Cornwall Cenotaph

The cenotaph in Legion Memorial Park, erected in 1923 by the citizens of Cornwall and suburbs, was originally dedicated to those lost in the Great War. It was designed by Emanuel Kahn, constructed in 1923 and unveiled June 5, 1925 by Baron Byng of Vimy.

Emanuel Hahn’s bronze grieving soldier monument at Cornwall depicts a helmetless soldier stands at a battlefield grave – a simple wooden cross – the final resting place of a comrade killed in action.

After the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Legion debated constructing another memorial, but decided they already had a “very fine Memorial for our Comrades who fell in the First Great War”. They decided instead, to build a Community Centre for this honour.

The cenotaph was later modified to include the Second World War and Korea, as well as a plaque recognizing contributions made in peacekeeping and the Afghanistan theatre of operations. Presently it is used on November 11 for Remembrance Day ceremonies and also for the Battle of the Atlantic ceremonies.

Inscription

[front plaque/palque devant]

ERECTED
BY THE CITIZENS OF CORNWALL AND SUBURBS
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1914-1918

AIREY FREDERICK C.
ATCHISON HENRY
BENOIT ALBERT
BERO ARTHUR
BREBANT FRANK J.
BRUNET LOUIS I.
BUCKLEY WALTER
CAMPBELL HUGH J. M.
CARRIER PHILIAS
CHAMBERS WILLIAM A.
CHANT ROBERT F.
CLARK ERNEST T. P.
COE JAMES JR.
CROSSLEY HENRY
CROSSLEY JOHN
CURRIER HOWARD
DEGRAY LAWRENCE
DELAGE JAMES A.
DELANEY STANLEY A.
DEROCHIE MATTEW C.
DESROSIERS FRANK
DEWAR DUNCAN
DOUGLAS AUSTIN
DUPRAS PETER
EASTMAN CLIFFORD J.
FETTERLY GRANT
FREEMAN RALPH
GAGNE ALFRED
GALLINGER GEORGE N.

GALLINGER RALPH
GALLINGER ROBERT J.
GALLINGER SAMUEL P.
GERVAIS GEORGE
GILLIES BRUCE A.
GILLMETTE WILFRED
GRANT ALEXANDER R.
GRANT CLIFFORD A.
HALE GEORGE
HAMILTON C. DICKINSON M.D.
HARDING CHARLES
HARPS THOMAS
HART CORNELIUS S.
HAWTHORNE WALTER
HERMISTON STEWART S.
KINGHORN HERBERT C.
KITTLE HERBERT W.
KUHN JOSEPH
LALONDE ALEXANDER D.C.M.
LALONDE JOHN G.
LALONDE PAUL
LAPLANTE WILLIAM
LASHAMBE SILVESTER
LATOUR U. EMILE
LOCEY JOHN A.
LONEY OSCAR H.
LOWELL BRUCE
MACMILLAN DAVID
MCGILLIVRAY MURDIE E.
MCPHERSON GEORGE

MIRON FRED
MOORE LANEE D.
MOSS ARCHIBALD A.
MUNROE DONALD M.
MUNROE MURDOCK J.
MURCH CLARENCE
PAYMENT JOHN
PEARSON ALFRED
PELKEY FELIX
PENDERGAST FRANK
POOLE KINGSLEY
ROBERTS FRED W.
RUSSELL WILLIAM
SAUVE EDWARD
SAVARD DAVID
SHERMAN HIRAM P.
STODDART W. ARTHUR
ST. PIERRE ROMEO
TEARRO JULIUS D.
TILTON CLINTON N.
TREMBLAY ADELORE
TYO ARTHUR
TYO EDWARD
TYO FRANK
TYO JAMES H.
TYO JOSEPH
WALE CHARLES W.
WARD DONALD J.
WATSON WALLACE W.

[front base/avant de la base]

WORLD WAR I
1914 – 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 – 1945

KOREA
1950 – 1953

[left wall/mur de gauche]

YPRES ST ELOI SOMME ANCRE SCARPE

FESTHUBERT – MOUNT SORREL
PASSCHENDALE – DROCOURT OUEANT

VALOUR REMEMBERED

[right wall/mur de droit]

HILL 70 AMIENS ARRAS CAMBRAI MONS

COURCELETTE – VIMY RIDGE
CANAL DU NORD – VALENCIENNES

SOUVENIRS DE VAILLANCE

[satue]

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

[left side top plaque/côté gauche]

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF
CORNWALL CITY AND TOWNSHIP
IN
SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1939 – 1945

ABRAMS, STANLEY W.
ALGUIRE WESLEY O.
ANDREWS, MACDONALD J.
ANDREWS, NEWARK T.
ARMSTRONG, MALCOLM E.T.
ASSELIN, HAYDEN C.
ATCHISON, J. WALLACE
BAKER, L. PHILLIP
BARBER, IRVINE A.M.
BARKER, ROGER W.
BAZINET, HERCULES
BEAUREGARD, ALDONA
BELANGER, RICHARD N.
BENNETT, WILLIAM A.
BERGERON, HOWARD A.
BETTRIDGE, OLIVER A.
BIRKS, RICHARD S.
BLANCHARD, FLORIEN
BOALS, GLENN
BOUCHARD, JOSEPH J.
BOUGH, ROY E.
BOUTILLIER, RALPH H.
BRADY, LAWRENCE E.J.
BRAY, J. ALBERT
BRENNAN, ROBERT N.
BRINGLOE, JAMES H.
BROWNING, WILLIAM G.
BRUNETTE, JACK
BRUYERE, HECTOR J.
BULLOCH, JOSEPH
BURGESS, WALTER

CAMPBELL, DONALD W.
CARPENTER, CHARLES A.
CARRIERE, LAURENT
CARRIERE, GABRIEL E.
CAZALY, DUNCAN
CERULLO, J. ARMAND
CHEVRIER, GEORGE A.
CHEVRIER, LAWRENCE
CHOLETTE, LAURIER N.
CLEARY, HARRY J.
COLETTE, HENRY A.
COLLINS, ALBERT C.
COLUCCI, ANGELO S.
CRITES, CLINTON A.
DALLY, JAMES W.
DEEBANK, PERCY J.
DENIS, WILFRED E.
DENNY, IOYES
DESJARDINS, PERCY P.
DORRANCE, THOMAS K.
DOUGALL, JOHN B.
DOXSEE, ARTHUR F.
DRUMMOND, CLARENCE J.P.
DUNSEITH, PETER A.
DUPUIS, BERNARD J.
EARLE, JOHN C.M.
EMOND, ROMEO J.
FAWTHROP, DONALD A.
FAWTHROP, ROSS C.
FETTERLY, ELDRED
FLYNN, GERALD H.
FORBES, J. GORDON

FORREST, GEORGE
FORTIN, EARL W.
FRASER, ROBERT D.
FROATS, WILLIAM L.
GALLINGER, CECIL W.
CALLINGER, CLARENCE A.
GAUTHIER, J. WILFRED
GAUTHIER, PAUL R.
GILLIS, DONALD R.
GRANT, B. CAMERON
GREER, JAMES M.
GROVES, FRANKLIN J.
GUNN, ROBERT W.
HARRISON, ARTHUR
HARTLEY, JAMES W.
HERRINGTON, HENRY H.
HOWARD, WILLIAM
HUNTER, GEORGE F.
IRVINE, HOWARD C.
JARVO, FRANCIS A.
JASMIN, HERBERT E.
JODOIN, EUCLIDE N.
JODOIN, J. ARTHUR
KEDDY, WALTER B.
KENNEDY, JOHN
LALONDE, D. WILLMONT
LALONDE, LAWRENCE J.
LAMARCHE, LEO L.
LANT, C. BYRON
LAPENSEE, REGINALD M
LASCELLE, LOUIS

[left side lower plaque]

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF CORNWALL
IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE KOREAN WAR
FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1950 – 1953

Campeau, Maurice J.M.
Gallinger, Paul H.
Steer, Donald H.

[right side top plaque/côté droit]

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF
CORNWALL CITY AND TOWNSHIP
IN
SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1939 – 1945

LATOUR, LEO A.J.
LAUBER, CHARLES H.
LAUZON, HOWARD F.
LAVALLEE, VIATEUR
LEBANO, FRANK G.
LEBANO, JOSEPH
LEBANO, VINCENT J.L.
LEBLANC, DENZIL G.
LEBLANC, GEORGE
LEDUC, J.B. LAURIER
LEFEBVRE, GORDON R.
LEGROULX, RODOLPHE C.
LONEY, WELLINGTON J.
MCCOSHAM, W. RAYMOND
MACDOUGALL, JOHN E.
MACGILLIVRAY, BORDEN
MACINTYRE, DONALD
MACLEOD, JAMES C.
MACMILLAN, JOHN M.
MACNEIL, DONALD G.
MCDONALD, ANDREW B.
MCDONALD, DONALD JOHN
MCDONALD, FRANCIS R.
MCDONALD, WILLIAM JAMES
MCGILLIVRAY, AUBREY L.
MCINTOSH, W. PHILIP M.
MCMARTIN, DONALD E.
MCWILLIAMS, JOHN A.
MADEN, E. KITCHENER
MALYON, WILLIAM J.
MARSOLAIS, BERNARD J.

MARTEL, LAWRENCE
MASSON, J. LLOYD
MAZZONE, VINCENT
MERPAW, WILLIAM J.
MERPAW, WILLIAM LEO
MILLER, GLENN B.
MILNE, DONALD J.
MITCHELL, HAROLD V.
MONAHAN, J. EARL
MARK, DAVID
NADEAU, LAURENT J.O.
NURSE, ALFRED E.
O’FARRELL, LAWRENCE C.
O’GRADY, JOHN E.
O’REILLY, RICHARD J.
PARK, JAMES G.
PATTERSON, GUY R.
PAUPST, PERCY W.
PEIRCEY, ARTHUR C.C.
PHILLIPS, G. MACLEAN
POITRAS, JAMES E.
POLLARD, GEORGE G.
PONIEDZIELSKI, JOSEPH
PRICE, KENNETH E.
PRIDDEN, WILLIAM E.B.
PRIMEAU, HENRY
PROULX, AUGUSTUS
QUENNEVILLE, DELMER J.
REDMOND, JAMES J.
REID, ROBERT B.
RELYEA, WILLIAM R.B.
REVELL, HARVEY S.

ROBERTSON, GERALD E.
ROBERTS, HERBERT T.
ROBINSON, MATTHEW S.
ROSS-ROSS, PETER D.
ROTH, R. TAIT
RUFFO, DOMINIC
SABURN, FRANK
SANDELIN, ROBERT S.
SAUVE, JAMES EARL
SEGUIN, RAYMOND A.
SHAVER, JAMES H.
SHUTTS, CLIFFORD F.
SINFIELD, ARTHUR
SNETSINGER, ARNOLD J.
SPOTTON, LEONARD F.
STUART, JAMES F.P.
SUGDEN, ALBERT
SWAINSON, JOHN L.
TAILLON, ADRIAN F.
THERIEN, C. HECTOR
THOMAS, NELSON J.
THOMPSON, FORD A.
TOUCHETTE, DANIEL D.
TYO, WILLIAM W.
VIAU, RAYMOND G.
VIPOND, DALTON E.
WAITE, ALBERT W.
WALDORF, J. EDGAR
WEBSTER, ARTHUR R.
WILLIAMS, FRED
WILLIS, JAMES
WILSON, ALFRED

[right side lower plaque]

ERECTED BY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Br. 297
&
The Citizens Of Cornwall
IN MEMORY OF
The Brave Men & Women Who
Served With NATO & UN FORCES
And In AFGHANISTAN.
Dedicated November 11, 2011

ÉRIGÉ PAR
la filial 297 de la Légion royale canadienne
et
les citoyens de Cornwall
À LA MÉMOIRE des
hommes et femmes vaillants qui ont servi dans
les FORCES DE L’OTAN ET DU L’ONU
et en AFGHANISTAN
Dédié le 11 novembre 2011

Le cénotaphe du parc commémoratif de la Légion, érigé en 1923 par les citoyens de Cornwall et des banlieues, était à l’origine dédié à ceux qui ont perdu la vie pendant la Grande Guerre. Il a été dessiné par Emanuel Kahn, réalisé en 1923 et inauguré le 5 juin 1925 par le baron Byng of Vimy.

La statue en bronze du soldat endeuillé d’Emanuel Hahn érigée à Cornwall illustre un soldat, tête découverte, qui se tient aux côtés d’une simple croix en bois, le dernier lieu de repos d’un compagnon tombé au combat.

Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les membres de la Légion royale canadienne ont songé à ériger un autre mémorial, mais ont finalement décidé qu’il y avait déjà « un très beau mémorial pour nos camarades tombés pendant la Première Guerre mondiale ». Ils ont donc construit plutôt un centre communautaire comme mémorial.

Le cénotaphe a par la suite été modifié pour inclure la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée, ainsi qu’une plaque reconnaissant les contributions apportées au maintien de la paix et au théâtre d’opérations afghan. Le monument sert aujourd’hui pour les cérémonies du Souvenir, le 11 novembre, ainsi que pour les cérémonies commémorant la bataille de l’Atlantique.

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