Mansfield Cenotaph

Located in the Mansfield Community Park on the west side of Airport Road, one hundred metres north of the traffic lights.

A stone cairn with brass plaque dedicated to those who died and those who served in the two world wars. A smaller plaque for Korea was added later. The original layout of the cairn had the plaques facing out towards Airport Road, sometime in recent years the plaques have been moved to the other side of the cairn and now face in towards the community park.

Mansfield Cenotaph was built in 1952 by Mansfield Women’s Institute and restored in 2012 by the present members of the Mansfield Institute. When it was restored the cenotaph was made more accessable to public by having it face into the park. This was accomplished by removing brass plaques on cenopath’s front and replacing on back. A walkway was built to lead you into gardens that surround cenotaph and to a bench placed in gardens to sit reflect and relax . Also added at the time of restoration was a huge rock on which was placed a brass plaque reconizing the service of Afghanistan veterans and peace keepers. Submitted by Jane Hawkins President Mansfield Women’s Institute

Inscription

[front, plaque/plaque, devant]

HONOUR
AND GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO SERVED
IN THE GREAT WARS
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
DALTON FERRIS HERBERT KIERNAN: AUSTIN CAUTHERS
HERMAN KIERNAN JOHN THOMPSON: WALTER CREAMER
SERVICE ROLL

[left column/colonne de gauche]
H.ANDERSON
J.ARMSTRONG
A.BOWERS
L.BOWERS
M.BOWERS
J.CAUTHERS
L.COLQUHOUN
M.COLQUHOUN
C.GALLAUGHER
W.GALLAUGHER
H.GILMORE
V.HAWKINS
L.HODGSON
E.LEE
H.LONG
R.LAKING
H.MCKEE
H.ORR
J.RUTHERFORD
J.SHACKLADY
S.SHAW
C.STERLING
C.TAYLOR
G.THOMPSON
O.THOMPSON
T,WHITE

[right column/colonne de droite]
F.ANDERSON
I.ANDERSON
P.ANDERSON
H.BAILEY
R.BAKER
G.BARBER
J.CAUTHERS
G.CHIPCHASE
A.FERRIS
G.FERRIS
N.FERRIS
O.FERRIS
C.FINES
C.H.GENNINGS
H.V.GENNINGS
E.GREER
V.IRELAND
R.KIRKPATRICK
R.LILLY
J.MILES
W.MITCHELL
R.NEWTON
E.ORR
J.SELFE
A.SEYMOUR
J.SHACKLADY
L.SHACKLADY
W.SHACKLADY
E.WARD

[bottom plaque/plaque en bas]
KOREAN WAR
1952 – 1953
L.ANDERSON

Situé dans le parc de la collectivité de Mansfield, à l’ouest d’Airport Road, à cent mètres au nord des feux de circulation.

Il s’agit d’un cairn de pierre avec une plaque en laiton dédiée à ceux qui sont morts et à ceux qui ont combattu pendant les deux guerres mondiales. Une plus petite plaque pour la Corée y a été ajoutée par la suite. La disposition originale du cairn faisait en sorte que les plaques étaient alors orientées vers la route de l’aéroport; parfois, au cours des dernières années, les plaques ont dû être déplacées de l’autre côté du cairn et elles font maintenant face au parc de la collectivité Mansfield.

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