Westmount Cenotaph

George Hill’s monument “To the Men of Westmount who gave their lives in the Great War” features a soldier wearing battle gear, rifle in his left hand, marching forward, full of purpose and intent. He glances over his right shoulder to see the figure of a comely, womanly winged angel pointing the way to a place where he can do glorious battle with the enemy. This Canadian soldier is on the side of the angels, the side chosen by Heaven itself.

Sir Arthur Currie, whom historians generally regard as Canada’s finest soldier, and Canadian-born U.S. Admiral William Sowden Sims unveiled the memorial on November 11, 1922. Built for $40,000, the cenotaph, the work of sculptor G.W. Hill, features two figures that are 12 feet high – an angel protecting a soldier. It is located near a parapet wall engraved with the names of those from Westmount who died in the First and Second World Wars.

Inscription

[east side/côté est]

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[west side/côté ouest]

TO THE MEN OF WESTMOUNT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR MCMXIV-MCMXVIII.

[stele/stèle]

1914-1918: CHARLES ADAMS, JOHN ROY ALLAN, D.X.C., LEWIS JOHN ALMON, ARCHIBALD G. ANDERSON, ELLERAY F. ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM SHARP BILLIE, GEORGE HAROLD BAKER, SIDNEY HASKELL BALL, DONALD BARNIE, ALEXANDER BARNSTON, JOHN E.R. BARRETT, RAYMOND L. BEAUCHAMP, OLIVER H. BECKIT, HUGH A. BERTLIN, HARRY R. BEVERIDGE, M.M., PHILIPPE A. BIELER, REGINALD ERIC BINMORE, REGINALD O. BREMMER, DAVID PHILLIP BRENNAN, ALBERT VICTOR BROWN, FITZHERBERT P. BUCHANAN, HUGH BULE, ARCHIBALD F. CAMERON, EVAN S. CAMERON, DUNCAN G. CAMPBELL, JOHN C.K. CARSON, M.C., JOHN J. CATHCART, EDWARD B. CHAFE, WILLIAM J. CHAMBERS, ALEXANDER R. CHARRELL, DUNCAN CHISHOLM, PAUL SOMERVILLE CLARK, HENRY CHARLES COLLINS, STANLEY A. CORNELL, SIMON PETER COSTELLO, DONALD ROSS CROIL, CHARLES H. CROWDY, GEOFFREY M. CUSHING, ROBERTSON M. CUSHING, REGINALD H.H. DANIEL, DAVID GRANT DAVIDSON, STEPHEN ARTHUR DAWSON, WILFRID D. DAWSON, GRAHAM L. DOBBIN, GEORGE W.M. DODWELL, DONALD DOUBLASS, THOMAS SHOLTO DOUBLASS, DOUGLAS DREW, ARTHUR C. DRYDALE, NORMAN ALLEN EDWARDS, DAVID E. FERGUSON, JAMES D. FESSENDEN, FRED. FISHER, V.C., ISAAC SYLVESTER FISHER, KENNETH R. FISKE, WILLIAM H. FITZPATRICK, ARTHUR G.C. FORREST, HAMILTON G. FOWLER, HAROLD GALLEN, F. GERMAIN, EDGAR H. GOLSTEIN, PERCIVAL H. GODDHUGH, EDMOND V.J. GRACE, CHARLES S. DE GRUCHY, M.C., JOHN JOSEPH HACKETT, ROBERT H. HAMILTON, ALFRED C. HANNAFORD, M.C., JOHN H. HANNAFORD, M.C., CHARLES L. HARDMAN, BRIAN HARDS, JAMES HARVIE, PERCIVAL G. HAWKINS, HENRY JAMES HILLYER, SIDNEY J. HODGSON, HICKSON H. HOLLAND, CHARLES VALENTINE HOOD, JOHN R. HUBBARD, REGINALD A. HULL, WILLIAM GLYN HULM, SAMUEL A. HUTCHINSON, M.C., CHARLES E. HUDE, LLEWELLYN JACKSON, MAURICE A. JACQUES, ARTHUR LACEY JOHNSON, GERALD F. KENNEDY, JOHN FREDERIC KENNEDY, DAVID ROSS KERR, GEORGE KYLE, WILLIAM R. LESTER, LESLIE O. LIDDELL, ROBERT WINFIELD LISTER, JAMES REID LOCKE, THOMAS W. LOGNON, COLIN A. MACAULEY, BRUCE C. MACFARLANE, JOHN C. MACFARLANE, JOHN R.M. MACFARLANE, ARTHUR GORDON MACKAY, DONALD MACRAE, GERALD ATKINSON MAGOR, NORMAN A. MAGOR, D.S.C., CHARLES S. MARTIN, M.C. CHARLES P. MASSIE, HUGH HERTEL MASY, JOHN A. MCCONACHIE, DAVID B. MCDOWALL, ADRIAN HAROLD MCKENNA, JOHN M. BURDETTE MCKIM, GEORGE DONALD MCLEOD, WILLIAM MCLAREN MCLEOD, ARCHIE A. MCNAUGHTON, JOHN E.L. MILLEN, HUGH LOY MILLER, WILLIAM BAYARD D. MORE, JOHN REA MORGAN, GEORGE EDWARD MORRIN, CHARLES N. MUCKLE, WALTER JAMES MURRAY, HERBERT M. NELLAN, FREDERICK V. NELSON, GEORGE L. NELSON, FRANK ROSS NEWMAN, HOWARD STANLEY NOLAN, JAMES V. O’DONAHOE, D.S.C., RICHARD GORDON O’LEARY, EDWARD WILGRESS PARKER, ALFRED D. PELTON, HOWARD L. PENNALL, EDWARD G.T. PENNY, M.C., JOHN PHILLIPS, VERNER L. PLANT, ARTHUR LAWRENCE POWTER, FRANK T. QUINLAN, CORNELIUS A. REGAN, ALLAN M. REID, DAVID B. RENNOLDSON, ARTHUR H. REYNOLDS, JULIUS J.G. RICHARDSON, REGINALD A.A. RICHMOND, HUBERT SIDNEY RITCHIE, HERBERT W. RITTENHOUSE, LAWRENCE ROGERS, M.M., HERBERT J. ROSEVEAR, GEORGE WILLIAM ROSS, WALTER ROWBOTHAM, JOHN MCL. ROWLEY, WILLIAM RUDDIMAN, BENJAMIN J. RYAN, WILLIAM FRANK SARE, KENNETH CARWIN SAVAGE, ARTHUR N. SCLATER, M.C., GEORGE M. SCOTT, HOWARD ELLIOTT SCOTT, THOMAS F. SCOTT, M.M., JOHN SHEPHARD, FRANK JOSEPH SMITH, GEORGE CRAWFORD SMITH,

ROLPH R. STAVELEY, RICHARD STEACEIE, WILLIAM STEWART, WILLIE ST. LOUIS, RICHARD HERBERT STREET, HERBERT PERCY SULLIVAN, JOHN FRANCIS SUMPTION, FREDERICK MORRIS SWIFT, WILLIAM B. THORPE, CHARLES BURNABY TINLING, GEORGE E. TINLING, M.C., BERTRAM GRIEV TODD, WILFRID H. WALLACE, WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE, ALBERT WALLIS, FREDERIC WALLIS, JOHN B. WALSH, JOHN NICOL WARMINTON, DOUGLAS WATERSTON, CHARLES WATT, M.C., AUSTIN D. WATTERSON, EDWARD WILKES WAND, JOHN WEATHERUP, STEPHEN WEEKS, DOUGLAS WEIR, CHIEFFORD ALMON WELLS, LELAND S. WESTOVER, A. DAVID WILLIAMSON, GEORGE M. WILLIAMSON, LAWRENCE A. WOODWORTH, MARVIN J. WORKMAN, KENNETH E. YOUNG

1939-1945: TO HONOUR: JOHN FREDERIC ACER, JOHN SEATON AIRD, WILLIAM T. ALLEN, ROBERT F. ALLINGHAM, ERIK F.R. ARENSEN, DUNCAN R. ANDERSON, W. SHERRON ANGLIN, LUTHER A. APPELT, DONALD JOHN APPLIN, F. LOGIE ARMSTRONG, O.B.E., GEORGE H. ARMSTRONG, J. DARRELL ARMSTRONG, JOHN ARNORD, ERIC ATKINSON, ROBERT ELIOT AUSTIN, JOHN C. BADGLEY, SIDNEY J.L. BAILEY, HORACE D. BAITTLE, JESS A. BALDWIN, ALBERT R. BALL, C.F. LEROY BALIER, ROBERT E. BANKS, WILLIAM BARCLAY, KEITH S. BARDWELL, WILLIAM A.J. BENNET, JOHN B. BEVERIDGE, MASSEY BEVERIDGE, D.F.C., G.D.A. BIELER, D.S.O., M.B.E., JAMES D. BILKEY, J. ARTHUR W. BOYD, FREDERIC W. BRADLEY, ROBERT DAVID BROWN, JOHN C. BRYANT, FINDLAY BUCHANAN ST., GEORGE W. BURBIDGE, ROBERT BUSTEED, ALAN GORDON BYERS, WALTER J. CALVERLEY, ROBERT F. CAMPBELL, WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL, JAMES L. CARNEGIE, ALEX CHASE CASGRAIN, DOUGLAS H. CHAPMAN, ROSS C. CHARLTON, PATT CHRISTIE, D.F.C., BAR, EDWIN S.C. CLARK, J. CAMPBELL CLOUSTON, JOHN D. CLOUSTON, JOHN COLLEY, JOHN G. COOK, GEOFFREY S. COOKE, VAUGHAN B. CORBETT, D.F.C., J. STEWART COULTER, J. ALLEN C. CRIMMINS, DAVID CROMBIE, JOHN W. CROWLEY, JOHN T.J. DAVIS, D.F.C., PHILIP W. DAVIS, ROBERT W. DAVIS, HARVEY A. DAWSON, M.C., CHARLES W.A. DAYMOND, D. GEORGE DEPEW, G.W. ROY DILLON, W. PAUL DONNELLY, JOHN R. DOUGALL, GEORGE F. DUNCAN, D.S.C., ROBERT B. DUNCAN, JOHN W.B. EARLE, WILLIAM A. EDEN, THOMAS A. EDGE, TOM MONTAGU FALLS, JOHN JOSEPH FIENEY, MARCUS R. FERRIER, FRED FISHER, JOHN FISHER, LINDSAY FOSS, PERRY C. FOSTER, JAMES E. FOX, M.B.E., GEORGE C. FRASER, ERNEST JOHN FRY, WILLIAM SCARTH FRY, MERCIER FUGERE, HUGH W. GALL, JOHN DOUGLAS GALL, GEORGE L. GILBERT, J.A. LUCIEN GIROUX, LENNOX GONNET, WILLIAM A. GORINGW, GRAHAM BROWN, WILLIAM E. GRINDLEY, PHILIP L. GURD, JON W. GUYNAN, W. MAUCAULAY HALE, JAMES R. HANSON, D.F.C., DAVID W.A. HARLING, D.F.C., V. KEITH HARRIS, ROBERT HARVIE, THOMAS H. HENRY, JOHN B. HIGGINSON, JOHN RICHARD HILL, E. WILLIAMS HINGSTON, W.H. BASIL HINGSTON, KEITH J. HODGSON, H. EDMOND HOLBROOK, J.C. WILLIAM HOPE, GEORGE L. HURCHES, FREDERICK W. HUNGATE, JOHN HUNTER, HOWARD HUTCHISON, GEORGE G. HYDE JR., GEORGE J. HYMAN, THOMAS A. JACKMAN, JAMES JACKSON, MICHAEL S. JACOBS, JOSEPH A. JACOBSON, WILLIAM LOUIS JARVIS, LAWRENCE E. JEFFERSON, FREDERICK C. JOHNSON, ROSS E. JOHNSON, J. KENNETH JOHNSON, MALCOLM C. JOHNSON, NORMAN L. JOHNSON, DONALD N. JONES, J. HAROLD KELLY, E. JOHN KENNEDY, EDWARD R. KENNEDY, J. ALEXANDER KEER, KEITH K. KERTLAND, H.J. KIRKPATRICK, JOHN C.L. LAFFOLEY, CHARLES LAFONTAINE, KENNETH M. LAIRD, HARRY A. LAMB, ROBERT A. LAW, ROBERT A. LAW, GORDON J. LECOUFFE, PERCY C. LESLIE, THOMAS C. LEWIS, D.S.O., ROBERT J. LORIMER, HUBERT O. LOUGH, H. KEITH LYLE, CAMILLUS MACDONALD, GEORGE A. MACLACHLANN, JOHN S. MACLACHLAN, JOHN L. MANSON, GERARD A. MARKHAM, HUCH C. MARTIN, DAVID ARTHUR MAY, RUSSELL H. MCCONNELL, CHARLES C. MCDONALD, LLOYD E. MCEWEN, KENNETH C. MCKEOWN, DONALD C. MCLEOD, A. ERIC MCMURTRY, IAN M. MCROBIE, HENRI M.J. MERRILL, JOHN L. MICHKELS, GORDON S. MILLER, J. REGINALD L. MILLER, E. GERALD L. MORGAN, LIONEL J. MORRIS, ALEXANDER M. MORRISON, RAYMOND MORRISSETTE, LOUIS B. MOUNT, K. WILLIAM MOUNTFORD, EDGAR F. MUNN, GERARD M. MURPHY, EDWARD J. NEILL, JOHN V. NUTTER, JOHN J.K. O’BRIEN, JOHN C. O’CONNELL JR., WILLIAM G. O’DONNELL, J.B. DECOURCY O’GRADY, WALLACE IAN O’HARA, GORDON C. O’NEIL, JAMES P.G. O’REILLY, JOHN J. O’REILLY, ROBERT J. OSBORNE, THOMAS R. OWENS, HARRY C. PALMER, WILLIAM A. PARSLEY, CHARLES W. PATERSON, PAUL L. PATERSON, JOHN W.F. PEACOCK, WILLIAM M. PEPPER, TIM ISRAEL PARVIN, ARTHUR J. PIERS, WILLIAM S. PIERS, W. EDGAR PILBOROUGH, HAROLD PINCK, RUFUS C. POPE, JOHN E. POWELL, HAROLD E. PREVOST, LYALL B. PRICE, D.F.C., KENNETH J. PYPER, HERBERT J. RALSTON, WILLIAM E. RALSTON, DONALD T. RANDALL, HUGH PERCY RAY, EDMOND R. RICHARDS, RICHARD J. ROBINSON, JOHN ROBERT W. ROE, HARRY W. ROGERS, C. ALIX ROSS, GORDON C.A. ROSS, HUGH RUSSELL, JOHN ARNOLD RUSSELL, CLARKE A. RUTHERFORD, DONALD THOMAS RYAN, ALBERT E. SARGENT JR., DAVID H. SARGENT, PETER J.C. SAVAGE, J. LOGAN SAVARD, D.F.C., PIERRE C. SAVOY, GABRIEL P.E. SCHOELER, A. GRAHAM SCOTT, FREDERICK A. SCOTT, RICHARD AIRD SCOTT, BERT J.H. SERGENT, WILLIAM SHEA, Q. MACPHAIL SHIPPEE, SYDNEY T. SIMS, BERNARD J. SLATTERY, W. DOUGLASS SMALL, J. HARRY SMITH, TANGUS M. SMITH, BERNARD W. SPENCER, WILBUR R. SPINNEY, DAVID L. SPROULE, GEORGE W. STAIRS, C. EWING STARKE, ROBERT A. STARKE, CHARLES L. STEVENSON, DONALD R. STEWART, WILLIAM C.M. STRONG, SETH H. TAYLOR, ELWYN B. THOMAS, H. BOYD THORNHILL, NOAH A. TIMMINS, LEO S. TOBIN JR., JAMES EDWARD TROW, MAURICE A. TRUDEAU, JAMES R.C. TYRE, MOSES LEWIS USHER, ARTHUR G. WAKEFIELD, JOHN M. WALKLEY JR., ALBERT VICTOR WARD, ROBERT N. WATT JR., RONALD STANLEY WEIR, ALF A. WICKENDEN JR., THOMAS A.L. WINDSOR, PETER HERSEY WYMAN, WARREN R. ZELLER.

Le monument de George Hill en l’honneur des hommes de Westmount qui se sacrifièrent lors de la Grande Guerre représente un homme en attirail de combat, carabine dans la main gauche et le pas déterminé. Il regarde par-dessus son épaule droite vers un ange aux traits féminins, ange qui le conduit du doigt vers une illustre bataille contre l’ennemi. Ce soldat canadien est du côté des anges, le côté des Cieux.

Sir Arthur Currie, que les historiens considèrent généralement comme le meilleur soldat canadien, ainsi que l’amiral américain William Sowden Sims, originaire du Canada, ont inauguré ce mémorial le 11 novembre 1922. Le cénotaphe, construit au coût de 40 000 $, est l’oeuvre du sculpteur G.W. Hill; il se compose de deux personnages de 12 pieds de hauteur, un ange protégeant un soldat. Il est situé près d’un parapet sur lequel sont gravés les noms des habitants de Westmount morts pendant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

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