Bowden Cenotaph
This memorial to the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars was erected by Branch No. 83 of the Canadian Legion British Empire Service League (the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Legion).
Inscription
[upper plaque/plaque du haut]
1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF ALL WHO DIED, AND OF THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY SERVED IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM
“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”
ERECTED BY BOWDEN BRANCH NO. 83
CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L.
[lower plaque/plaque du bas]
HERE CHILDREN PAUSE. WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE REMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR YOU AND DIED.
Cénotaphe de Bowden
Ce tumulus, dédié aux victimes et aux anciens combattants de la Première et de la Seconde Guerres mondiales, a été érigé par la filiale no 83 de la Légion canadienne de la Ligue au service de l’Empire britannique (ancien nom de la Légion royale canadienne).
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.