Cobourg Cenotaph

This memorial, which was rebuilt in 1990, is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and merchant seamen.

Inscription

[front/devant]

TO THE GLORY OF GOD,
IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THOSE FROM COBOURG
WHO SERVED
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO DIED
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
THIS MEMORIAL
HAS BEEN ERECTED BY
THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS

[side]

WORLD WAR II
1939 1945

CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY
MARINE MERCHANDE CANADIENNE
1914-18 1939-45 1950-53

• THE
• LIFE LINE
• OF THE
• WORLD
• POUR LA
• SURVIE
• DU MONDE
• LIBRE

[side]

“STANDING BENEATH THIS CROSS
OF SACRIFICE, WE REMEMBER,
AND MUST CHARGE OUR CHILDREN
TO REMEMBER, THAT AS OUR
DEAD WERE EQUAL IN SACRIFICE
SO THEY ARE EQUAL IN HONOUR
FOR THE GREATEST AND LEAST
OF THEM HAVE PROVED THAT
SACRIFICE AND HONOUR ARE
NO VAIN THINGS BUT TRUTHS
BY WHICH THE WORLD LIVES.”

[side]

KOREA
1950 – 1953

Ce mémorial, refait en 1990, est dédié aux marins marchants et à ceux de la localité qui sont morts durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales et la guerre de Corée.

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