Morewood Cenotaph

This memorial was constructed in 1920, in memory of the soldiers killed in the First World War. In 1919, the Letters Patent was set up and financed by donations from the Chesterville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 434 and other groups.

The contract was signed on March 17, 1919, by J.P. Laurin, Ottawa, Manufacturers of Artistic Memorials. The granite statue, a Tait MacKenzie work, cost $3,000and was paid for by the Glasgow family, in memory of Captain E.A. Glasgow. It was dedicated on July 1, 1921.

The members of the Morewood Memorial Association and the First Directors of the Corporation were Allan Smirle, William Bouck, Albert Glasgow, Ezra Countryman, and Hector Carruthers.

Caretakers of Morewood’s Cenotaph intend to have the monument cleaned, repaired and adorned with etched-in-granite portraits of the community’s 20 fallen soldiers among other improvements. Estimated at $54,000 plus, organizers aim to have the work completed in time for the Cenotaph’s 100th anniversary celebrations on July 6, 2021. The planned portraits of the fallen soldiers, 16 from World War I and four from World War II will be etched into small granite pillars to be mounted in the area of the Cenotaph. Currently, only the portrait of Capt. E.J. Glasgow appears at the site in the form of a life-sized statue that has stood atop the Cenotaph since its unveiling by the community at the corner of Mill Street and County Rd. The existing bronze plaque listing 19 of the fallen will be cleaned, straightened out, and have added the more recently discovered missing name Private Maurice Ogden Cheney for the full complement of 20. Years of grime will be pressure-washed off the monument by professionals and areas of crumbling masonry repointed.

Inscription

[large plaque/grande plaque]
1914-1919
ROLL OF HONOR

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO OFFERED
THEIR LIVES IN HUMANITY’S DEFENCE
IN THE GREAT WAR OF THE NATION

PRIVATE CLIFFORD E. MACKIE 77 BATT. KILLED AT
PASCHENDALE, OCT. 1916, AGED 14 YEARS

PRIVATE WILBURN FETTERLEY 77 BATT. KILLED AT
SOMME, OCT. 31ST 1916, AGED 22 YEARS

PRIVATE LAWRENCE MILLAR 77 BATT. KILLED AT
COURCELETTE, NOV. 18TH 1916, AGED 22 YEARS

BOMB. BERNICE SHAVER 32 BATT. KILLED AT
VIMY RIDGE, MAY 1ST 1917, AGED 25 YEARS

PRIVATE CHARLES MITCHELL 154 BATT. KILLED IN
FRANCE, MAY 3RD 1917, AGED 24 YEARS

PRIVATE MILFORD STEINGBURG 154 BATT. KILLED AT
LOOS, AUGUST 17TH 1917, AGED 18 YEARS

SAPPER HUGH C. MOFFATT 154 BATT. KILLED AT
OUTTERSTEENE, NOV.30TH 1917, AGED 17 YEARS

PRIVATE NELSON GREGOIRE 154 BATT KILLED AT
MARAIS, MARCH 20TH 1918, AGED 26 YEARS

CAPTAIN E. J. GLASGOW 154 BATT. KILLED AT
MARAIS, MAY 9TH 1918, AGED 38 YEARS

PRIVATE PEMBER J. CASSELMAN 154 BATT. KILLED AT
AMIENS, MAY 28TH 1918, AGED 24 YEARS

LIEUT. W.E. DURANT R.A.F. KILLED IN
FRANCE, JULY 2ND 1918, AGED 23 YEARS

SERGEANT EMMERSON SWERDFEGER 154 BATT. KILLED AT
AMIENS, AUG. 8TH 1918, AGED 18 YEARS

PRIVATE CLIFFORD C. HUMMELL 65 BATT. DIED AT
BOULOGNE HOSPITAL AUG. 25TH 1918, AGED 27 YEARS

PRIVATE A.A. ERRATT 154 BATT. KILLED IN
FRANCE, AUGUST 26TH 1918, AGED 24 YEARS

BOMB. BISMARK SHAVER ENGLISH BATTALION KILLED AT
BARAUME, SEPT. 15TH 1918, AGED 30 YEARS

ERECTED BY THE VILLAGE OF MOREWOOD AND VICINITY

[small plaque/petite plaque]
1939-1945
[ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE CREST/ÉCUSSON DE L’AVIATION ROYALE DU CANADA]
ROLL OF HONOR

R82867 F/SGT. HERBERT CARL EMPEY
KILLED OVER GERMANY AUG. 28, 1942, AGED 21 YEARS

J21335 F/O GEORGE MCLAUGHLIN
KILLED OVER GERMANY NOV. 18, 1943, AGED 26 YEARS

J90146 P/O FRANCIS SIMON MARCELLUS
KILLED AT YORK-SHIRE, ENGLAND, JULY 14, 1944, AGED 26 YEARS

J95393 P/O DOUGLAS LLOYD MARCELLUS
KILLED OVER GERMANY DEC. 6, 1944, AGED 19 YEARS

ERECTED BY THE VILLAGE OF MOREWOOD AND VICINITY

Ce mémorial a été construit en 1920 à la mémoire des soldats tués pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. En 1919, les lettres patentes nécessaires ont été établies et des dons ont été recueillis auprès de la filiale no 434 de la Légion royale canadienne à Chesterville et d’autres groupes.

Le contrat a été signé le 17 mars 1919 avec une entreprise de fabrication de mémoriaux d’art, J.P. Laurin, d’Ottawa. La statue de granit, une œuvre de Tait MacKenzie, a coûté 3 000 $. Cette somme a été payée par la famille Glasgow à la mémoire du capt E.A. Glasgow. Le monument a été inauguré le 1er juillet 1921.

Les membres de la Morewood Memorial Association et les administrateurs principaux de la société étaient Allan Smirle, William Bouck, Albert Glasgow, Ezra Countryman et Hector Carruthers.

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