Hodge's Cove Cenotaph

front and left side

1 of 2 images

back and right side

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Hodge's Cove Cenotaph

Hodge's Cove, Newfoundland & Labrador

Erected by the local citizens, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

Inscription

[front/devant] 

IN MEMORY OF SEAMAN 
ALEXANDER PEDDLE 
R.N.R. HODGE'S COVE RANDOM T.B. DROWNED ON H.M.S. DIRK MAY 28, 1918 AGED 23 YEARS 

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS 

NOBLY THEY DIED WHILE DOING THEIR DUTY 

[left side/côté gauche] 

ABLE SEAMAN 
EDGAR HENRY SMITH 
R.N.N. ISLAND COVE RANDOM T.B. DROWNED ON H.M.S. TREBISKIR MAY 12,1918 BURIED AT SWANSEA, ENG. AGED 24 YEARS 

BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD 

[back/arrière] 

WILLIS DROVER 
HODGES COVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MAY 8, 1941 SERVING ON H.M.S. VIVA II 

[right side/côté droit] 

WM.J. VEY 
HODGES COVE NO. JX225705 OF H.M.S. TILLY DUFF GAVE HIS LIFE IN ACTIVE SERVICE OCT. 14, 1942

 

Location
Hodge's Cove Cenotaph

Highway 204
Hodge's Cove
Newfoundland & Labrador
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 48.0082
Long. -53.74397