Port Greville Cenotaph

Port Greville, Nova Scotia

Type

Other

This memorial is dedicated to the local residents who served in the First and Second World Wars. It was erected by the united efforts and generosity of the families and friends of the Veterans. This project was completed with the assistance of the Millennium Bureau of Canada.

Inscription

[bottom/en bas]

LEST WE FORGET

[first plaque/première plaque]

JOHN CHIPMAN KERR. V.C.

THE VICTORIA CROSS IS THE
HIGHEST BRITISH AWARD FOR
VALOUR, INSTITUTED IN 1856
BY QUEEN VICTORIA DURING
THE CRIMEAN WAR. ONLY
94 CANADIANS HAVE EARNED
THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1916 JOHN
CHIPMAN KERR WAS SERVING
WITH THE 49TH BATTALION DURING
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME.
HIS CITATION READ IN PART
FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY
DURING A BOMBING ATTACK
HE WAS UNDER HEAVY FIRE
UNTIL HE WAS IN CLOSE
CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY
HE OPENED FIRE ON THEM
AND INFLICTED HEAVY LOSS.
THE ENEMY, THINKING THEY
WERE SURROUNDED,
SURRENDERED. SIXTY-TWO
PRISONERS WERE TAKEN
AND 250 YARDS OF TRENCH
CAPTURED.
AS A RESULT OF HIS BRAVERY
JOHN CHIPMAN KERR WAS
AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS

[second plaque/deuxième plaque]

DEDICATED IN
HONOUR OF LOCAL
RESIDENTS WHO
SERVED OUR
COUNTRY IN TIMES
OF WAR

ERECTED BY THE
UNITED EFFORTS
AND GENEROSITY
OF THE FAMILIES
AND FRIENDS OF
THE VETERANS

[third plaque/troisième plaque]

THE ODE

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE
SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

PROUDLY WE HAIL THOSE
16 WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE IN
WORLD WAR I AND II

* INDICATES THOSE
KILLED IN ACTION

[fourth plaque/quatrième plaque]

WWI 1914-1918

ALLEN, HARRY
ALLEN, KENNETH B.
AYER, LLOYD
*BENTLEY, FREELAND
BENTLEY, HUBERT
BENTLEY, LLOYD
*BENTLEY, MARVEN
CANNING, L. KEITH
CANNING, LEO V.
COLE, CLARENCE
CROSSMAN, JOHN
CURRIE, WINNIFRED
ELDERKIN, ST.CLAIR P.
*FOLLETTE, MINNIE A.
FRASER, STANLEY
*GRAHAM, EVERETT L.
HATFIELD, FRANCIS R.
HATFIELD, ROSS
*HATFIELD, WILSON S.
*HOBEN, DONALD W.

[fifth plaque/cinqième plaque]

WWI 1914-1918

HOBEN, LEVI D.
*HUGHES, LORNE A.
KERR.
JOHN CHIPMAN, V.C.
*KERR, ROLAND C.
LAKE, WILBERT H
MERRIAM, RAYMOND
*SPICER, ANDREW
WETMORE, WEEDEN
WELSH, EDWARD S.
WHEADON, CLARENCE
*WHEATON, GEORGE H.
WINTERS, WYLIE
GRAHAM, J. AUBREY

[sixth plaque/sixième plaque]

WWII 1939-1945

ALLAN, EVELYN (KERR)
ALLEN, ARLIE
ALLEN, CHESLEY L.
ALLEN, CLARRENCE
ALLEN, DOUGLAS
ALLEN, HAVELOCK
ALLEN, KENNETH R.
*ALLEN, MILLARD
ALLEN, PERRY J.
ALLEN PERRY K.
ALLEN, STUART
ALLEN WILBERT
AYER, DONALD
AYER, DONALD
AYER, THEODORE
*BENJAMIN, WALTER
BENNETT, BERNARD
BENNETTDONALD
BENNETT VERNON
BENNETT WYMAN
BROWN VAUGHAN

[seventh plaque/septième plaque]

WWII 1939-1945

CHARD, AMY (VAUGHAN)
CLARKE, MARION (KERR)
*COCKRANE, LEO
COPP. CLARENCE
CORRIDON, HATT
LENORE (MERRIAM)
CROSSMAN, JOHN
CROSSMAN, MARSHALL
DEWOLFE, BURTON
DEWOLFE, FREDERICK
DOWE, ISAAC
DOWE STANLEY
ELLS, ARTHUR
ELLS, SYDNEY
FILLMORE, EDWARD
*FLETCHER, LINDSAY
GLADWELL, MARY (LAKE)
GRAHAM, HARLEIGH
GRAHAM, JOHN A.
GRAHAM, KEITH
GRAHAM, ROBERT

[eighth plaque/huitième plaque]

WW II 1939-1945

GRANT, ARNOLD
GRANT, GERALD
GRANT, KENNETH
HATFIELD, GEORGE T.
HATFIELD, GLENDON
HATFIELD, JOHNSON
KILTZ, CLENIFF
*HOBEN, JAMES

*HUGHES, BENJAMIN
HUGHES, GERALD
HUGHES, LEO
JOYCE, LAWRENCE
KERR, HARRIET (GREEN)
KERR, JOHN
KERR, LORING
KNOWLTON,CLAYTON
LAKE, HAROLD W.
LAKE, W. HERBERT
LAKE, WILLIAM
LANTZ WILFRED

[ninth plaque/nuevième plaque]

WW II 1939-1945

*MAHAR, DOUGLAS
McCULLY, DONALD
McCULLY,LLOYD
McCULLY, OSCAR
McCLELLLAND, FORREST
McCLELLAND, GARNET
MERRIAM, DONALD
MERRIAM, ELSTON
MERRIAM,
EVELYN (THORNE)
MERRIAM, LLOYD
MERRIAM, RANDALL
MERRIAM, RICHARD
MORRIS, CLARENCE
MORRIS, FORREST
MORRIS, HOWARDvMORRIS, RALPH
MORRIS, ROY
MORRIS, WYMAN
MURPHY, ARTHUR

[tenth plaque/dixième plaque]

WW 11 1939-1945

MURPHY, CHARLES
O’LEARY, FRANK
PARKER, EDGAR
PARKER, ROSS
PARKER, ST. CLAIR
PARSONS, IRVIN
PERRY, THOMAS
PETTIS, ROLAND
PITTMAN, FREDERICK
ROSS, ARCHIBALD
SHAW, CARL
SKINNER, G. CLEMENT
THOMAS, ERNEST JOHN
THORPE,
JEAN (GRAHAM)
TIBBETTS, DONALD
TIBBETTS, GORDON
TIBBETTS, STANLEY
VAUGHAN, OWEN
VITALI, JOHN
WAGSTAFF, CHARLES

[eleventh plaque/onzième plaque

WW II 1939-1945

WAGSTAFF, HENRY
WAGSTAFF, MILLARD
WAGSTAFF, WILLIAM
WHEATON, CHESLEY
WHEATON, HOWARD
WHEATON, LAWRENCE
WILLIAMS, MARK
WINTERS, THORNTON
YORKE, CHARLES
YORKE, JOHN

ADDENDA
BENNETT, BASIL
CROSSMAN, WINNIFRED
BARTEAUX, FREDERICK
CANNING, FREDERICK
MOSHER, CARL

[slab/dalle]

2000 Canada

THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MILLENIUM BUREAU OF CANADA

[slab/dalle]

ROBERT M.
COCHRANE
MEMORIAL PARK

ESTABLISHED 2001