Vars Cenotaph

The Vars Cenotaph consists of a stone cairn with two bronze plaques. A flat stone path in the form of a cross leading to the cenotaph is lined with 12 memorial posts. Each post is topped by an oval-shaped black granite plaque dedicated to one of the war dead memorialized on the cenotaph. To the right of the cenotaph is a brass inauguration plaque affixed to a pink granite rock.

Inscription

[bronze plaque/plaque de bronze]

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF
THE BOYS OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918

MATTHEW BARKLEY
WESLEY SIMPSON
ROBERT McELROY
CHARLIE WARD
EARNEST BONSALL
WARREN DUNNING
FRANK CORMACK
ROY BROWNLEE
FRED BUCKLAND
ARTHUR BUCKLAND

THIER NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[bronze plaque/plaque de bronze]

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

IN MEMORY OF
CLAYTON WALSH
STANLEY HILL

THEY DIED THAT WE
MIGHT LIVE

[black granite plaques/plaques de granit noir]

C. Brownlee, 455063, Private/Soldat, 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Died/Décédé Oxford England, 10-09-1916, Buried/Enterré U.K., Age 23.

Charles Ward, 1043003, Sapper/Sapeur, 7th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Zillebreke Belgium/Belgique, 07-08-1917, Buried/Enterré Belgium/Belgique, Age 34.

Matthew Barkley, 246388, Private/Soldat, 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Beaurains France, 29-03-1918, No known grave/Pas de tombe connue, Age 18.

Robert McElroy, 1043004, Sapper/Sapeur, 8th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops, Killed in action/Tué au combat, English Woods Belgium/Belgique, 22-04-1918, Buried/Enterré Belgium/Belgique, Age 31.

Frank Lyle Cormack, 117206, Lance Corporal/Caporal Suppléant, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, British Columbia Regiment, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Remy France, 28-08-1918, Buried/Enterré France, Age 27.

William Stanley Hill, C33980, Corporal/Caporal, 4th Reconnaisance Regiment, Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Tomba de Pesaro Italy/Italie, 01-09-1944, Buried/Enterré Italy/Italie, Age 29.

William Clayton Walsh, J18156, Pilot Officer/Sous-Lieutenant D’aviation, Navigator/Navigateur R.C.A.F., 194 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Killed/Tué India/Inde, 27-08-1943, Buried/Enterré India/Inde, Age 24.

Wesley Adam Simpson, 246804, Private/Soldat, 38th Battalion Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Lozingham France, 28-05-1918, Buried/Enterré France. Age 23.

Ernest Lytton Bonsall, 24656, Private/Soldat, 2nd Battalion Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Missing in action/Disparu, Passchendale Belgium/Belgique, 06-11-1917, Memorial/Mémorial Belgium/Belgique, Age 22.

William Arthur Buckland, 410043, Private Soldat, 38th Battalion Canadian Infantry, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Missing in action/Disparu, Passchendale Belgium/Belgique, 30-10-1917, Memorial/Mémorial Belgium/Belgique, Age 22.

Frederick George Buckland, 788554, Private/Soldat, 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment, Missing in action/Disparu, Fresnoy Belgium/Belgique, 03-05-1917, Memorial/Mémorial Belgium/Belgique, Age 20.

Warren Edward Dunning, 77585, Lance Corporal/Caporal Suppléant, 16th Battalion Canadian Infantry, Manitoba Regiment, Killed in action/Tué au combat, Festubert France, 20-05-1915, Buried/Enterré France, Age 22.

[brass inauguration plaque/plaque d’inauguration en laiton]

VARS CENOTAPH/ CÉNOTAPHE DE VARS
THIS CENOTAPH WAS ERECTED AND DEDICATED ON SEPTEMBER 20TH 1931 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE/ CE CÉNOTAPHE FÛT DRESSÉ ET DÉDIÉ LE 20 SEPTEMBRE 1931 PAR L’ENTREMISE DES EFFORTS DE
VARS WOMEN’S INSTITUTE.

RESTORED BY THE CENOTAPH RESTORATION COMMITTEE OF THE VARS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND WITH THE GENEROSITY AND ASSISTANCE OF/ RESTAURÉ PAR LE COMITÉ DE RESTAURATION DU CÉNOTAPHE DE L’ASSOCIATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DE VARS ET AVEC LA GÉNÉROSITÉ ET L’AIDE DE:

VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA/ ANCIENS COMBATTANTS CANADA

City of Ottawa/ Ville d’Ottawa
Willie McDowell
Ron Cleroux
Willie Vandelaar
Andy Sherer Landscaping
Milan Pizzeria
Lafarge Construction
Dan’s Towing and Boosting
Résidence Champagne
Tanner Insurance
Résidence Ste. Marie
Giant Tire Specialist
Imprimerie SG Printing
Councillor Stephen Blais
T&M Plumbing & Heating
Vars Lions Club
Annis. O’Sullivan, Vollebekk
Councillor Rob Jellett
Manotick Concrete
Petersen’s Turf Farm
A. Rollin Development
Eastern Ontario Monuments
Peladeau Grocery
Carl’s Waste Services
Child Check-Mate Systems
Bergeron Bus Lines
Vars Optimist Club
Robert Plante Greenhouse
Cumberland Township Historical Society

and many neighbours and friends/ et plusieurs voisins et amis

Rededicated on September 18th, 2011/ Redédié le 18 septembre 2011

In memory of those who died and all who have served in Canada’s Armed Forces/ À la mémoire de ceux qui sont décédés et tous ceux qui ont servi au sein des Forces Armées canadiennes

Le cénotaphe de Vars consiste en un cairn de pierres orné de deux plaques de bronze. Il est situé à l’extrémité d’une allée de pierres plates en forme de croix, entourée de douze colonnes. Sur la partie supérieure de chaque colonne, une plaque de granit noir rend hommage à chacun des douze combattants morts à la guerre et dont le nom est inscrit sur le cénotaphe. À la droite du cénotaphe se trouve une plaque d’inauguration en laiton apposée sur une roche de granit rose.

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