Remembrance Day service draws hundreds to Cenotaph in Charlottetown
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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A whole lot of individuals gathered on the cenotaph in downtown Charlottetown for one more Remembrance Day service to honor veterans on Nov. 11.
Each sidewalks and the streets by the intersection of Grafton Road and Nice George Road had been crammed with folks.
Some climbed the hill by the Confederation Centre of Arts to get a glimpse of the ceremony.
The ceremony began at 10:50 a.m. with a parade from the Charlottetown Legion to Kent Road and onto Nice George Road.
It was led by Maj. Rev. Tom Hamilton who recounted and honored a younger veteran from P.E.I., who was the final Island soldier to die at age 25, earlier than the First World Battle ended.
His title is Pte. William Walter Riley. He died 105 years in the past at this time.
Riley was amongst 340 troopers repairing the trenches. He was shot within the again whereas on frontline obligation prompting his evacuation to a close-by hospital. After recovering, he rejoined his unit on the entrance a month later, Hamilton mentioned.
On July 14 Riley was once more hit by a gunshot. This time, the bullet severed his spinal twine, immediately paralyzing him. Whereas there have been considerations about him dying on the battlefield, he was evacuated from the frontlines and despatched for convalescence in Canadian army hospitals in France and England.
“He desperately wished to regain feeling and motion in his decrease again, however he was pressured to face an agonizing fact. He would by no means stroll once more. He was despatched again to Canada and arrived dwelling on P.E.I., however he by no means recovered,” Hamilton mentioned.
“Immediately, we honor the sacrifice of our fallen who didn’t return. And we additionally stand in help of our veterans, a lot of whom carry unseen wounds and scars. We gathered to honor them, and pledge that their service and sacrifice won’t ever be forgotten.”
Islanders had been urged to mirror and honor those that have served and fought for the nation by dropping a poppy on graves of veterans.
Vivian Ulinwa is a reporter with SaltWire in Prince Edward Island. She will be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and adopted on X @vivian_ulinwa.
