The Tara Cenotaph was originally erected to honour those lost in the First World War, the names of those lost in the Second World War were added later. The memorial lists names from the village of Tara and the Township of Arran, along with the dates of their death.
Tara, Ontario
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Other
Inscription
[front/devant]
LEST
WE
FORGET
1914 1918
OUR GALLANT UNFORGOTTEN
[right side/côté droit]
ORVAL E. CRAWFORD
KEITH A. HILLS
ALVIN HARRON
KEITH NELSON
HARRY ROBERTSON
NORMAN REED
STEWART ROBERTSON
ARNOLD ROLLINGS
1939 - 1945
MAURICE COLLINS
CLARENCE LONG
[back/arrière]
IN PROUD
AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WAR
ARRAN
JOHN COOPER, MAY 23, 1916
THOMAS NORMAN MONKMAN, JUNE 8, 1916
CLARENCE PORTER, 1916
FLT. LT. JOHN R. GEDDES, NOV. 3, 1917
HARRY HODGSON, AUG. 15, 1917
CLARENCE WILSON, APR. 17, 1918
LT. NEVILLE A.D. DAVIS, MAY 28, 1918
MELVILLE D. PROUD, AUG. 8, 1918
PERCY H. SPEARS, SEPT. 2, 1918
RUEBEN R. PLANT, NOV. 7, 1918
JOHN WOODS, JULY 11, 1918
TARA
EDWARD A. HARRIS, AUG. 18, 1916
EDWIN D. PORTER, APR. 17, 1917
GEORGE E, WAIN, NOV. 21, 1917
GEORGE A. POTTS, NOV. 25, 1917
PERCY F. BEATON, MAR. 15, 1918
HOWARD GRANDSER, AUG. 28, 1918
D. GORDON HENDERSON, SEPT. 27, 1918
ALLENFORD
ROBERT H. ASKIN, JULY 17, 1916
WILLIAM K. DORNAN, MAR 16, 1917
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Location
Tara Cenotaph
73 Yonge Street
Tara
Ontario
Tara Cenotaph
73 Yonge Street
Tara
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.4766189
Long. -81.1452723
Lat. 44.4766189
Long. -81.1452723
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