Humberstone village Cenotaph

Erected by the Village of Humberstone (now Port Colborne), this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and to the veterans of the Korean War. In 1952, a new plaque was installed on the Cenotaph in the northern section of Port Colborne to honour the names of those killed in the two World Wars, from the former Humberstone Village. Granite Monument – 4′ wide, 8′ high.

Inscription

[front/devant]

OUR HEROIC DEAD

TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE
VILLAGE OF HUMBERSTONE WHO GAVE UP THEIR
LIVES WHILE SERVING KING AND COUNTRY

1914 – 1918

Heman French
John Graham
Harry Knowles
Arthur Slow
Elbern King
David Michael
Reuben Kramer
Thomas Waite
Dominic Koabel
David Gatherum
Lorne Armstrong
Dennis Sale
Edwin Gamm
John Wallace

1939-1945

Joseph Andrews
Earl Bender
Benjamin Boulton
Leslie Butler
Alderic Denault
William Greggio
Howard Guinter
Kenneth Hill
Leslie Kramer
Basil Lindsay
Albert Moscrip
John Newman
Ivan Page
Merritt Richardson
John Sykes
Norman Weaver
Frank Webb

“Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man By Down
His Life For His Friends.”

KOREA 1950-1953

[Plaque mounted at the base of the flag pole that is front of the memorial at Centennial Park/plaque montée à la base du mât érigé devant le mémorial, dans le parc Centennial]

ERECTED BY
U.F.W.O.
IN MEMORY OF
OUR BOYS WHO FELL
IN THE WAR
1914-1918

Érigé par le village de Humberstone (maintenant Port Colborne), ce mémorial est dédié aux citoyens de la localité morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et aux anciens combattants de la guerre de Corée. Une nouvelle plaque a été installée sur le cénotaphe en 1952, dans la partie nord de Port Colborne, afin d’honorer la mémoire des habitants de l’ancien village de Humberstone tués pendant les deux guerres mondiales. Monument de granit – 4 pi de largeur, 8 pi de hauteur.

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