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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial

 
 
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
1. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the proud memory of all the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps personnel who gave their lives for Canada and the cause of freedom in the Second World War
1939 — 1945

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, World II.
 
Location. 44° 17.256′ N, 79° 53.499′ W. Memorial is in Borden, Ontario, in Simcoe County. It can be reached from Dieppe Road just south of Gibraltar Road, on the right when traveling south. The memorial is on a ridge, facing north-east, in north-central Worthington Memorial Park at Canadian Forces Base Borden. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Borden ON L0M 0B1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Ontario Cottage Country and specifically in Georgian Bay Country. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty
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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: United States M5A1 "Stuart" Light Tank / Char léger américain M5A1 Stuart (here, next to this marker); Canadian Armoured Corps 50th Anniversary (within shouting distance of this marker); Canadian Tank School 50th Anniversary (within shouting distance of this marker); British Centurion MK5 Main Battle Tank / Char de combat principal britannique Centurion MK5 (within shouting distance of this marker); British Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) MKII / Véhicule blindé de dépannage britannique (VBD) MKII (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); British Churchill Infantry Tank MK IV / Char d'infanterie britannique Churchill MK IV (about 90 meters away); Sherman Crab Mine Flail / Fléau de Déminage du Sherman Crab (about 90 meters away); Mine Plow / Charrue de Déminage (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Borden.
 
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
2. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: Korea 1950-1953 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
3. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: Korea 1950-1953
(mounted below the World War II marker)
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: Afghanistan 2001-2014 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
4. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: Afghanistan 2001-2014
(mounted on south side of memorial)
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: RCAC Crest image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
5. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial: RCAC Crest
(mounted above the World War II marker)
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps emblem
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial, with nearby artifacts image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 6, 2024
6. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Memorial, with nearby artifacts
Looking southwest through Worthington Memorial Park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 1, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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