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Saskatoon Memorial to WWI Fallen Footballers Front Statue

Sgt. Hugh Cairns VC DCM marble statue stands atop the footballer memorial erected in Kinsmen Park, Saskatoon.

Saskatoon Memorial to WWI Fallen Footballers Front
Front Face of Memorial
 Sgt. Hugh Cairns VC DCM erected
by the Saskatoon
Football Association
and Citizens
In Memory of
Our fallen Comrades
1914-1918

Saskatoon Memorial to WWI Fallen Footballers Left Side
Left Face of Memorial
 J.E. Bartlett
R.J.G. Bateman
E. Baty
R. Baty
E.W. Bayes
W. Black
T. Bowlt
H. Brown
A. Cairns
H. Cairns
M.K. Carruthers
A.T. Clayton
L.V. Clare
G.W. Clementson
T. Clinkskill
J.G.A. Cockburn
J.M Coles
E.H. Cook
W.K. Craighead
G.F. Doree
A.B. Douglas
E. Gemmell
H.E. Gibbons
C.J. Fox

Saskatoon Memorial to WWI Fallen Footballers Back
Back Face of Memorial
 W. Grant
J.W. Graham
D.K. Gordon
F.J. Guy
W.R. Hay
W. Harrison
G. Hopwood
A. Hunter
T. Huggins
D. Key
S.M. King
W.W. King
P. Kinnear
S.V. Laver
F. Lippross
A.S.K. Lloyd
J.W. Lowes
A. MacDougall
O.H. Marsh
N.N. McIntosh
R. McNiel
S. McNiel
W. May
S.H. Monk
A. Moss
C.G.D. King Mason

Saskatoon Memorial to WWI Fallen Footballers Right Side
Right Face of Memorial
  W. Mitchell
W.K. Munro
W. Nichol
A.H. Peat
V.D.B. Rae
C. Rippingale
T. Robertson
C. Robbins
J.J. Scott
W.T. Sinclair
D.F. Smart
C.D. Smillie
T.H. Smith
A.G. Starkings
C.A. Stebbing
A. Steele
W. Spence
G. Swift
R. Smyllie
I. Tinkess
T. Waters
W.T. Wesley-Long
A.E. Whitehouse
J.H. Wight
W. Wood

 

The Hugh Cairns memorial was erected in 1921 in the Kiwanis Park at the western foot of the University or 25th Street Bridge in Saskatoon (coordinates: 52°7’56″N 106°39’7″W). The October 1920 issue of The Daily Star ran an article about the arrival of the six foot high marble statue carved in Italy. This statue of footballer Hugh Cairns stands atop a twelve foot high granite base upon which are the names of Saskatoon football players who fell in the Great War. The dedication service was held June 8, 1921.

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T.K. Chalmers, as is J.W. Goble, is also mentioned on the unveiling and dedication ceremony listing which was presided over by Rev. B.W. Pullinger of Detroit, U.S.A. The Chaplain of Sgt. Hugh Cairns’ regiment while they served in France was the Rev. Pullinger.

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