Rockland

 

Location:  Prescott and Russell County     N 45.55032   W -75.29851

Beside the Clarence-Rockland Town Hall, 1560 Laurier Street.

Rockland is a fast-growing bilingual community 25 kilometres east of Ottawa.  Most of the town's residents make the daily commute into the nation's capital, then return home to the relaxing shopping and recreational opportunities provided in this expanding part of the province.

The memorial is dedicated to the memory of soldiers lost in the two World Wars, Korea and Afghanistan.  The names listed on the grey granite stone are only those lost in World War II.  Interesting is that the inscriptions are written in either French or English, depending on the native language of the fallen soldier. There are no markings on the back to indicate those lost in other conflicts.

 

***Photos by Louise Bellec.

Marker text:

Front:

AN MEMORIAM

1939 – 1945

W01. LAWRENCE R. MOFFATT
DIED MAY 4,1942, AGED 31 YRS.
SGT. ROLLAND F. PILON
MORT LE 6, AVRIL, 1943,
À L’ÂGE DE 27 ANS.
M.N. RAYMOND L. LAJEUNESSE
DIED FEB.18,1944, AGED 19 YRS.
LIEUT. GAETAN LAVIGNE
MORT LE 10, JULLIET, 1944,
À L’ÂGE DE 24 ANS.
LAC. LÉO PIGEON
MORT LE 20 À OUT, 1944.
À L`ÂGE DE 19 ANS
CAPT. JAMES WILLIAMSON
DIED IN ACTION OCT. 18,
1944, AGED 26 YRS.
MAJ. GEORGE A. WHITE
DIED IN ACTION OCT. 23,
1944, AGED 28 YRS.
WO2. JACQUES SIMARD
MORT LE 14, JANVIER, 1945,
À L’ÂGE DE 23 ANS.
SGT. BERNARD GASTON PILON
MORT LE 30 MARS, 1945.
À L’ÂGE DE 19 ANS.

W. W. I. 1914 – 1918
KOREAN WAR 1950 – 1953

AFGHANISTAN

2001 - 2014