Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 3 Table of Contents - Volume 21 Halifax Grand Parade Cenotaph - Cover Photo The Halifax Grand Parade Cenotaph was unveiled and dedicated on 1 July 1929, by former Prime Minister, Robert Borden. It commemorates Halifax's 1360 men and women who had died in the Great War. Thousands lined the rails around the Parade and crowded into surrounding streets, even mounting roof tops seeking better vantage points. At two minutes of 11 o'clock, a single gun sounded from Citadel Hill, followed by two minutes of respectful silence. The oration was given by then Minister of National Defence, James Layton Ralston. He commanded the 85th Battalion, known as the Nova Scotia Highlanders, during the great war. The Grand Parade, sometimes incorrectly referred to as Parade Square, is an historic military parade square dating from the founding of Halifax in 1749. Through the efforts of the War Memorial Committee, the cenotaph was originally erected in the middle of the Grand Parade to commemorate the soldiers who served in the First World War. The sculpture was designed by J. Massey Rhind, a Scottish-American sculptor. After the First World War, Rhind lived in Chester, Nova Scotia. He developed a love for the area and decided to design and donate this memorial that stands on the Parade Grounds today. His work in Nova Scotia includes the New Glasgow Cenotaph, Chester Cenotaph and Cornwallis Statue. The cenotaph is nine-meters tall, the granite is Nova Scotian and the original elements are all cast bronze. The sculpture on the cenotaph depicts a victorious but grieving Britannia representing Nova Scotia’s mothers. Known as the Highlander, the bronze figure was valued at $6,500. Russell Zinck was chosen to model for the Highlander as he was perceived to have a face representative of the people of the area. The base and steps of the memorial were cut from a single piece of granite by Wakefield Zinck. At the base of the cenotaph is the Canada Coat of Arms with the Silver Cross below it. There is a large laurel leaf at the top of the back of the cenotaph, and bronze laurel leaves on each side of the cenotaph. After the Second World War, the cenotaph was rededicated and inscriptions were incised in the granite to honor those Veterans and again after the Korean War, an inscription was incised on the rear of the cenotaph below the Second World War inscription. In 2015, the Afghanistan Conflict inscription was added to the back of the cenotaph. LAWRENCE, Joseph Julius Augustus . . .151 LEIGHTON, Roy William . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 LEWIS, Robie Sproule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 LEWIS, Sidney Carleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 LOGAN, John Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 LOWE, Frank Arnold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 LOWE, Peter Innes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 MacDONALD, Adam Joseph . . . . . . . . . .155 MacDONALD, Alexander Fraser . . . . . . . .147 MacDONALD, John James . . . . . . . . . . . .119 MacDONALD, Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 MacDONALD, Murdock Alex . . . . . . . . . . .149 MACDOUGALL, John Dougald . . . . . . . . .141 MacISAAC, Duncan Joseph . . . . . . . . . . .199 MacIVER, Lorway Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . .201 MacKENZIE, Alexander George . . . . . . . .143 MacKENZIE, George William . . . . . . . . . .201 MacKENZIE, Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 MacNEIL, John Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . .141 MACOUN, Julie Maude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MacPHERSON, Samuel Harvey . . . . . . . .141 MALONE, Burnley Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . .119 MARKIE, William Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 MARRYATT, Ralph Emerson . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MARTELL, Gerard Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 MATTATALL, Albert Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 McAULAY, Allan John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 McBRIDE, Eugene Frederick . . . . . . . . . .147 McCARTHY, Francis William . . . . . . . . . . .137 McCARTHY, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 McCREA, Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 McDONALD, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 McKENZIE, Kenneth Clifford . . . . . . . . . .135 McKEOWN, Clarence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 McKEOWN, Ronald Arutur . . . . . . . . . . . .135 McLELLAND, Angus Shanhan . . . . . . . . .149 McNEIL, Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 McNEIL, Theodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 McPHERSON, Ronald Dennis . . . . . . . . .155 McSWEEN, John Alexander . . . . . . . . . . .117 MELANSON, Leo John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 MERCER, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 MERRICK, George Broadhurst . . . . . . . . .155 MILLER, Curtis Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 MILLER, John Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 MORRIS, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 MORRIS, Thomas James . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 MORRISON, Donald How . . . . . . . . . . . .135 MORRISON, Lewis Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 MOSSMAN, Walter Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 MURDOCH, Reginald English . . . . . . . . .131 MURPHY, Donald Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 MURPHY, John Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 NEVILLE, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 NEWELL, Ephraim Eugene . . . . . . . . . . . .97 NICHOLSON, Basil Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 NICKERSON, George Alfred . . . . . . . . . .141 NICKERSON, Gordon Sydney . . . . . . . . .143 NICKERSON, Oran Eugene . . . . . . . . . . .201 NOLAN, Thomas Hubert . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 NOWE, Gerald Leroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 NUTTALL, Gerald Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 O'HANDLEY, George Roderick . . . . . . . . .135 PARKER, John Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 PASCOE, Philip Jocelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 PATE, Simon Amble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 PEPPERDINE, Trueman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 PIERS, Desmond William . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 PLOEG, Winston Charles Henrick . . . . . .135 RAMPTON, Ernest Frederick . . . . . . . . . .135 RAWCLIFFE, P. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 REDDEN, John Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 REILLY, Edmund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 RILEY, George W. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 RINGER, Charles George . . . . . . . . . . . .121 RODGERS, Arthur Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . .135 ROSS, Donald Brenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 ROSS, Lawson D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 ROSS, W F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 ROZEE, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 RUGGLES, Issac Wilkins . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 RUTHERFORD, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 SAWLER, Joel Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 SCHOFIELD, Elmer Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . .153 SEARS, Ronald Dayson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 SEGARD, François . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 SERRICK, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 SERRICK, Richard Charles . . . . . . . . . . .135 SHEEHY, Vernon Phillip . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 SIMMS, Carmel Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 SINGER, Allan Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 SMALE, Arthur John Caleb . . . . . . . . . . .135 SMITH, Albert Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 SMITH, Clifford Leroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 SMITH, Earl Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 SMITH, Edison Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 SMITH, H. D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 SMITH, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 SMITH, Rex Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 SPICER, Harold Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 SPOFFORTH, Thomas Joseph . . . . . . . . .91 SPROULE, Noble Goulding . . . . . . . . . . .135 STONE, Daniel Ralph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 STONE, Philip Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 SUMARA, Albin Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 TAYLOR, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 TETRAULT, Anne-Marie Therese . . . . . . .207 THOMPSON, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 THOMPSON, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 THOMPSON, Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 TOOKER, Charles H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 TYRRELL, Harold Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 ULOTH, Ray Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 VANBUSKIRK, Douglas Laurt . . . . . . . . .151 VAUGHAN, Owen Havelock . . . . . . . . . . . .91 VERE-HOLLOWAY, Edward John . . . . . . .135 VIDITO, Robert Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 WALKER, Gerald Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 WALLACE, Frederick Borden . . . . . . . . . .207 WALTON, Ernest Euberto . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 WATERHOUSE, Ronald Sidney . . . . . . . .153 WATSON, David Drady Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . .137 WESTAWAY, Joseph Orin . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 WHALEN, Harold Ignatius . . . . . . . . . . . .155 WHITE, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 WHITE, Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 WHITE, William Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 WHYNOT, Francis Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 WILDSMITH, William Ralph . . . . . . . . . . .147 WILSON, James George . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 WIND, Johannes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 WOOF, Reginald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 WRIGHT, John William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 WRIGHT, Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 WRIGHT, Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 ZINCK, Gerald Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 Advertisers' Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 Submission Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214 Halifax Grand Parade Cenotaph – Cover Photo
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