Yarmouth Cenotaph

This memorial is dedicated to the war dead of Yarmouth County from the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. In November 1920, a banner headline in the Yarmouth Telegram read: “Local Council of Women Urge War Memorial”, bringing the idea to construct a war memorial to the attention of everyone. A decision was made by the Town Council and a committee was appointed to proceed with the planning of a worthy memorial. In January, the tasks of collecting the money for the construction and of collecting the list of names to be inscribed on the monument began. At the time of the unveiling on June 9th, 1923, there were 173 names to be put on the monument and a sum of $10,272 had been collected. A record was made of every man in Yarmouth County who fell, which included the date and place he was born, where he enlisted and where he died, and the brigade in which he was serving at the time of his death. A copy of this record was kept in a vault at the Court House. Names of the Second World War and Korean War veterans were added later.

Inscription

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TO THE MEN OF YARMOUTH COUNTY WHO FELL

World War I

[Column 1/colonne 1]
Allen, A. Spencer
Allen, Trueman M.
Amirault, Ernest J.
Amirault, Landry
Amirault, Louis R.
Annable, Frederick M.
Bain, Joseph G.
Barryman, Percy A.
Bingay, L. Woolsey
Bishara, John
Blackadar, G.W. Lee
Blauvelt, Benjamin D.
Borden, Adelbert J.
Boudreau, John M.
Bourque, Emilien
Burgess, Arthur
Cann, G. Frank
Cann, James A.
Cann, Malcolm
Challoner, Joseph
Chipman, Nathan L.
Chisholm, Colin F.
Churchill, Nathan L.
Clairmont, Pierre
Clements, Elkanah E.
Clements, Simon
Corning, Frank L.
Cossar, Ralph A.
Crosby, Charles E.
Crosby, Keith B.
Crosby, T. Carl
Crowell, George
Crowell, Jonathan
Crowell, Thomas D.
Crowell, Thorpe D.
d’Entremont, Anselm
d’Entremont, Leo J.
d’Entremont, William A.
d’Entremont, William R.
Delaney, Hiram F.
Deveau, George E.
Dexter, James W.
Dixon, Ernest L.
Doane, James F.
Donahoe, John
Doucette, G. Alphonso
Doucette, Anthony
Doucette, Celestin
Doucette, Felix E.
Doucette, Simon
Doucette, Rene
DumPhy, Lawrence
Durkee, Charles H.
Eldridge, J. Harvey
Eldridge, Harry B.
Ellis, E. Ethal
Ewan, Thayne M.
Fitzgerald, Robert E.

[Column 2/colonne 2]
Farish, George C.
Forbes, Frank L.
Foster, William H.
Foulis, George I.
Gardner, E. Stanley
Gates, F. Roy
Gayton, William A.
Giles, James H.
Giles, Matthew
Giles, Thomas
Goodwin, Caleb
Goodwin, Merton H.
Goodwin, Robert L.
Gordon, Albert
Gray, Colin C.
Greenough, John R.
Hamilton, Arthur R.
Harding, V. Lawrence
Harris, Louis
Hatfield, Arthur W.
Hatfield, George W.
Hemeon, Carl
Hemeon, Vance A.
Hersey, Adelbert
Hersey, Frank
Higby, Ivan V.
Hilton, Edward F.
Hubbard, George E.
Jeffery, Clement C.
Jeffery, Joseph B.
Jeffery, Amos R.
Jeffery, Sidney J.
Johnson, Alfred L.
Keen, Harold
Kehoe, Donald
King, Joseph E.
Kinney, Frank F.
Kohlier, Raymond
Lawrence, Louis
Lewis, Eugene M.
Long, T. Harold
Marshall, Ernest S.
Marshall, Lloyd H.
Matthews, Edgar K.S.
McGray, Benjamin H.
McLaughlin, Horace J.
Morine, Donald L.
Moses, George M.
Moses, William S.
Moulaison, John E.
Muise, Albert J.
Muise, John Alfred
Muise, Arthur
Muise, John E.
Muise, John F.
Muise, John R.
Muise, Nelson

[Column 3/colonne 3]
Muise, Peter
Mullen, Edgar
Murree, Edward
Murree, Gordon S.
Murree, Henry S.
Murree, Ralph L.
Neitz, William H.
O’Brien, John K.
Panell, Chester
Perry, Osborne
Pierce, Douglas C.
Pothier, Cryste C.
Pothier, Walter
Powers, H. William
Price, George E.
Price, Kenneth
Purdy, C. Loran
Ricker, James A.
Robbins, Joseph
Roberts, Howard I.
Robinson, Richard B.
Rogers, Frank S.
Rogers, R. Lindsay
Roy, David W.
Roy, J. Henry
Ryder, Clayton
Saulnier, Irwin C.
Sanders, Clarence B.
Saunders, Raymond A.
Scott, Leonard W.
Simms, Wilfred S.
Sinclair, Jesse
Smith, Edgar J.
Smith, Harry
Smith, Lloyd
Smith, R. Leslie
Smith, Thomas W.
Spates, Vernell
Stingel, Charles E.
Stone, Thomas W.
Studley, Enoch
Suttie, Ray D.
Suttie, J. Harold
Sweeney, George
Sweeney, Tracey T.
Taylor, Howard W. Titus, William
Travis, Gordon R.
Tupper, Nursing Sister A.
Turnball, George A.
Vickery, Alexander J.
Walsh, G. William
Walsh, J. Clarence
Weddleton, Walter F.
Whitman, George R.
Williams, J. Lewis
Woolard, Edwin
Wyman, Wilfred A.

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE PEOPLE OF YARMOUTH TOWN AND COUNTY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM’S CAUSE
1939 – 1945
THEIR NAMES LIVE FOREVERMORE

World War II

[Column 1/colonne 1]
Adams, George M.
Allen, Carl W.
Amirault, Albert M.
Amirault, Alphie B.
Amirault, Edwin
Amiro, Irvin V.
Babine, Joseph L.
Bell, James L.
Bellman, Wilson
Beveridge, Malcolm S.
Blanchard, Philip
Boudreau, Andre G.
Boudreau, Gerald C.
Boudreau, John J.
Boudreau, Percy J.
Boudreau, Robert F.
Bourque, Douglas J.
Brittain, Malcolm H.
Brittain, Paul H.
Burke, Joseph G.
Cann, Malcolm A.
Canty, Malcolm A.
Churchill, Bruce W.
Comeau, D. Edward
Comeau, Gordon A.
Cook, Donald W.
Cosman, Nathan W.
Cottreau, Louis G.
Cromwell, Percy C.
Deveau, Joseph W.
Doane, Murray T.
Doucette, Edward
Doucette, Harry W.
Doucette, James T.
Doucette, Joseph E.
Doucette, Louis
Dunn, Douglas C.
Durling, David
D’Entremont, Joseph F.
Fitzgerald, Leonard G.
Foote, David B.
Forbes, Percy D.
Grant, Freeman H.
Grant, William H.

[Column 2/colonne 2]
Gullison, Frederick E.
Hacking, David B.
Hamilton, Donald G.
Hamilton, James L.
Harrington, Raymond N.
Harris, John L.
Hatfield, Arthur
Hatfield, Jack E.
Hattie, John E.
Hattie, J. Sherman
Hayes, Raymond A.
Hemeon, Kenneth S.
Higbv, Kenneth
Hilton, Thomas B.
Holden, William D.
Horton, Arthur J.
Hubbard, John E.
Hubbard, P. Henry
Jacquard, Angus J.
Jenkins, Wentworth G.
Kenney, Harold A.
Kenney, Norman H.
Killam, Charles W.
King, James B.
LaFave, J. Albert
Larkin, Francis M.
Leblanc, Paul V.
Lent, Donald H.
Lewis, George M.
McKenna, William F.
Melanson, Ernest
Millard, Thomas
Miller, Earl
Moores, Douglas K.
Moulaison, Melbourne
Muise, Arthur
Muise, Henry
Muise, James R.
Muise, Mary M.
Muise, Victor A.
Muise, William J.
Nickerson, Gordon S.
Nickerson, Osborne
Nickerson, Otis K.

[Column 3/colonne 3]
O’Hanley, Charles B.
O’Neil, J. Pervin
Parker, Harold F.
Pothier, Bourneuf E.
Pothier, Charles L.
Rattee, G. Neil
Raynard, Stanley W.
Robicheau, Percy J.
Rogers, Charles W.
Rose, Irvin C.
Rose, Malcolm R.
Ross, John A.
Sears, Harold M.
Sisco, Stillman E.
Skinner, Lloyd N.
Sollows, I. Steen
Spinney, Hugh T.
Star, Joseph
Surette, Arthur J.
Surette, George A.
Sweeney, Byron L.
Sweeney, Kenneth H.
Taylor, Charles W.
Thurston, Howard F.
Trefry, Ernest F.
VanAmburg, James A.
Vickery, O’Leslie
Ward, James R.
White, Arnold C.

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KOREAN WAR
1950 – 1953
IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED
LEST WE FORGET

EDWIN HERMAN GOODWIN

Ce mémorial est dédié aux résidants de Yarmouth qui ont donné leur vie lors des Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et de la guerre de Corée. En novembre 1920, le Yarmouth Telegram annonçait en manchette que le conseil des femmes de la localité réclamait la construction d’un monument aux morts, ce qui a porté cette idée à l’attention de tous. Sur décision du conseil municipal, un comité a été constitué en vue de la planification d’un mémorial approprié. En janvier, la collecte des fonds nécessaires à la construction du mémorial et des noms qui devaient y figurer a débuté. À l’inauguration du monument, le 9 juin 1923, il devait y avoir 173 noms inscrits sur le monument, et une somme de 10 272 $ avait été recueillie. Un registre a été créé pour tous les morts du comté de Yarmouth, afin de consigner la date et le lieu de leur naissance, l’endroit où ils se sont enrôlés et celui où ils sont morts, ainsi que la brigade à laquelle ils appartenaient au moment de leur mort. Une copie de ce registre a été placée dans une voûte au palais de justice. Les noms des anciens combattants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de la guerre de Corée ont été ajoutés plus tard.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.