe
Albert Bertrand +
Joseph Gibeault
Joseph Larocque
Henri Brisebois
Oscar Gibeault
Ovila Ouimet
Donald Butler
Henri Giroux
Lionel Parisien
Wallace Butler
Frank Hughes
Isidore Rouleau
Albert Carrière
Félix Lacombe
Joseph Séguin
Henri Carrière
Fortuna Lacombe
Joseph Yeon

1939- 1945
Donat Barbarie (Armée)
Raoul L. Labrosse (R.C.A.F.)
Léo Beaulieu (R.C.A.S.C.)
Chéri Lacombe (R.C.A.F.)
Léo Bleau (Armée)
Émile Lacombe (R.C.O.C.)
Laurier Boileau (R.C.A.F.)
Adélard Lafrance (R.C.A.F.)
Royal Boileau (R.C.A.F.)
André Lalande (22e  Rgt)
Vincent Boileau (Armée)
Rhéa Lalande (C.W.A.C.)
Hyacinthe Brazeau (Prévôté)
Arthur Lamarche (Armée)
Louis Brazeau (R.C.O.C.)
Jean-Paul Landriault (R.C.A.F.)
Albert Brisebois (Armée)
André Larocque (R.C.A.F.)
D’Arcy Brownrigg (R.C.A.F.)
Louis-Joseph Larocque (R.C.A.M.C.)
Emmett Brownrigg (R.C.A.F.)
Laurier Lavigne (R.C.A.F.)
Henri Cadieux (R.C.A.)
Benoit Laviolette (Fus. Mont-Royal)
Arthur Carrière (22e Rgt)
Paul-André Marleau (Armée)
Émile Carrière (Armée)
Frank Malloy (Armée)
Ernest Carrière (R.C.A.S.C.)
Philip Malloy (R.C.A.S.C.)
Roland Charbonneau (R.C.A.F.)
Léo-Paul Morin (R.C.A.S.C.)
Jean-Marie Charrette (R.C.A.F.)
Jean Ouellette (22e Rgt)
Georges Chartrand (Prévôté)
René Ouellette (R.C.A.C.)
Jacques Chénier (Armée)
Rodolphe Racine (R.C.A.F.)
Raymond Chénier (Rgt Chaudière)
Bruno Rouleau (R.C.A.)
Roger Clément (C.P.C.)
Côme Rouleau (Armée)
Aurèle Cousineau (R.C.A.S.C.)
Aurèle Séguin (R.C.N.)
Léo cyr (R.C.A.S.C.)
Maurice Séguin (Fus. Mont-Royal)
Aurélien Daoust (R.C.A.F.)
Oréal Séguin + (Armée)
Albert Deschamps (Armée)
Roger Séguin (Fus. Mont-Royal)
Paul-Émile Duschene (R.C.A.F.)
Hormidas Simard (Armée)
Bill Eastman (R.C.E.)
Joseph St-Jean (R.C.A.S.C.)
Jacques Gibeault (R.C.A.F.)
Jimmy Templeton (C.P.C.)
Florian Giroux (Armée)
Parnell Tierney (C.D.C.)
Gillie Hughes (R.C.A.F.)
J.R. Titley (R.C.A.M.C.)
Aldoria Jodoin (Armée)
Madeleine Tourangeau (C.W.A.C.)
Aurèle Jodoin (Rgt Maisonneuve)
Gérard Vaudrin (Armée)
Florian Jodoin (R.C.A.F.)
Jean-Baptiste Vaudrin (R.C.N.)
Gérald Jodoin (Armée)
Léonard Vaudrin (R.C.A.C.)
Roger Joly (Rgt Ste-Hyacinthe)
Théodore Villemaire (R.C.A.M.C.)
Aurèle Labrosse (R.C.A.S.C.)
Viateur Villemaire (Armée)
Raoul Labrosse (R.C.A.F.)
Gaston Vinette (R.C.A.M.C.)
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