Dundas in Hamilton, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The 25-Pounder Gun/Howitzer

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 20, 2024

1. The 25-Pounder Gun/Howitzer Marker

Inscription.
This 25 PDR Gun, (built in Sorel, Quebec), bearing the tactical signs of the 11th (Hamilton-Wentworth) Field Battery, RCA, symbolizes the Guns of the Field Artillery which served the First Canadian Army in the Second World War in Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe; subsequently in Korea.

The 25 PDR also served other Commonwealth and Empire Armies on far flung Battlefields in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Burma, and Northwest Europe.

Traditionally, its Guns are the Colours of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. In the hands of skilled and determined Gunners, the 25 PDR worthily upheld the Motto of the Regiment:

Ubique
quo fas et gloria ducunt

This Plaque was Unveiled on the 20th day of October 1971 by Colonel the Honourable William Ross Macdonald PC CD QC LLD Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario Commemorating the 25 PDR. Guns, and those who served them in War and in Peace

Dedication
We served the Guns among unknown Men in lands beyond the sea; Nor Canada! Did we know, till then, what love we bore for Thee.
God save the Queen
Captain General
The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery

Erected 1971.

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1971.

Location. 43° 16.137′ N, 79° 57.982′ W. Memorial is in Hamilton, Ontario. It is in Dundas. It is on King Street West (Highway 8) 0.1 kilometers west of Napier Street South, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 272 Hwy 8, Hamilton ON L9H 1W1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area,

and specifically in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dundas Cenotaph (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); 102nd Wentworth Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Gwyn Memorial Sundial 1927

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 20, 2024

2. The 25-Pounder Gun/Howitzer Marker

(approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Bertram Steam Hammer c. 1939 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Stone Carriage Step c. 1860 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Dundas Doctor's Office c.1848 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Punching and Shearing Machine c.1904 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Boundary Stone of Richard Hatt c.1804 (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamilton.

Also see . . . 11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA The official lineage of the 11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.

Operational History

The First World War

Details of the 1st (Howitzer) Brigade were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.Footnote 16 The 11th Brigade was mobilized in England as the '11th (Howitzer) Brigade, CFA, CEF' on 1 February 1916.

(Submitted on August 20, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Badge of the 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery image. Click for full size.

3. Badge of the 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

(Source: Government of Canada)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 20, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.