Memorial gardens

This is a central plaque in the 
perminant memeorial gardens down 
by the beach. On the ground on 
either side of this plaque are 
two large maple leaves made of 
flowers. This is their regular 
memorial. It is not part of the 
extra celebration that happened 
this August for the 6oth 
anniversary.  

Memorial Pillar

In the centre of the memorial 
garden is this pillar. The 
different areas chronicle the 
relationship between Dieppe and 
Canada over the years. You should 
be able to see the Dieppe Raid 
and the liberation of Dieppe by 
the Canadians.

Memorial Flame

Further along in the garden is 
this monument to the sacrifce of 
Canadians.

The Dieppe Cemetary

The Canadian War Graves at 
Dieppe. 

Signing In

Each Common Wealth War Graves 
Site has a visitors book that you 
can sign and leave comments in. 
This is my husband Andrew signing 
the book. Behind him is the 
dedication of this land to Canada 
in perpetuity for their 
sacrifice. 

The Canadian War Graves

While we were visiting the site 
we learned that the grade 5 class 
from the local school comes out 
to the cemetary on fridays. They 
come to the cemetary to wash all 
of the headstones and to maintain 
the graves of the men who died 
for thier freedom.

O'Connor - Age 18

Please notice the age and the 
inscription. As I looked at the 
graves, what I noticed is that 
most of these boys were between 
the ages of 19 and 26. In any war 
it is always the youth who are 
sent to fight and die.

Schopp - Age 26

Please note the inscription 
again. This young man was one of 
the older men honoured here. Very 
few were in their thirties and 
alomst no one was in their 
forties. One other grave that I 
found bears the family name of my 
brother in law, Langevin.