Chesterfield Cenotaph

Chesterfield, Ontario
Type
Other

This memorial was constructed of granite imported from Scotland and the statue of a soldier imported from Italy in 1920. It was erected on September 20, 1920, and commemorated those from the community who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. The memorial was the result of a committee being formed for the purpose of erecting such a memorial, and money was raised by the public in order to do so. On the day of the unveiling, a service was held by William R. Henderson.

The memorial included the names of those that were killed during the First World War. Later additions were made for those killed during the Second World War and Private Tyler W. Todd, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

Memorial services are held annually in November with wreaths and 25 small white crosses placed, one for each name on the memorial, as well as one at a distance for the unknown soldier. The white crosses are made and presented by Reverend Earl Millson, a Second World War Veteran and minister of the church. 

Inscription

[front/devant]

CORP. JAMES L. HASTING PRIN.PAT.
PTE. JOHN S. CRERAR B.A. 133RD NOR. DWN.
SGT. GORDON H. STAUFFER 118TH BATT.
SGT. WM A. BROWN 168TH BATT.
PTE. JOHN B. WILLSON 1ST CAN. DIV. M.M.G.B.
PTE. ALLAN D. HAMACHER 73RD BATT. R.H.C.
PTE. CLIFFORD BROWN 42ND CAN. HIGH.
SGT. FRANK MCKIE 1ST CAN. L'T. I.M. BAT'Y.
PTE. FRED J. ALLAN 58TH BATT.
PTE. ROY C. ELLES 168TH BATT.
CORP. WILLIAM E. HENSEN 125TH BATT.
PTE. WALTER NEWMAN 168TH BATT.
PTE. DAVID G. FOREMAN 4TH INF. BATT.
PTE. WILLIAM ROPER 21ST. BATT.
PTE. OSCAR CHURCH 2ND. C.O.R.
PTE. GEORGE F. STEEDMAN 168TH BATT.
F'T. L'T. GEORGE O. MACKENZIE R.A.F.
PTE. BENJAMIN WRIGHT 71ST. BATT.
PTE. HAROLD W. MILBURN 75TH BATT.
SGT. DOUGLAS E. BRISTOW 84TH BATT.

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR HEROES
1914 - 1918

[right side/côté droit]

PTE. FRED W. VEITCH 51ST BATT

[left side/côté gauche]

IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF

W/O. ROY E. FULCHER
R.C.A.F.
FLT/SGT. JOHN S. RENNICK
R.C.A.F.
W/O. NORMAN W. PEAT
R.C.A.F.
PTE. JOHN R. VANCE
LINCOLN & WELLAND REGT.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

AFGHANISTAN
PTE. TYLER W. TODD PPCLI

Location
Chesterfield Cenotaph

816661 Oxford Road 22
Chesterfield
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.2949375
Long. -80.6669197

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