Watford Cenotaph

Watford Cenotaph

1 of 5 images

front inscription

1 of 5 images

right side

1 of 5 images

back

1 of 5 images

left side

1 of 5 images
Type

Watford Cenotaph

Watford, Ontario

Notice:

The National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials is a public, crowd-sourced registry that helps Canadians learn about memorials in their communities. Inclusion in the Inventory does not imply VAC ownership or authority. Responsibility for the care, management, and any changes to a memorial rests with its owning or governing organization.

This memorial, erected by the Royal Canadian Legion, is dedicated the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

Inscription

[front/devant]
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE MEN FROM
WATFORD
WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
AND
IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
2001 - 2014

[right side/côté droit]

AMIENS

ARRAS

CAMBRAI

VALENCIENNES

MONS

[left side/côté gauche]

YPRES

FESTUBERT

MT. SORREL

SANCTUARY
WOOD

SOMME

[back/arrière]

VIMY

LENS

HILL 70

PASSCHENDAELE

"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 WILL REMEMBER THEM."

Location
Watford Cenotaph

Nauvoo Road and Ontario Street
Watford
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.9479738
Long. -81.8800588