Monday, October 14, 2024

Constable George Randolph Pearkes Plaque

Within Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, the plaque commemorating Constable George Randolph Pearkes stands in the RCMP Cemetery south of the west end of the path south east of the buffalo head gates.



Cst. George Randolph Pearkes
Reg. No. 5529 Royal North West Mounted Police

October 31, 1917 as a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was awarded the Victoria Cross for Valour at Passchendaele, Belgium – First World War

Gend. George Randolph Pearkes
No. de mat. 5529 Royal Gendarmerie à cheval du Nord-Ouest

Le 31 octobre 1917 en tant que member du Corps expéditionnaire canadien a reçu la Croix de Victoria pour bravoutre à Passchendaele, en Belgique – Première Guerre mondiale.