Clarenville Cenotaph

This memorial shaft, which is topped by a sculptured urn, is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the citizens of Clarenville.

Inscription

[front/devant]

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE

NO. 1900
MICHAEL J. GLADNEY
N.O.F.U. DIED IN SCOTLAND MAY 30TH 1940

NO 798552 SERGEANT LESTER J. BLACKMORE R.A.F. KILLED OVER GERMANY AUG. 13TH 1942

[left side/côté gauche]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF NO. 2381, PTE. GOLIATH BURSEY DIED OF WOUNDS NOVR. 30TH 1917
NO. 2384, PTE. ALONZO ADEY MISSING APRIL 14TH 1917
NO. 2380 PTE. KENNETH DRISCOLLE KILLED IN ACTION NOVR. 25TH 1917

“LORD GOD OF HOSTS, BE WITH US YET, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET”
1939-1945

[back/arrière]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF NO. 172 PTE. HORATIO SEAWARD KILLED IN ACTION AUGST. 15TH 1917
NO. 2395 SGT. RALPH N. BALSOM KILLED IN ACTION JANY 29TH 1918
NO. 1394 PTE. HECTOR PEARCE MISSING APRIL 14TH 1917

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.

[right side/côté droit]

IN LOVING MEMORY OF NO. 1404 PTE. LAURENCE ENGLAND TILLERY KILLED IN ACTION OCTR. 9TH 1917
NO. 1439 PTE. GEORGE BAKER KILLED IN ACTION OCTR. 9TH 1917
NO. 3696 PTE. ESAU BAKER KILLED IN ACTION DECR. 3RD 1917

“THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”

1914-1918

Ce mémorial, formé d’un socle surmonté d’une urne sculptée, est dédié à ceux qui sont morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales. Il a été érigé par les citoyens de Clarenville.

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