Nanton Cenotaph
This monument was erected by the people of Nanton and area in honour of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The statue depicts a soldier of the First World War era standing with arms reversed.
Inscription
[front/devant]
LEST WE FORGET
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR GRATEFUL FELLOW CITIZENS TO THE EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF NANTON AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
WILLIAM E. BUCHANAN
GEORGE BLACKBELL
RICHARD E. CASPELL
FREDERICK D. COOTE
SIDNEY CROSS
WILLIAM DOUGLAS
FRED EVANS
JACK EVANS
WILLIAM FARQUHAR
ROLLA FETHERSTON
ROSS L. FETHERSTON
CHARLES HARGRAVES
JAMES E. HICKSON
JOHN INGRAM
KENNETH P. JOHNSON
DAVID KENNEDY
MIKE KURYSH
CECIL KIRKPATRICK
HAROLD MCGILLIVRAY
ARTHUR D. MELVIN
ALBERT PARKER
OWEN PESTELL
S.E. SHORTCLIFFE
OSCAR C. WILLIAMS
THOMAS WARING
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF NANTON AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939-1945
BERT AIRHART
NIGEL ARMSTRONG
DOUGLAS BEVAN
CLARKE CHAMBERS
WILLIAM ELD
ARDEN ELLIS
ROBERT FERRIS
CLIFFORD GARBUTT
WILLIAM GRAHAM
JEROLD HUNTER
RALPH JESSUP
GEORGE JOHNSON
LEO LYSAK
ROBERT LEMAN
ROY MUIR
JOHN MCCLOSKEY
WALLACE MCLEAN
JACK O’LEARY
GLEN RANSOM
LOREE SCOTT
PAUL SMASHNUCK
KENNETH SMITH
VICTOR WHEELER
STAN WICKENS
[left side/côté gauche]
KOREA
1950-1953
Cénotaphe de Nanton
Ce monument a été érigé par les citoyens de la région de Nanton en hommage à ceux d’entre eux qui ont perdu la vie durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et la guerre de Corée. La statue représente un soldat de la Première Guerre mondiale debout, sur ses armes renversées.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.