The Keene Cenotaph was erected in 1921 in memory of those who fought and those who lost their lives in the First World War. Later, names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War were added.
Keene Cenotaph
Keene, Ontario
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Inscription
[front/devant]
IN MEMORIAM
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
OTONABEE
WHO SERVED, FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939-1945
[right side/côté droit]
1914-1918
- ANDERSON, ROBERT
- BOLIN, ALPHONSE
- CARPENTER, HERBERT E.
- CURTIS, WM. HOWARD
- DOHERTY, THOMAS
- EMERY, ROBERT
- FITZGERALD, PATRICK
- GIRVEN, FRANKLIN
- HASTIE, HARRY
- HAWKINS, ROY
- HEAD, JOHN
- HATCHER, HAROLD
- LONG, W.J.
- MATHERS, HENRY
- MAHOOD, ROBERT
- MCKENZIE, ALEX
- NELSON, RAY
- PETERS, ERNEST
- POWELL, CHARLES
- RIPPINGALE, STANLEY
- SMITH, HAROLD
- SYDES, HERBERT
- BLAKER, JOSHUA
- CORRIGAN, EDWARD
- CURTIN, WILLIAM
- DAINTON, WILLIAM
- DYER, THOMAS
- EDWARDS, WILLIAM
- GUEST, HERBERT
- HASTIE, ALEX
- HAWKINS, BRUCE
- HOPE, WM. R.
- HENDERSON, JOHN
- KEITLE, JOHN
- MELLING, WILLIAM
- MANN, PERCY
- MCCARTHY, JOSEPH D.
- MCGREGOR, JOHN
- ORDE, FREDERICK
- PUE, WILLIAM
- READ, GEORGE
- RIPPINGALE, BENJAMIN
- SMITH, GEORGE
- SPEIRS, HAROLD
- SHAW, ALFRED
- TIER, DAVID
- WEDLOCK, RICHARD
- THOMPSON, LANG
- TOMAS, WILLIAM
- WEAVER, GORDON
- TOBICO, ROBERT
- WEIR, ORMOND
- WHITT, ARTHUR
[base]
- ALDERSON ERNEST
- GALL EDWARD
- RENNIE ROLAND
- BELL ERNEST
- HEATH GORDON
- SHEPHERD HENRY
- CAMPBELL WILLIAM
- EASON RICHARD
- PAUDASH ELMER
- WALSH ROLAND
[rear/arrière]
ERECTED
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF
OTONABEE
A.D. 1921
THOSE WHO COME AFTER
SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES ARE
NOT FORGOTTEN.
[left side/côté gauche]
"WE ARE THE DEAD,
SHORT DAYS AGO WE LIVED,
FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED, AND WERE LOVED,
AND NOW, WE LIE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS".
Street View
Keene Cenotaph
1105 Heritage Line
Keene
Ontario
Lat. 44.2406729
Long. -78.1620325