Almonte

 

Location:  Lanark County    

N 45.225831 - W 76.194228

Corner of Bridge Street and  Little Bridge Street, on the left of Almonte Old Town Hall. 

 

This beautiful bronze statue, representing Lt. Alexander Rosamond, could also be of any volunteer in WWI, on the look out or maybe just waiting to be on the ready to hop on a train, or ship to take them to their final destination in a foreign land.  Ready to serve his country. For a war to end all wars. For freedom and democracy.

This cenotaph was erected and dedicated Sept 11 1923 to honour those who fell in WWI and later included WWII and the Korean War. It was restored in 2013 just before the Remembrance day ceremony.

The sculpture, known as "The Volunteer",  represents the image of  Lt. Alex Rosamond and requested by his widow, was designed by the noted Dr. R. Tait McKenzie. Rosamond was a lieutenant in the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry who had taken over leadership of the Rosamond Woollen Company from Bennett Rosamond. He noted that, if he did not return, he hoped a memorial could be built in a central place in Almonte, "to the men of Almonte who fell for freedom."  Apparently, it was too much of a likeness of Rosamond, that his widow had it redone.

Lt. Alexander Rosamond (1873-1916) fell at Courcelette in the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave.

*Thank you to Louise Bellec for the photos and info.

 

 
Marker text:

Front Centre:

THE 

VOLUNTEER

ERECTED TO CARRY OUT A BEQUEST

MADE BY THE LATE

LT. ALEXANDER GEORGE ROSAMOND  P.P.C.L.I.

KILLED AT COURCELETTE

SEPTEMBER 15, 1916

 

Front by war:

TO THE MEN OF ALMONTE WHO FELL FOR FREEDOM

1914 - 1918

FRANK ABRAM

EDWIN K. AITKEN

E. AMOURETTE

WM. ALFRED BERRY

LOUIS C. BOLTON

FRANK S. BROWN

ROBERT H. COCHRAN

THOMAS R. COLLIER

J.P. CORKERY

JOHN L. CLEARY

ROY DICKENSON

WILLIAM DYSON

WILLIAM EVOY

GEORGE FAIRBAIRN

WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN

SAMUEL FISHER

W. FORSYTHE

FARQUHAR C. FRASER

ARCHIBALD GREIG

FREDERICK HAYNES

JOHN HOLLAND

EDWARD HOUSTON

EDWARD HOUSTON

A.H. ILLINGWORTH 

JAMES JOSS

J.T. KIRKLAND

THOMAS KNIGHT

ARCHIBALD KEAN

THOMAS W. LEE

JOHN L. McDOUGALL

GEORGE E. McGREGOR

JAMES P. McGUIRE

HARRY McINTOSH

ALLAN McPHAIL

ARTHUR E.G. STRATFORD

PETER J. MOORE

ROBERT NAISMITH

LESLIE OWRID

C. PARKER

F.J. PARKIN

ARTHUR C. PAUL

E.A.P. PLUNKETT

ALEX G. ROSAMOND

JAMES SINCLAIR

SAMUEL SYKES

ROBERT WEEKS

ARTHUR WHITE

ROY WILSON

JAMES WRIGHT

ARCHIBALD WYLIE

 

1939 - 1945

WALLACE BLAKELY

DONALD BADOUR

WILMER CAMELON

DON CAMERON

FRANK CAVERS

BERT DUNCAN

F. DALGITY

FRANK FISHER

ALEX. GOODALL

RAYMOND HOUSTON

WM. HEFFERMAN

GEORGE JACKMAN

RUSSELL JAMES

CARL LEE

JOSEPH LALONDE

J.F. LAVIGNE

EDGAR LEE

JAMES McINTOSH

KENNETH MILLER

JAMES PYE

LLOYD REID

HAROLD K. SCHULTZ

NORMAN SMITH

RAYMOND STANLEY

WM. STANLEY

J. MAC STEWART

V. STEWART

HAROLD STOKES

KOREA   1950 - 1953

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