A Committee formed by caring residents of Thamesville and Area, worked hard to have this Cenotaph, which was carved from a single piece of gray granite by the Thompson Memorial Company of Toronto. It was erected in time for the Remembrance Day Services of 1936. It sits on a two-foot slab of granite and rises to a height of twelve feet. It was placed near the main intersection of the Village, on the grounds of the Thamesville "Town Hall". After the Second World War, an "S" was added to WAR and at the bottom, was added "1939 - 1945". "KOREA 1950 - 1953" was added to the back of the memorial below the carved sword. The "Cenotaph Committee" took care of the Monument until it was turned over to the newly formed Royal Canadian Legion Branch 367 that was established in 1946, which has taken care of it since.
Thamesville, Ontario
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Inscription
[Above the altar on the face of the stone is a flaming torch, a symbol of sacrifice./Une torche allumée, symbole de sacrifice, est gravée dans la pierre au-dessus de l’autel.]
TO PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE
WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
1939-1945
[On the Base/sur la base]
YPRES
MONS
[On the rear of the stone, there is carved a sword, below which has the words./Cette mention figure au-dessus du sabre gravé à l’arrière de la pierre.]THEY DREW THE SWORD FOR LIBERTY AND PEACE
KOREA 1950-1953
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Location
Thamesville Cenotaph
Intersection of London Road & Victoria Street
Thamesville
Ontario
Thamesville Cenotaph
Intersection of London Road & Victoria Street
Thamesville
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.5516694
Long. -81.9775738
Lat. 42.5516694
Long. -81.9775738
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Murray Tuck; Kenn Wilson; Harry Palmer1
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