Port Burwell Cenotaph

Port Burwell, Ontario
Type
Other

This memorial was erected in 1929 by the citizens of Port Burwell in honour of local Veterans of the First World War. A plaque added later recognizes those lost in the Second World War. It was moved from Memorial Park to the Ken Kirkpatrick Parkette in October 1999 and was restored by Daney Memorials, Tillsonburg.

Inscription

IN MEMORIAM

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR US, WE GIVE THIS
TO THEIR MEMORY

IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PORT BURWELL
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF BAYHAM
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

HONOUR ALSO TO THOSE
WHO DARING TO DIE,
SURVIVED

KILLED IN ACTION

  • JOHN W. ARMSTRONG
  • FRANK BRINN
  • PHILIP J. BRIERLY
  • JAMES L. BAIN
  • ALBERT G. EAKINS (LIEUT)
  • C. A. W. FORBES
  • ROBERT C. GRANT
  • MERVYN MCD. HOPKINSON
  • JOHN B. KIRKBY
  • THOMAS H. LIGHT
  • LEWIS A. LOCKMAN
  • JOHN H. MURPHY
  • WALTER E. MARLATT
  • CLAUDE ORTON
  • ERWIN PEARSON
  • HAROLD RAVEN
  • ARTHUR ROBINSON
  • HARRY THOMPSON
  • LEWIS E. WEST
  • ARTHUR WEST
  • BILL JIM WEST
  • ALEX WILLIAMS

SURVIVED
NURSING SISTER ANNA M. COLLINS

  • SAMUEL H. ARMSTONG
  • LELAND C. ADAMS
  • WILLIAM N. BURN
  • LLOYD BEECRAFT
  • ARTHUR J. BODSWORTH
  • WM. G. BURTENSHALL
  • EARL BERRY
  • W. CECIL BAIN
  • ERNEST CHUTE
  • WALTER CHALK
  • LAWRENCE L. CARTWRIGHT
  • ELMAS A. CHUTE
  • WALLACE DIEHL
  • HARRY FORD
  • ALBERT H. FERRIS
  • JOHN GIFFORD
  • L. C. GARNHAM
  • ALEXANDER HOWEY
  • MURRAY HERRIES
  • GEORGE F. HIBBERD
  • WALLACE HOLLYWOOD
  • HAROLD HAYES
  • CLAYTON HAINES
  • DELAMERE HEALY
  • RAY JOHNSON
  • HUGH JOHNSTON
  • WILLIAM G. KIRKBY
  • R. EARL KIRKBY
  • HAROLD KETCHABAW
  • WILLIAM LAWRENCE
  • MORGAN M. MITCHELL
  • BRUCE MORSE
  • HUGH L. MCCONELL
  • DUNCAN MCPHERSON
  • GEORGE R. MCLEAN
  • ARCHIE G. NAISMITH (CAPT)
  • JOSEPH G. PORTCH
  •  
  • MARTIN J. RYAN
  • SYDNEY RAVEN
  • CLARENCE W. SAXTON
  • WENDELL SOPER
  • LAWRENCE SOPER
  • CLAYTON SMALE
  • LEE STRATTON
  • LINDEN STAFFORD
  • CHARLES SPIECE
  • WILLIAM STRATTON
  • LYMAN H. TRIBE
  • HENRY TEMPLE
  • WILLIAM TEMPLE
  • HAROLD WALKER
  • ARTHUR WALKER
  • ELLIS WALKER
  • OSCAR WILLIAMS
  • WILLIAM WILLIAMS
  • WALTER TEMPLE

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"

1939 OUR HONOURED DEAD 1945

JACK BALL
H. W. GRIFFIN
ROBERT MCGAW

JOHN MEYER (LIEUT.)
ERMUS MONACO
LEONARD PALMER

WALT. BRACKENBERRY
"LEST WE FORGET"

Location
Port Burwell Cenotaph

Pitt and Erieus Streets
Port Burwell
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.6458171
Long. -80.8052083

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