New Ross Cenotaph

New Ross, Nova Scotia
Type
Other

This memorial is primarily dedicated to the centenary of the settling of New Ross in 1816, but also contains the names of the local war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars. It is the first memorial in Nova Scotia to honour those who served during the First World War and has seen many changes over the years. The base was placed at the village crossroads on 28 August 1917. The finished stones were placed on the base in the fall of 1918. In 1959, it was moved to its present location. The carving of the soldier was added in the 1990s.

Inscription

[south side/côté sud]

VOLUNTEERS FOR OVERSEAS
CAPT. A.L.L. SKERRRY CHAPN.
LIEUT. J.W.G. LARDER
SERGT. H.D. VEINOTT
A. ADAMS
CADET M.C. LARDER
PRIVATES

W.S. BARKHOUSE

[left column/colonne de gauche]

H.E. ROSS
MICH. MEISTER
DEL MEISTER
G.G. BROWN
LES VEINOTT
D.A. TURNER
WM. NOGLER
IVAN LANTZ
IRA GATES
D. KEDDY
C. MEISTER
E. REECE
H. LEOPOLD
D. BOYLAN

[right column/colonne de droite]

M.M. MEISTER
C. MEISTER
C.R. ELLIOTT
H.LER. HILTZ
C.E. KEDDY
GEO. NOGLER
OWEN NOGLER
ELMER LANTZ
F. KEDDY
S. GATES
ROY REDDY
ROB HILTZ
C. LEOPOLD
IRA HYSON
CADET J.W. MURPHY

[base/base]

ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL
OF THE SETTLING OF NEW ROSS.
ON THE 7TH OF AUG. A.D. 1816

FOUNDATION LAID BY HIS HONOR McCALLUM GRANT
LIEUT. GOVERNOR OF NOVA SCOTIA
ON THE 28TH, AUG. A.D. 1917.

[east side/côté est]
HONOR ROLL
GREAT WORLD WAR
1914 - 1918
KILLED IN ACTION.
CAPT. V.P. MURPHY.
SERGT. ALLEN LEVY.
SERGT. H. McGARRY.
CORPL. OTIS MEISTER
.
PRIVATES

[left column/colonne de gauche]

WM. HARRIS
H.P. BROWN
E.T. REECE
D.O. McDOW
O. KEDDY
P. DEADDER

[right column/colonne de droite]

WM. SKERRY
E.A. HILTZ
W.O. REECE
DEAN WHITE
FRANK KEBOY

SERGT. H.O. VEINOTT. M.C.


[west side/côté ouest]
1939 - 1945
RONALD RUSSELL
ARTHUR BAKER
RAYMON EMENO
HERBERT VEINOT
CLYDE REDDEN (R.C.A.P.)
VERD DEMONE

[north side/côté nord]

HOME GUARDS
SERGT. CYRIL RUSSELL

PRIVATES

[left column/colonne de gauche]

B.S. HUGHES
H. McDOW
S. GATES
F.R. ELLIOTT
F. SKERRY
B. McDOW
E. RUSSELL

[right column/colonne de droite]

G. HUGHES
E. KEDDY
R. RUSSELL
N.S. MEISTER
JOS SKERRY
R. SWINIMER

Location
New Ross Cenotaph

64 Forties Road
New Ross
Nova Scotia
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.7360952
Long. -64.4605795

obelisk (front)

Marilyn Gurney
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