Percé in Le Rocher-Percé, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)

Percé Great War Memorial

1914 - 1918

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 17, 2014

1. Percé Great War Memorial Marker

Inscription. English:
To Commemorate the valour of Officers and Men of Percé who fought in the Great War with his Majesty’s Forces for honour and freedom
Our heroic dead

French:
En mémoire de la vaillance des officiers et soldats de Percé qui ont combattu dans les armées de sa majesté pour l’honneur et la liberté
Nos morts héroiques

Lieut. J. Herbert Lamb • Spr. John Boucher • Jean Laflamme

English:
and in honour also of those who served

French:
et à l’honneur de ceux qui ont servi

1914
Dvr. Claude Genier • Cpl. E. John Furlong M.S.M. • Lieut. C. Ernest Lamb M.S.M. • Nurse Lillian Mabe • Charles B. Moreau • Arthur O. Méthot
1915
Sgt. L. Alfred Arbour M.L.8.BAR • Lieut. Chas. Eug. Garneau • Lieut. Paul E. Garneau • Lieut. Paul E. Garneau • Lieut. Horace P. Grenier M.C. • Spr. Leon E. Grenier • Nurse Emily Lenfestry • Albert Méthot • Charles Quirion • Philippe Rail
1916
Francis Butlin • Edmond Garneau • Charles A. Godfrey • Georges Gorman • J. Alfred Furlong • Gérard E. Flynn • Grant Lenfesty • John Paget • Damase D. Paquet • Francis Proulx • Herbert N. Vibert
1917-18
Fortunat Bourget • Philias

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Bourget • Arthur Bourget • Jos. Arbour • Omer Arbour • Gustave Beaudry • Joseph Blais • Edward Brochet • Horace Bourget • Wilfred Bourget • Emile Caron M.M. • J.B. Caron • Leslie Crombie • Michael Donohue • James Donohue • Georges A. Flynn • Antonio Garneau • Henry Gendreau • Wilfred Gendreau • John Gagne • Arthure LaFlamme • Alphonse L’Espérance • Arthur Méthot (Jos) • Alexandre Picard • P.T. Quirion • Edouard Quirion • Arthur Rail • Edouard Rail • Joseph Seymour • Dewey Vibert • Rupert J. Vibert • Harvey G. Vibert • Herman Vibert • Wilson Vibert

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 48° 31.387′ N, 64° 12.681′ W. Memorial is in Percé, Québec, in Le Rocher-Percé. It is on Rue du Mont Joli close to Québec Route 132, on the left when traveling east. The Great War Memorial is mounted on the face of Mont Joli. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4 Rue du Mont Joli, Percé QC G0C 2L0, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Québec & Gaspésie.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 17, 2014

2. Percé Great War Memorial Marker

The memorial is on the left.

in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Western World.

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 7 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Percé World War II Monument (here, next to this marker); William Edmond Logan (a few steps from this marker); 350ᵉ anniversaire de la visite de François de Montmorency-Laval (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Edmund James Flynn (about 120 meters away); Artistes (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); A Rock Forever Sculpted by Time and Tide (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); War Memorial (approx. 11.6 kilometers away).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 6, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 567 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 6, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.