Burlington Cenotaph

Burlington, Ontario

Type

Other

The Burlington Cenotaph now stands in a small park beside the City Hall. It was dedicated in April 1922 by Lord Byng and was then located in a park setting on the downtown shore of Lake Ontario. It was moved to its present location after the construction of the new City Hall in 1962. The Cenotaph is a ten foot column of grey stone on a two tier stone base. On the top of the column is a seven foot bronze statue of a Canadian soldier in First World War battle-dress. The names of 39 First World War fatalities from Burlington and Nelson Township are engraved on both sides of the column. On the back of the column are engraved the names of 17 key First World War Canadian battle locations such as Vimy Ridge, Arras, Mons, Ypres and the Somme. On the front of the column is a large bronze plaque four feet by three feet in size, with the names inscribed of 43 service people from this area who died in the Second World War. The Korean Vets are remembered by an engraving on the base of the column. Each year on Remembrance Day, a Veterans Parade leads to the Cenotaph where a service is conducted by Branch 60, Royal Canadian Legion. This service is always well attended by citizens of all ages and representatives from all levels of government.

Inscription

[front/devant]
IN HONOUR
OF THE MEN OF
BURLINGTON
AND
NELSON TOWNSHIP
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919

1939 - 1945
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
BURLINGTON AND NELSON TOWNSHIP
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II
PAASANT THELMA

BRECKON P.J.
BUDGEN J.E.C.
COOPER D.
CRIPPS A.H.
CUPIDO A.
CURTIS J.E.
DEFOREST W.C.
FERGUSON P.
FORGETT R.J.L.
FRENCH G.V.
GREEN E.S.
GRIFFITH M.H.
HEDLEY W.J.
HOOKS J.
JOHNSON A.F.
KEARSE P.H.
KOROPCHUK G.
KOROPCHUK J.
KURTZ D.
LANGFORD G.
MAUDE F.
MACDONALD A.R.
MACFARLANE D.W.
MCCONACHIE R.J.
MCCULLOCH D.M.
MERCER R.L.
PEART D.R.
POWER N.F.
REYNOLDS H.G.
ROGERS L.H.
RUTZKI J.
SMITH C.H.
SOVEREIGN G.B.
STEVENS H.H.
TAYLOR N.A.
TOOMER V.
TREVERSH J.
WATSON G.H.
WILLIAMSON J.W.
WILSON W.S.

KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

[right side/côté droit]
JOSEPH E. ALLEN
C. HARTLEY ALLEN
CHESTER BAKER. HARRY BRACKNELL
JOHN R. BIBBY
HARRY BRAIN
HERBERT J. BUCKINGHAM
CLIFFORD CARTER
LESLIE CLINE
DOUGLAS DREVER
THOMAS GRAHAM
ARTHUR GROVES
PERCY GARLAND
WILLIAM GOODYEAR
EDWARD HUNT
SAMUEL A. HUNTER
FRANK J. HEDGES
HERBERT W. KEARSE
WILLIAM K. KEARN

[back/arrière]
PASSCHENDAELE
HOOGE ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS ST ELOI
MONS VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY LENS
YPRES FESTUBERT
BOULON WOOD DOUAI
SOMME CAMBRAI

[left side/côté gauche]
WILLIAM KNIGHT
GEORGE W. LePAGE
HERBERT MORGAN
ROBERT MORSE
J. O. McNAIR
ALBERT OAKES
FRED C. PEPPIATT
WARRIE C. POTTER
ROBERT REESE
ERIC ROWLEY
ROY SMITH
STANLEY SMITH
EDWARD SUMMERS
EDWIN H. STEPHENSON
EDGAR C. SIMMONS
ROBERT SAUNDERS
WALTER TARRY
MARK W. WILLIAMS
FRED WALSH