York Cenotaph

York Cenotaph

North York, Ontario

Type

Other

The cenotaph at York Cemetery is a stone shaft located prominently in a roundabout in the midst of the cemetery grounds. A raised polished red granite Sword of Honour is on the front and back. Dedicated on 20 October 1963, the cenotaph was erected by the Citizens Repatriation League and the Trustees of the Toronto General Burying Grounds.

Commencing in the late 20th century, this cenotaph has become the focal point for several Toronto based Army Reserve units' Remembrance Day ceremonies, including 2 Field Engineer Regiment and the Toronto Service Battalion.

Inscription

[front/devant]
DEDICATED TO
THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE SO BRAVELY WON BY
MEMBER OF CANADA' ARMED SERVICES WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II,
KOREA, AND WHILE SERVING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS.
"LEST WE FORGET"

[right side/côté droit]
TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY
OF THOSE OF THE ARMED SERVICES
WHO LIE IN THIS HALLOWED GROUND

[back/arrière]
A WISE NATION PRESERVES ITS RECORDS - GATHERS UP
ITS MUNIMENTS - DECORATES THE TOMBS OF IT ILLUSTRIOUS
DEAD REPAIRS ITS GREAT PUBLIC STRUCTURES AND FOSTERS
NATIONAL PRIDE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY BY PERPETUAL
REFERENCE TO THE SACRIFICES AND GLORIES OF THE PAST.

[left side/côté gauche]
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY THE
CITIZENS REPATRIATION LEAGUE INC.
AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE TORONTO
GENERAL BURYING GROUNDS
AND WAS UNVEILED BY THE LORD BISHOP OF TORONTO
THE RIGHT REVEREND F.H. WILKINSON. M.M AND BARS, M.A.,D.D., L.L.D., D.C.L.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20TH, 1963