Pakenham Cenotaph

Pakenham Cenotaph

Pakenham, Ontario

Type

Other

The Pakenham Cenotaph was erected in memory of the men of Pakenham Village and Township who paid the supreme sacrifice for our freedom. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #240 conducts a Remembrance Ceremony at this site annually on November 11.

The Celtic cross design would have been symbolic to the many Irish settlers in the area. The Pakenham Horticultural Society maintains seasonal plantings here and around the village.

Inscription

[front/devant]
KOREA
1950-1953

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF

PTE. W.E. FISHENDEN
JAN. 7TH 1917.

PTE. E.W. GEMMILL
NOV. 3RD 1917.

PTE. A.W. FISHENDEN
FEB. 28TH 1918.

PTE. A.T. BURGESS
AUG. 9TH 1918.

PTE. A. WILLIAMSON
AUG. 14TH 1918.

MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

[right side/côté]
1914-1918.

J.H. BLAIR
W. FRASER
T. HAGGERTY
G.T. LAIDLAW
T. MUNDAY
L. SEAL
J. SINCLAIR

MEN FROM THIS TOWNSHIP WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

[left side/côté]
1939-1945

W.A. CAMPBELL
R.H. DEUGO
C.C. FARRELL
E.J. LEDOUX
A.E.B. LAIDLAW
D.S. SCOTT
K.A. SCOTT

MEN FROM THIS TOWNSHIP WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE