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Kenora Cenotaph

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the citizens of Kenora.

Inscription

[FRONT/DEVANT]
1914 – 1918

FOR THE DEAD
A TRIBUTE

FOR THE LIVING
A MEMORY

FOR PROSPERITY
AN EMBLEM
OF LOYALTY TOTHE FLAG
OF THEIR COUNTRY.

THE CITIZENS OF KENORA
HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT
INGRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE
SERVICES OF ALL HER SONS WHO UPHELD
THE HONOUR AND INTEGRITY OF THEIR
BELOVED COUNTRY INHER HOUR
OF PERIL.
1914 – 1918

[SIDE/CÔTÉ]
A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR.
1939 – 1945

[A LIST OF 83 NAMES FOLLOWS, BUT THE WORDING IS NOT CLEAR IN THE PHOTO./UNE LISTE DE 83 NOMS SUIT, MAIS LE TEXTE N’EST PAS CLAIR SUR LA PHOTO.]

THESE HAVE DIED IN FAITH, NOT HAVING RECEIVED THE PROMISES,
BUT HAVING SEEN THEM AFAR OFF.
HEBREWS XI:13

[BACK/ARRIÈRE]
OUR HEROIC DEAD WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
[A LIST OF THE 96 NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR FOLLOWS, BUT THE WORDING IS NOT CLEAR IN THE PHOTO./UNE LISTE DE 96 PERSONNES TUÉES PENDANT LA PERMIÈRE GUERRE MONDIALE SUIT, MAIS LE TEXTE N’EST PAS CLAIR SUR LA PHOTO.]

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