Melita Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: Melita, MB
Memorial number: 46001-003
Type: Stele - Tyndall stone
Address: Elm Street and Veterans Way
Location: Central Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 49.27364 Long: -100.9904
Submitted by: Town of Melita
Photo credit: Town of Melita
Plans for the Melita Cenotaph were approved in July of 1931 and it was dedicated on November 11, 1931, to the memory of those who gave their lives in the First World War. In attendance were Mayor Lamont, Lieutenant-Colenel Clingan, E. Willis M.L.A., Honourable D. L. McLeod, Reeve McCallum (Arthur), Reeve Hartry (Brenda), Revs Franklin and Lee, and W. R. Cosgrove Secretary Treasurer of Napinka. This memorial was constructed by the town of Melita and Rural Municipality of Arthur.
The main base of the cenotaph is 10 feet square and is topped by two smaller squares which support the nine feet high and four feet wide column. Names of those who died in the First World War are listed on a marble panel. Walkways lead to the northeast and southwest corners of the park. A driveway leads from the cenotaph to wrought iron gates with brick posts. The cost was about $1,100.
After the Second World War the cenotaph was re-dedicated to include the names of those who died in that war. In 2020, the cenotaph underwent minor renovations - the bottom step was removed and replaced with new brickwork, the stone was supplied from a quarry in Manitoba and the broken pieces were salvaged for a future project. A new plaque was installed commemorating the fallen soldiers of peacekeeping missions and the fallen from Afghanistan. Funds were raised from Federal and Provincial grants (including the Military Memorial Conservation Grant), Municipality of Two Borders, Town of Melita, Sunrise Credit Union and private donations from the community. The Town of Melita also helped with the labour of restoring the centoaph under the direction of Earl Line who was commissioned for the project.
Inscription found on memorial
[gate posts/poteaux de barrière]
MEMORIAL PARK
[front/devant]
IN MEMORY
THEIR NAME LIVETH
- L. BARNARD
- G.E. BOOKER
- J.R. BILTON
- E.W. BROOK
- R. BROWN
- A.V. COSGROVE
- H.G. CLARKE
- R.M. CRAWFORD
- K.B. DOWNIE
- E.G. ELLIOT
- A. FARMER
- H.J. FLETCHER
- T.V. GIBSON
- G.GREIG
- A.B.GRIERSON
- F. HART
- W. HENDERSON
- O.L. HIGGINS
- W.M. HOLDEN
- F.R. KELLY
- W. KEMP
- J. KILKENNY
- J.O. KILKENNY
- W.E. LAMPORT
- G. LAWSON
- J. MAINLAND
- E.R. MEE
- D.W. MILNE
- G. MORTENSON
- S.P. MORTENSON
- L. McDOUGAL
- C. McKENZIE
- R.G. McKINNON
- A.J. McTAGGART
- I.S. NIXON
- M.B. PEDDEN
- E.K. PETERSON
- G. PITCHER
- N. POPE
- R. PRIDDLE
- T.E. RYCHMAN
- A. SCOTT
- H. SIMPSON
- F. SAUNBY
- G. SHAND
- A. STEVENTON
- H.N. THOMPSON
- I. THORNE
- S. TILBURY
- L.R. WILSON
- J. WHEELER
1899 SOUTH AFRICA 1902
A.W. ARMSDEN
1914 - 1918
MELITA ARTHUR
[right side/côté droit]
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE CANADIANS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
PURSUIT OF PEACE
AFGHANISTAN
2001 - 2014
DEDICATED TO THOSE
CANADIANS THAT
MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE IN THE
SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY DURING
PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
AROUND THE GLOBE.
[back/arrière]
IN MEMORY
KOREA
1950 - 1953
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF MELITA
AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARTHUR
IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
IN THE GREAT WAR.
THIS CENOTAPH RE-DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945
- J.A. BAMBRIDGE
- C.M. CRO
- J.L. DOBBYN
- P. HEINZIG
- G.A. ARMITAGE
- L. KNOX
- H. KONTZIE
- F.H. LANG
- J.M. LANG
- D.L. DEWART
- F.J. MORROW
- S.G. NICHOLS
- L.A. STINSON
- R.A. YOUNG
- D.S. GILLANDER
DIED IN THE SERVICE
1939 - 1945
1914 - 1918
MELITA ARTHUR
Street view
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