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Reference WMO/119489

Address:

Green Park

Westminster

London

SW1A 1AA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other landscape feature
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Canadian Armed Forces: The memorial is a water feature. It commemorates the 1 milion Canadians who came to Britian to serve during both World Wars; 110,000 died. It is sited in Green Park near to the Canada Gates on Constitution Hill close to The Mall and Buckingham Palace. The memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen on 3rd June 1994. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mayfair & Hyde Park Walk: This unusual memorial remembers 1 million or so Canadians who served in the two wars. Its arrow formation points to Halifax in Nova Scotia from where many of the Canadian Troops left Canada and is made up of two halves to represent the two world wars. The design of the bronze and red granite sculpture incorporated a constant flow of water over a surface covered in Maple leaves and allowed a reflection of the leaves in the surrounding trees. Like some other memorials the raising of money to build it was spearheaded by a wealthy individual, but not many years later the monument was allowed to decay through lack of maintenance. Eventually the Canadian Government assumed ownership to cover its care. Does this reflect a faulty design in respect to future maintenance ? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Route: After reading the plaques you have come to the end of the walk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Left hand plaque: THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/ THE NEARLY 1,000,000 CANADIANS/ ALMOST ALL VOLUNTEERS,/ WHO SERVED IN BRITAIN/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ AND ESPECIALLY THE 110,000 CANADIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THOSE WARS/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND FOR THE CAUSE/ OF FREEDOM/ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD./ IT WAS UNVEILED BY HER MAJESTY/ QUEEN ELIZABETH II/ IN THE PRESENCE OF HER MAJESTY/ QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER/ AND ALSO THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES/ THE DUKES OF EDINBURGH, YORK AND KENT,/ THE PRINCESS OF WALES,/ THE PRINCESSES MARGARET AND ALEXANDRA,/ AND ALSO THE PRIME MINSTERS OF CANADA/ AND THE UNITED KINGDOM/ AND THOUSANDS OF VETERANS./ 3RD JUNE 1994 RIGHT HAND PLAQUE: CE MONUMENT COMMEMORE/ LE MILLION DE CANADIENES/ PRESQUE TOUS VOLONTAIRES/ QUI ONT SERVI AU ROYAUME-UNI/ AU COURS DES DEUX GUERRES MONDIAL/ ET SURTOUT LES 110,000 CANADIENS/ QUI ONT DONNET; LEUR VIE/ PENDANT CES GUERES/ POUR LEURS PAYS/ ET POUR LA CAUSE/ DE LA LIBERTE;/ DANS LE MANDE ENTIER./ IL A ETE INAUGURE PAR SA MAJESTE/ LA REINE ELIZABETH II/ EN PRESENCE DE SA MAJESTE/ LA REINE ELIZABETH LA REINE MERE,/ ET AUSSI DE LEURS ALTESSES ROYALES/ LES DUCS D'EDIMBOURG, DE YORK ET DE KENT,/ DE LA PRINCESSE DE GALLES,/ DES PRINCESSES MARGARET ET ALEXANDRA/ ET AUSSI DES PREMIERS MINITRES/ DU CANADA ET DU ROYAUME-UNI/ ET DE MILLIERS D'ANCIENS COMABATTANTS,/ LE 3 JUIN 1994 ROUNDEL, CENTRE LEFT SECTION: "IN TWO WORLD WARS,/ ONE MILLION CANADIANS/ CAME TO BRITAIN/ AND JOINED THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FROM DANGER SHARED, OUR FRIENDSHIP PROSPERS." ROUNDEL, CENTRE RIGHT SECTION: "AU COURS DES DEUX GUERRES MONDIALES,/ UN MILLION DE CANADIENS/ SONT VENUS EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE, SE JOINDRE A LA BATAILLE POUR LA LIBERTE HUMAINE. FACE AU DANGER COMMUN, NOTRE AMITIE AUGUMENTE" ROUNDEL BORDER: THIS MONUMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE IN CANADA AND BRITAIN, AND IN PARTICULAR CANADIAN VETERANS OF BOTH WARS WHO DONATED WILLINGLY FOR THIS CAUSE.

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