Location: Prescott and Russell Counties N 45.38668 W -74.90207
In front of the library, at 25 De l'Arena Street.
St. Isadore is a bilingual community of 750 people in the eastern part of Ontario. Sadly, the large church which was the dominating feature of the town, was destroyed by fire in 2016. The memorial is found in a nicely landscaped area in front of the library. It is worded in French and provides a detailed legend to accompany the list of names of the fallen heroes from this small community. The legend indicates which branch of the service and which war each of the names is to be associated with, a rather unique feature seldom found on other memorials. The crests of each branch of the Canadian Forces, along with a strange globe is also engraved in the grey granite memorial. In front of the main memorial is an old limestone marker, presumably the original memorial with names of those who served. Also, nearby is a beautiful mural painted on a building wall.
***Photos by Louise Bellec.
Marker text:
LEGENDE
A (ARMEE)
B (ARC) AVIATION ROYALE DU CANADA
C (MARINE)
t (AUMONIER)
I (PREMIERE GUERRE 1914-1918)
II (DEUXIEME GUERRE 1939-1945)
# (GUERRE DE COREE 1950-1953)
* (DECEDE AU COMBAT)
BERGEVIN EMILE AII
BOULANGER WILFRID AII
BOURGON BERNARD AII
CAMPEAU GASPARD AI
CAMPEAU HENRI AII
CHARTRAND LEO AII
CHARTRAND ROLLAND ABII
CHARTRAND THEODORE II
CLEMENT ROCH ABII
GALIPEAU LAURENT A#
GALIPEAU RAYMOND AII
LALONDE JEAN AII
LAUZON FERNAND AII
LEGAULT ALBAN tA#
LEGAULT ARTHUR AI
LEROUX ARCADE AII
MEILLEUR FERNAND ABII
PILON REGINALD AII
POIRIER HENRI AII
SABOURIN JEAN-PAUL BII*
Old Stone:
JEAN-PAUL SABOURIN D.F.C.
L.T. DE SECTION
MORT
AU CHAMP D'HONNEUR
OUTRE-MER
WILFRID BOULANGER
BERNARD BOURGON
HENRI CAMPEAU
LEO CHARTRAND
ROLLAND CHARTRAND
THEODORE CHARTRAND
FERNAND LAUZON
ARCADE LEROUX
C.L.A. FERNAND MEILLEUR
ACTIFS
EMILE BERGEVIN
ROCH CLEMENT
RAYMOND GALIPEAU
SERGENT JEAN LALONDE
REGINALD PILON
HENRI POIRIER
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