Angel of Victory, Bronze war memorial sculpture at Windsor Station, Montreal, Canada
The Angel of Victory is a seven-foot bronze by London-born sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy (1881–1979), installed at Windsor Station in 1922. It shows a fallen soldier carried heavenward by a female angel. Its pedestal bears an inscription commemorating the 1,116 Canadian Pacific Railway employees who died in World War I, with the years 1939–1945 added after World War II.
The memorial was commissioned in 1922 to honor over 1,100 Canadian Pacific Railway employees who died in World War I. Additional inscriptions were later added to acknowledge casualties from World War II.
The pedestal inscription, headed 1914–1918 with 1939–1945 added after World War II, asks that the names of the dead not be forgotten; it is the memorial's central text. The bronze was made by London-born sculptor Coeur de Lion McCarthy, and copies stand in Vancouver and Winnipeg, where the Winnipeg version was moved to Deer Lodge Hospital.
The memorial sits in the entrance lobby of Windsor Station and is accessible during the station's regular operating hours. It is best visited during daytime when natural light illuminates the bronze and foot traffic is visible.
This memorial is one of three identical versions placed at railway stations across Canada to honor workers of the rail industry. The Vancouver version later inspired street artist modifications that reinterpreted the original composition.
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