Thursday 27 December 2018

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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