Two bronze tablets in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City honour those who served and died in WW1. Palm leaves flank the names on both tablets, with the years 1914-1918 at the bottom.
“Ave atque vale” (hail and farewell) tops the tablet and “God gave them victory and glorious death” follows names of the 21 parishioners who died:
- Amy, Raulin AJ
- Andrews, Jasper B
- Bond, St George
- Brown, JS
- Dobell, Colin M
- Doucet, ACM
- Evans, Alfred JL
- Gibaut, Alfred P
- Jones, Mervyn CA
- Laird, J Hewitt
- LeMesurier, Garnet W
- Murray, James A
- Parke, Charles W
- Powel, Herbert deV
- Powell, AF
- Price, H Bertram
- Stuart-Bailey, Charles
- White, Charles
- White, Stanley H
- Williams, James W
- Wright, Gordon B
Private plaques to some individuals in the cathedral have featured on Great War 100 Reads: John Samuel Brown, Herbert Carington Smith, James Anderson Murray, James William Williams
These also served: the second tablet lists 76 men, four nurses (Lily M Carter, MA MacKay, Marjorie M Webb, Sadie E Young) and two VADs (Ivy Gibsone, Rachel P Webb).
Marjorie Mabel Webb was one of the first to sign up, attesting on 28 Sep 1914. She served in France at the 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital and the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. Later she was assigned to military hospitals in Orpington and Shorncliffe in England and to the hospital ship Araguaya. She demobilized June 1919 and was awarded the Royal Red Cross 2nd class. Her sister Rachel served as a VAD.
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is at 31, rue des Jardins in Quebec City.
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August 1, 2022 at 10:26
Thank you, very interesting. “Our” Duke of Richmond is buried there too.
Thank you.
August 1, 2022 at 10:45
Indeed he is! Having been bitten by a fox, he died of rabies. A fate far from the minds of our current Governors General.
Nice to hear from you, Edna.