East Gwillimbury Cenotaph

Sharon, Ontario

Type

Other

This memorial is intended to be a peace memorial rather than a war memorial. The statue of a grieving mother with a child in her arms was designed by Mr. John van Boxtel, who was liberated by Canadian Forces in Holland in 1944. The figure was cast at Asten, near Arnhem, Holland. It symbolizes all the suffering of a country at war, but also hope for peace in the future.

Colonel F. A. Tilston, V.C., C.D., LLD., unveiled the memorial on September 16, 1990, with numerous dignitaries in attendance from the Armed Forces, Veterans, representatives of Federal and Provincial Governments, as well as Regional Mayors and other dignitaries.

Inscription

[front/devant]
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS

John 15 V.13

[right side/côté droit]
WORLD WAR I

Pte. SHERMAN BROCK 27 AUG 1918
Pte. ROBERT BUCKLES 9 APR 1917
Pte. ARTHUR A. CASE 10 OCT 1918
Pte. ERNEST COUSINS 8 AUG 1918
Pte. MELVILLE R. DOANE 2 SEPT 1918
Pte. WALTER ENGLISH 3 JUN 1916
Lieut. F.W. GLOVER 29 MAR 1919
Pte. CHESTER C. HAMETT 9 APRIL 1917
Pte. ROY HOLLINGSHEAD 9 APR 1917
Hon. Capt. OSCAR D. IRWIN 28 APR 1915

Pte. ANDREW KNOWLES 28 SEPT 1917
Pte. RADFORD S. LANE 30 SEPT 1918
Pte. WELLINGTON M. LANE 11 AUG 1918
Pte. LEONARD MAHON 11 APR 1916
Pte. EDWARD MORGAN 8 MAY 1915
Pte. SIDNEY G. OWENS 29 MAY 1917
Sgt. FREDERICK PEARSON 9 APR 1917
Spr. LYALL A. STOKES 3 FEB 1919
Pte. FREDERICK TAYLOR 8 OCT 1916
Pte. WILLIAM THOROGOOD 9 APR 1917

[left side/côté gauche]
WORLD WAR II

Lieut. CHARLES E. BONNELL 8 JAN 1943
Pte. CLIFFORD T. BOSWORTH 20 SEPT 1944
L/Cpl. DONALD F. CLARK 29 NOV 1944
Gnr. CLIFFORD E. FAIRBARN 14 DEC 1943
L/Cpl. JAMES W. FOUNTAIN 20 DEC 1944
Corp. WILLIAM F. KAVANAGH 11 JUN 1941

F/Sgt. CLIFFORD T. JOHNSON 22 MAR 1945
Corp. KENNETH JOHN MASON 23 JAN 1945
Pte. IVAN G. POLLOCK 9 OCT 1944
Trooper GEORGE A. RILEY 2 OCT 1944
F.O. DONALD B. STEWART 4 OCT 1943
W.O. II JACK V. WILLBEE 25 FEB 1943