Meaford Cenotaph

This memorial features a statue of a soldier in action, and the names of those who gave their lives in the First World War. Originally built shortly after the First World War, the plaques for the Second World War and Korea were later added. It is dedicated to the men of Meaford and St. Vincent Township.

The figure by Nicolas Pirotton of a soldier holding a rifle in his left hand and a grenade in his right, appears in bronze in Meaford (1924). It is said to have been modelled as a portrait of Major Thain Wendell MacDowell, a local man who had been awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Vimy Ridge. The figure was cast by the Allis Chalmers Company of Toronto.

Inscription

[front/devant]

[Monument/Monument]

(Crest of the Town of Meaford/Armoiries de la municipalité de Meaford)
HONOUR ROLL
D. BERRY
R. BELL
V. BOYD
J. CANN
J. COOK
F. COOK
J. COVENTRY
G. CLARKE
R. DILLON
C.A. FINLEY
E. FALLS
W.I. FULFORD
V. GOWER
H. JOHNSON
E. JOHNSON
A. JUCKSCH
C. KEARNS
A. LATORNELL
B. MUNNS
E. MOBSBY
W. McCARTNEY
R.J. McCARTNEY
E. McMILLAN
C. MILLER
C. PICOTT
A. QUINTON
M. REID
A. RIBBONS
H. SILCOX
D. SAUNDERS
H. SCOTT
I. SCOTT
H. SHUTE
G. SPENCER
F. THOMPSON
F. VERNON
A. WARD
V. WELLER
A. WHITE
F. WHITELAW
E. WILSON
H. WATSON
A. WEAVER

THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

1914 – 1918
IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
THE TOWN OF MEAFORD AND
ST. VINCENT TOWNSHIP WHO
DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR

[Plaque/Plaque]

1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953
KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY
1984

[right side/côté droit]

[Monument/Monument]

FESTHUBERT

SANCTUARY WOOD

VIMY RIDGE

YPRES

[Plaque/Plaque]

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE HEROES OF THE TOWN OF MEAFORD
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ST. VINCENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
1939 – 1945
MURRAY GLEN ALLAN
ALBERT E. BROWN
EDWIN W. BURROWS
Wm. LEWIS BREWER
NORMAN G. BAILEY
E.A. BALDWIN
SHELDON F. CAREFOOT
KENNETH L. CHAPMAN
MERTON CHAPMAN
S. ARTHUR DOHERTY
JAMES DOUGHERTY
WALTER A. DIXON
NORMAN M. EMPTAGE
TOMMY FILLINGHAM
J.D. GIBBONS
GORDON H. GIBSON
WILLIAM GIFFEN
ROBERT BROWN GOODMAN

[left side/côté gauche]

[Monument/Monument]

PASSCHENDAELE

COURCELETTE

AMIENS

ARRAS

[Plaque/Plaque]

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE HEROES OF THE TOWN OF MEAFORD
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ST. VINCENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
1939 – 1945
WILLIAM HACKETT
JAMES HILLIS Jr.
J. ALVIN HUTCHINSON
R. BRUCE LAYCOCK
MARTIN S. LITTLE
CLARENCE R. LONG
W.R. McKIM
R. CAMERON McRAE
KENNETH MORRIS
J. RUSSELL MARTIN
MELBOURNE MARTIN
HAROLD MILLS
GORDON RANDLE
GEORGE STEVENSON
ROBERT I. ORDE STEWART
G. WHEELER
MacELROY WEAVER

La statue de ce monument commémoratif, sur lequel figurent les noms des soldats morts à la Première Guerre mondiale, représente un soldat en action. Comme le monument fut construit peu après la Première Guerre mondiale, des plaques commémorant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et la guerre de Corée furent ajoutées plus tard. Ce monument est dédié à la mémoire des hommes des cantons de Meaford et de St. Vincent.

Imaginée par Nicolas Pirroton, cette statue de bronze d’un soldat, fusil dans la main gauche et grenade dans la main droite, fut érigée à Meaford en 1924. Le sculpteur se serait inspiré du portrait du major Thain Wendell MacDowell, un homme du coin qui reçut la Croix de Victoria pour ses actions à la crête de Vimy. La statue fut moulée par la Allis Chalmers Company de Toronto.

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