All Sappers' Cenotaph (Chilliwack, British Columbia)

 cenotaph, war memorial

The 4 sides bear inscriptions:
===West================================
in memory of
The Officers & Men
of the
Canadian
Engineers
who
gave their lives
in the war
1914 - 1918

Korea / Corée
1950 - 1953
===North===============================
in memory of
all
Canadian
Sappers
who
gave their lives
while serving with
Other Corps
===East================================
in memory of
the
Officers & Men
of the
Royal Canadian
Engineers
who
gave their lives
in the war
1939 - 1945

In The Service
Of Peace
Au Service
De La Paix
===South===============================
in memory of
all
Sappers
of the
British Empire
who have given
their lives
in the service of
Their Country
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and there is a plaque that reads:
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This plaque honours Lieutenant-Colonel Coulson Norman Mitchell, VC, MC,
Royal Canadian Engineers

On the night of 8/9 October 1918 during the Canadian attack north of
Cambrai, Captain C.N. Mitchell of the 4th Canadian Engineer Battalion led
an engineer party that removed the explosives from the bridge across the
Escaut Canal in the face of the enemy and under fire. For his brave actions,
Captain C.N. Mitchell was awarded the Victoria Cross.

From 1944 - 1946, Lieutenant-Colonel C.N.Mitchell was both Camp
Commander and Commandant of the Royal Canadian School of Military
Engineering and personally led the design and construction of this
All Sappers' Centotaph, that is dedicated to All Commonwealth Sappers.

Dedicated by the
Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack Historical Society
with support from the Retired Sappers (Chilliwack).
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