English

Wilton Cenotaph

The Wilton Cenotaph is dedicated to the local war dead and Veterans of the First World War. Some of the names engraved on the cenotaph can be found on gravestones in the cemetery across the road.

Inscription

[front/devant]

IN
DEFENCE OF LIBERTY
ERECTED IN HONOR
OF OUR FALLEN HEROES

WALTER BUSH, LIEUT.
Wm. R. DAVEY
HERBERT BLANCHFLOWER
JAMES HUTCHISON
HARRY SMITH

1914 – 1918

BRITONS
SHALL NEVER BE SLAVES

[back/arrière]

IN
DEFENCE OF LIBERTY
ERECTED IN HONOR
OF OUR RETURNED HEROES

WESLEY FRINK, CAPT.
Wm. PERRY
OTTO STORMS
PETER McDONALD
JOHN BUCHANAN
WALTER SWANN
STANLEY McDONALD
RUGGLES STORMS
PETER THIBET
EARL JOHNSON
HARRY DAVEY
MALCOLM ROSS
IRVING McGAUGHEY
BERNARD DAVEY
PARKER WALKER
KENNETH BABCOCK
ELBEARN COLE
CLAUDE V. ASSELTINE, SPR.
FRED SCOUTEN
PERCY SHEWELL
EDWIN COLE
HERBERT HODGE
Wm. THOMPSON
KENNETH MARTIN
ALEX. JOHNSON

Français

Cénotaphe de Wilton

Ce mémorial est dédié aux résidants de l’endroit morts au combat et anciens combattants de la Première Guerre mondiale.

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

Location: Simmons and Fisk Roads, East end of the village, Wilton

Emplacement : Angle des chemins Simmons et Fisk, À l'extrémité est du village., Wilton

Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.327459, -76.721238

Marker type: Granite stele

Type de repère : Stèle en granit

Source: Veterans Affairs Canada – National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials

Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Veterans Affairs Canada).

Link · Lien : https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/national-inventory-canadian-memorials/details/3036

TypeMemorial · Monument commémoratif

Recognition · ReconnaissanceCommunity · Communautaire

Theme · ThèmeMilitary and conflict · Militaire et conflits

SourceVeterans Affairs Canada military memorials · Monuments commémoratifs militaires (Anciens Combattants Canada)

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