This memorial, erected by the Royal Canadian Legion, is dedicated the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.
Watford Cenotaph
Watford, Ontario
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Inscription
[front/devant]
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE MEN FROM
WATFORD
WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
AND
IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
2001 - 2014
[right side/côté droit]
AMIENS
ARRAS
CAMBRAI
VALENCIENNES
MONS
[left side/côté gauche]
YPRES
FESTUBERT
MT. SORREL
SANCTUARY
WOOD
SOMME
[back/arrière]
VIMY
LENS
HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
"THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE
LEFT GROW OLD,
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS
CONDEMN,
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN
THE MORNING,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
Street View
Watford Cenotaph
Nauvoo Road and Ontario Street
Watford
Ontario
Lat. 42.9479738
Long. -81.8800588