O'Leary Cenotaph

O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
Type
Other

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and was erected by local citizens. The original memorial consisted of a grey granite plaque placed on top of a rock. The new memorial was erected by the local legion using the existing plaque and adding black granite sides, top and backing.

Inscription

[front/devant]

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

LEST WE FORGET

1914 - 1918


H.G. BRYENTON       
A.D. GALLANT
E. GAY
T. GOTELL
T. HIERLIHY
W. LOVELL
D. MACDONALD
J. MACDONALD
W. MACDONALD
W.H. DYMENT

W. MACDONALD
H. MACKINNON
C. MACNAUGHT
A. MEGGISON
J. NORMAN
A. O'HARA
S. WAITE
G. WILKINSON
H.B. FOLEY
G.H. MACKENZIE

1939 - 1945


J.W. AULD
L.E. BOULTER
R.S. BOULTER
J.M. CAMPBELL
P.D. CAMPBELL
W.S. CASELEY
H. DALTON
A. DENNIS
E. DENNIS
W.N. DENNIS
W.J. EASTER
V.J. ELLIOTT
C.E. GILLCASH
E.B. HARRIS

R.G. HOWLETT
J.A. MCALLAR
J.A. MACKINNON
S.R. OULTON
C. RAMSAY
L.G. RIX
J.E. SABINE
R.K. SILLIKER
E.A. SMITH
R.S. SMITH
W.H. STEWART
E.A. TREDENICK
W.G. WEDGE
J.E. CAMPBELL

"BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH"

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

[left column/colonne gauche]

Images of emblems - Army, Air Force, Navy and Merchant Navy.

[right column/colonne droit]

Image of fallen soldiers grave and sunset

 

[back/arrière]

IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES, ROW ON ROW,
THAT MARK OUR PLACE; AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL BRAVELY SINGING, FLY
SCARCE HEARD AMID THE GUNS BELOW.

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.
TAKE UP OUR QUARREL WITH THE FOE:
TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW
THE TORCH; BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH.
IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP, THOUGH POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

Major John McCrae

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CORPORATE DONORS

PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
VETERANS AFFAIRS CANADA
ADRIENNE AND ??? MACDONALD

JOHN AND LILLIAN MACLEAN
WARREN MARLENE, JOSH AND BRODY ELLIS
DOUGLAS AND DAVID FERGUSON OF 
FERGUSON FUNERAL HOMES AND CHAPEL

O'LEARY FARMERS CO-OP ASS'N LTD.
SCOTIABANK O'LEARY
DIANNA, JOHN, CAITLIN AND MIKAELA ZWICKER

Location
O'Leary Cenotaph

Confederation Trail and Main Street (Highway 142)
O'Leary
Prince Edward Island
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 46.7070861
Long. -64.225072

slab (front)

Sgt. G.E. Gallant
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