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This photo is part of a series showcasing various landmarks within Kingston, Ontario.

This photo is of the Memorial Arch and a private residence located at The Royal Military College of Canada (heretofore known as RMC).

The Memorial Arch, at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, built in 1923, is a monument which honours the memory of ex-cadets who have died in combat or while attending the College. The Memorial Arch, designed by John M. Lyle, is an example of the Beaux-Arts architecture. The Indiana limestone arch on a base of Quebec granite was built at a cost of $75,000.

The Arch was unveiled by Mrs. Joshua Wright, mother of two cadets who gave their lives in the First World War. #558 Major G.B. Wright, DSO, RCE, was killed in action in France on 21 May 1915. #814 Major J.S. Wright, 50th Bn CEF, was killed in action in France on 18 Nov 1916.

The arch provides a list of cadets killed in action under the following headings:

The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1890,
West Africa 1892,
South Africa 1899-1901,
Great War 1914-1918 battles: Mons, Marne, Aisne, Ypres, Festubert, Loos, Somme, Vimy, Kut el Amara, Gallipoli, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Amiens, Arras, Drocourt-Quéant, Canal du Nord.
World War II battles: Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, Burma, Dieppe, Hong Kong, Lombardy Plain, Normandy.
Active service 1926-1945: India, 1926, North Africa, North West Germany, The Pacific, Pas de Calais, The Rhine, Sicily, Southern Italy.
The Memorial includes the following texts: [16]

"Hark now the drums beat up again for all true Soldiers Gentlemen", from "Over the Hills and Far Away" (traditional)
Je me souviens (French for "I remember")
Truth Duty Valour
"Blow out your bugles over the rich dead. There's none of these so lonely and poor of old but dying has made us rarer gifts than gold." by Rupert Brooke
Pro Deo et Patrio, Latin for "God and Country"

More detailed photos of the inscriptions and reliefs on the arch can be found at the following links.
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(Historical excerpt taken from wikipedia.org)

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:iconp11k:
good shot !

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:iconebonwings:
Thank you very much for your kind words, and for the :fave:!!
:iconp11k:
u're wellcome :) :hug:

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Pretty Arch. @.@

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:iconiridani:
Plus, only graduates may pass under the arch. :) Otherwise you'll see them all walk around it.

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:iconebonwings:
Ooops. Then I must have broken a cardinal rule at RMC, because I walked back and forth through that thing plenty of times. Hell, I even took some pics inside it. :)

It's okay though, my father in law is a head of department there; he can probably clear me of the charges if need be. :D

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:iconiridani:
Lol I think it's more excusable for those who aren't students in the RMC. But that could be of help too :P

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