Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont
The Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont (Belmont Cemetery) is located at 2176 avenue Chapdelaine in Quebec City in the province of Quebec, Canada. The cemetery was built between 1857 and 1859.
Notable Interments
- Georges-Élie Amyot (1856–1930): politician, businessman
- Valmore Bienvenue (1894–1952): American-born jurist, politician
- Arthur Buies (1840–1901): journalist, scholar
- René-Édouard Caron (1800–1876)
- Eugène Chinic (1818–1889): entrepreneur, bank founder, statesman
- Julien Chouinard (1929–1987): lawyer, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Antoine Dessane (1826–1873): French-born composer
- Edmund James Flynn (1847–1927): Premier of Québec
- Ernest Gagnon (1834–1915): organist, historian, composer
- Édouard Burroughs Garneau (1859–1911) : politician
- François-Xavier Garneau (1809–1866): historian
- Jean Lesage (1912–1980): lawyer, Premier of Québec
- Félix-Gabriel Marchand (1832–1900): Premier of Québec
- Georges Parent (1879–1942): lawyer, statesman
- Yves Pratte (1925–1988): lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867–1952): lawyer, Premier of Québec
- Ulric-Joseph Tessier (1817–1892): statesman
- Robert Taschereau (1896–1970): lawyer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Joseph Vézina (1849–1924): orchestra conductor, composer
- Jean Victor Allard (1913-1996): first French-speaking Chief of Defense Staff
War Graves
The cemetery contains the war graves of 27 Commonwealth service personnel, 27 from World War I and 23 from World War II, which are headstoned. In addition another 13 whose graves could no longer be marked or maintained are alternatively commemorated on The Quebec Memorial at the National Field of Honour, Pointe-Claire.[1]
There is a group of 28 gravestones of members of the Royal 22nd Regiment who died between 1929 and 1960 in the Notre Dame de Belmont Cemetery in Quebec City, Quebec. Four gravestones, dated 1929, 1935, 1938, 1938 feature a crown, beaver and regimental motto. Seven gravestones, dated 1939, 1941, 1941, 1942, 1942, 1942, 1947 feature the Maple Leaf and Canadian Forces cross. Seven gravestones feature the Canadian Forces cross dated 1954, 1954, 1955, 1955, 1955, 1954, 1960. [2] Coordinates: 46°47′28″N 71°16′37″W / 46.791°N 71.277°W
References
- ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record.
- ↑ Notre Dame de Belmont Cemetery Royal 22nd Regiment