Caledonia Cenotaph

This memorial was erected in honour of the 28 men from Caledonia who died in the Great War. A bronze plaque was later added listing the 20 men whose lives were lost in the Second World War. The Korean War was also acknowledged.

Inscription

[front/devant]

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE

BUNTON, HENRY
BAKER, FRANKLIN C.
BRETTINGHAM, GEO. A.
BOWDITCH, JOHN
BURRELL, EDWARD
CHIDLEY, P. FRED
CLARK, CHAS. F.
EDWARDS, GEO.
FLOWERS, NORMAN
FREGUSON, W.R.
FORTUNE, F.H.
HANNA, JOS. J.
HALFPENNY, WM.
JONES, ROBT. N.
LOVE, ALFRED
LAMBOURNE, FRANK
LAIDLAW, JAMES
MANIEX, DANIEL
McDOWELL, J.
PARKIN, CHAS. L.
PARRISH, GEO. L.R.
PETTIGREW, MERRITT
PETTIGREW, T.W.
SAWLE, H.K.R.
SMITH, W.J.
SIMPSON, W.A.
THORNTON, ARCH. C.
YOUNG, JAMES

1939 – 1945
WALTER H. ALLAN
KENNER S. ARRELL
NEIL M. BAIN
FRANK BARNHARDT
DONALD BATES
KENNETH A. DOUGLAS
J. LEWIS GIBSON
IVAN W. KELLY
JOHN R. LEE
JAMES McALPINE
WILLIAM K. MOFFAT
J. SHIELD NORTON
C. ARTHUR PARKE
CHARLES RUMBLES
JAMES SAMUEL
DOUGLAS SPENCER
ALEXANDER STELMAN
JOHN C. TATE
JOSEPH P. DUNS
GEORGE R. THOMPSON

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF CALEDONIA
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918

KOREAN WAR 1950 – 1953

[right side/côté droit]

ARRAS
AMIENS
CAMBRAI
SANCTUARY WOOD
VIMY RIDGE
HOOGE

[left side/côté gauche]

YPRES
SOMME
FESTUBERT
PASSCHENDAELE
GIVENCHY
MONS

[Plaque]

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SENECA
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II
AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY

THE FOLLOWING PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE:
BAIN NEIL
BREMER PHILIP
CARVER MALCOLM
LEE JOHN
OPENSHAW THOMAS
PARKE ARTHUR
SMITH LESLIE
STELMAN ALEX

LIST OF THOSE WHO SERVED:
BAIN ANGUS
BROOKS HAROLD
BROWN FRANCIS
COWIE G. RAYMOND
CUMMINGS JACK
CONNOR FRANCIS
CHRISTENSEN HAROLD
DICK CLEM
DOUGLAS EARL T.
DUNSTALL LAURIE
DAWES ARTHUR
FORSTER JACK
FORSTER ALEX E.
FLETCHER RALPH
FOX CHARLES
GINGRICH HAROLD
GUYATT DR. BEN
HARRISON STANLEY
HAMILTON MARY
HAMILTON MURRAY
HEWITT LORENE
HANNAH ROY
HANNIGAN MERLE

HANNIGAN NORMAN
HAWTHORNE AUBREY
HYSLOP RALPH
HYSLOP JOHN
HYSLOP KENNETH
JAKEMAN ALFRED
KOLLEE MATTHEW
KOLLEE WILLIAM
KLUSS CHESTER
LYNCH JOHN
LAIDMAN HAROLD
LEE GEORGE A.
LEFFLEY THOMAS
LEFFLEY ROBERT
LEDGER THOMAS
LONG JOHN
LONG JAMES
LONG COLIN
LONG ALEX
LATTIMER ALETHA
MANNING FRANK
MARTIN JOHN R.
MARTIN WILLIAM P.

MARTIN ROBERT O.
MARTINDALE WILLIAM
MOORE MURRAY
MOORE LYLE
MITCHELL WESLEY
OVEREND HARRY
OVEREND EARL
OTTERMAN MATTHEW
PATTERSON MURRAY P.
PATTERSON HUGH B.
PARKE STANLEY
RIDLEY FRANK
RIDELL ALLEN
ROBINSON FRANCIS
RUNCHEY BLAKE
ROBINSON FRED
ROBINSON THOMAS
ROSS JAMES
RENSHAW DONALD
RENSHAW CLIFFORD
ROBINSON LEO
STONEMAN WILFRED
SHELLARD NEVILLE

SMITH NORMAN
SMITH MARGARET
SMITH JOSEPH
SPITTAL JAMES
STROUD JOHN
SHIPWAY JAMES
SMUCK EDGAR
TEMPLETON WILFRED
TEMPLETON ROY
TEMPLETON MARGARET J.
TWEEDLE RAYMOND
THOMPSOM JAMES
THOMPSON EVERETT
THOMPSON STEWART
WALES ELMER
WILLIAMSON ALLAN
WALKER JOHN
WARRING LOUIS
WARRING JAMES
YOUNG FRANK A.
YOUNG KENNETH
YOUNG DAVID

ERECTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF SENECA

Ce mémorial fut érigé en l’honneur des 28 hommes de la région de Caledonia qui ont perdu la vie lors de la Grande Guerre. Une plaque de bronze y fut plus tard ajoutée pour commémorer les 20 hommes ayant perdu la vie lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Les pertes de la guerre de Corée y sont aussi inscrites.

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