Malta George Cross Memorial Malta George Cross Memorial The Malta George Cross Memorial, also known as the Maltese Memorial, is a war memorial in London, built to commemorate the Siege of Malta in the Second World War, which led to the island's being collectively awarded the George Cross in April 1942. The memorial was unveiled in 2005, near All Hallows by the Tower. The memorial is constructed from a large rectangular monolithic block of limestone from the Maltese island of Gozo. The block stands high and weighs 8.5 tons. It bears an inscribed black slate panel on each of its four sides. The main
Island of the Cross located at southern of Lac-Édouard. The Batiscan River, which rises in Lake Édouard flows into the "Lac à la croix". Fifty kilometres (following the route of the river) separate the mouth of the lake and the island at the cross. The "Island of the Cross" (Île à la Croix) is located 63 km south of the village of Lac-Édouard in Upper-Batiscanie, north of the village of Notre-Dame-de-Montauban and (direct line) of the church of Rivière-à-Pierre. The island is from Miguick hamlet, and from Linton , which is downstream from the mouth of the Jeannotte River. The island is shaped like