Belfast Cenotaph

Belfast Cenotaph

Belfast, Prince Edward Island

Type

Other

According to St. John's Presbyterian Church minute books, on July 8, 1919, "It was moved that the church set up a committee to consider the erection of a memorial for the soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice." On January 13, 1920, a vote was taken and there was unanimous support in favour of a monument. Seven members were appointed to solicit funds for the monument. It took five years to collect enough money and the bill was paid in full on June 28, 1925.

The contractor for the monument was H. M. Chandler. The monument was likely constructed before final payment in June 1925, but the exact year is unknown.

Inscription

[front/devant]
SACRED TO THE
IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF
OUR
HEROIC SONS
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE
WORLD WAR
1914 - 1918

ANGUS MACDONALD
BORN SEPT. 2, 1888,
KILLED AT ST. ELOI APR 4, 1916
ALLAN N. MACDONALD
BORN 1899, KILLED IN FRANCE 1916
FREDERICK S. HALLIDAY,
BORN 1888, KILLED IN ACTION AT SOMME NOV. 16, 1916
FREDERICK MARTIN,
BORN JULY 8, 1890,
DIED IN ENGLAND OCT. 22, 1916
ALEXANDER R. MACRAE
BORN NOV. 1895,
KILLED IN ACTION AT VIMY RIDGE APR 9, 1917

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS."

[right side/côté droit]
JOHN H. MACTAVISH,
BORN APR. 12, 1888,
KILLED IN ACTION AT
PASSCHENDAELE, OCT. 30, 1917
ROBERT A. ANDERSON,
BORN APR. 6, 1896,
DIED JAN. 14, 1918.
JOHN M. MURCHISON
BORN JUNE 11, 1896,
KILLED AT AMIENS, AUG. 8, 1918.
WHITNEY MARTIN,
BORN DEC. 2, 1896,
DIED AT AMIENS, AUG. 26, 1918

[back/arrière]
NEIL ROSS,
BORN MAR. 22, 1894
KILLED AT CHERISY, AUG. 28, 1918.
ALBERT H. GOUCHER,
BORN 1887, DIED SEPT. 7, 1918.
A. SINCLAIR MACKENZIE,
BORN MAY 27, 1891.
KILLED IN ACTION AT CAMBRAI,
OCT. 10, 1918.
RODERICK ENMAN,
BORN 1896,
DIED IN CH. TOWN, MAY 1917.

[left side/côté gauche]

JOHN W. MACLEOD
BORN JULY 6, 1885. DIED MAY 9, 1917.
LAUCHLIN MACLEOD
BORN MAY 1889,
KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE,
OCT. 31, 1917.
MURDOCH MATHESON,
BORN 1892, KILLED AT
PASSCHENDAELE, NOV. 10, 1917,
ERNEST J. ROCKWELL,
BORN AUG. 26, 1878,
DIED IN ENGLAND, JAN. 31, 1917.