Whitewood Cenotaph

The memorial is the community’s tribute to the brave people who gave their lives for the cause of freedom. The marble statue was unvieled after World War I. The flower beds are maintained by the local Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Inscription

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YPRES
ST. ELOI
ST. JULIEN
SOMME
VIMY
PASSCHENDAELE
ARRAS
CAMBRAI

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IN FRANCE THEY LIE, THEIR MORTAL BODIES DEEP WITHIN HER SOIL, BUT THEIR SOULS ARE IN THE HEARTS OF MAN, LIVING ETERNAL.

1914-1918

1939-1945

APPERLY H.G.
BOURNS R.H.
BOURNS J.S.
BAIRD S.G.
BROWN W.
CAIRNS T.C.
CALDWELL W.P.
CURRY J.
D’ETCHEGOYEN A.B.
DAYMAN G.H.
DUQUETTE A.
DUQUETTE M.B.
GENTLE C.
GRAY W.P.
HALL A.
HAMILL A.
HAWKES J.A.
HEWITT J.
JOHNSTON H.A.
JORDENS W.

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KAY T.
KIVILL T.H.
LONG W.G.
LYONS F.
MCDAIRMID R.
MCGREGOR D.E.
MARTIN R.
MONTGOMERY J.
NEWMAN W.D.
PARKER J.
ROBERTSON D.D.
ROBERTSON S.M.
SPENCER F.
STANLEY R.W.
STAPLES H.K.
STEELE J.H.
STROUD R.
THOM R.D.
WHITE E.S.
WINN A.T.

WAR OF 1939-1945

ADAIR A.D.
BOND M.
BRANT G.
COLLARD D.A.
CUMING L.W.
COSGRAVE G.
CLAVELLE A.F.
DUKE I.
DUKE H.
DOWSON J.G.
FOSTER A.G.
HAMILL R.
JOHNSON O.
KADMAN J.A.
MCGRAW A.F.
STOROZUK M.
STEELE G.W.
TOCHER H.
WATERS E.T.

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ERECTED A.D. 1921-2 TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF OUR FELLOW MEN, WHO FOUGHT AND FELL. THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED, THAT WE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT MAY NEVER FORGET

Ce monument commémoratif est un hommage de la communauté aux braves personnes qui ont donnèrent leur vie pour la liberté. La statue de marbre fut dévoilée après la Première Guerre mondiale. Les plates-bandes sont entretenues par la filiale locale de la Légion royale canadienne.

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