Truro Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: Truro, NS
Memorial number: 12002-011
Type: Shaft - granite
Address: 773 Prince Street
Location: Civic Square
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.3647662 Long: -63.2780135
Submitted by: Marilyn Gurney, R.F. (Ron) Boyce
The Truro Cenotaph was unveiled by His Honor Lieutenant Governor Tory on September 26, 1926, to honour the soldiers who fought in the First World War. At the time, the memorial was called Memorial to the Fallen Soldiers. Thousands of citizens from Truro and Colchester County attended the parade and ceremony. Stationed at the four corners of the base of the cenotaph were soldiers representing four different branches of service. Sergeant Intcliff, Infantry; Petty Officer Lundy, Navy; Private Henderson, Highlanders; and Private. Davidson, Cavalry. At a cost of $10,000, the memorial has since been taken care of by the Legion and towns people.
The cenotaph consists of a large square center stele with black granite plaques on the four sides. Each corner of the stele has an Ionic column supporting an overhanging roof. The cenotaph stands on a broad one foot tall granite base, which is atop a broader, stone base. On top of the cenotaph is a statue of a soldier in full battle gear from the First World War with his hands crossed, resting on the butt end of his rifle.
In the 1970's the names of the men who died in the Second World War and Korean War were added to the cenotaph. Names from Afghanistan were added later.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
YPRES SOMME VIMY
ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF TRURO
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN
WHO DURING
THE GREAT WAR
1914 — 18
NOBLY UPHELD THE
HONOR OF THE EMPIRE
IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES
THAT RIGHT SHALL
PREVAIL
1939 - 45 1950 - 1953
- SICILY
- ITALY
- HONG KONG
- KOREA
- NORTHWEST
- EUROPE
LEST WE FORGET
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AMIENS PASSCHENDALE ARRAS
- ALLAN, WILLIAM D.
- ARCHIBALD, CLARENCE
- ARCHIBALD, ISAAC B.
- ARCHIBALD, MAX
- ARCHIBALD, WILLIAM
- ASH, CLARENCE
- BAIN, JAMES
- BAIN, LEO
- BAKER, PERCY
- BENTLEY, GEO. MARVIN
- BLAIR, JAMES K.
- BLACKMORE, HUGH
- BLANCHARD, EDWARD S.
- BLOISE, GEORGE
- BONNELL, WILLIAM
- BROWN, CHARLES A.
- BROWN, HARRY O.
- BROWN, JOHN W.
- BROWN, WM. JAMES
- BRYSON, ELMER CLARK
- BRYSON, LYLE
- BURROWS, ALBERT
- BUGDEN, EDWARD
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE S.
- CAMPBELL, HAROLD
- CAMPBELL, ROBERT V.
- CAMPBELL, WALLACE
- CAUDLE, HENRY
- CHASE, SYDNEY G.
- CHISHOLM, LUDWIG
- COCK, GORDON BLAIR
- COCK, OSCAR
- COCK, OTIS
- COSTIN, FRED
- COULTER, OTIS
- CRAIG, A. FRASER
- CRAIG, JOHN L.
- CRANTON, HAROLD E.
- CRANTON, JOHN J.
- CULLEN, BENJ. R.
- CUTHBERTSON, PERCY
- DALRYMPLE, WHITNEY
- DAVISON, J. WILLIAM
- DAWSON, HORWARD C.
- DEWAR, ROBERT K.
- DICKIE, EARL
- DICKSON, CHAS. MUIR
- EATON, D.I.V.
- ELLIS, WILLIAM H.
- FEETHAM, ERNEST
- FIELDING, C.P.
- FISHER, CHESTER
- FRIZZELL, VERNON
- FRIZZELL, WILLIAM
- FULTON, EARL
- GARFIELD, FRANK
- GILROY, ROY
- GOODWIN, CHESTER W.
RHINE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC SCHELDT
- ARCHIBALD, C.M.
- ARMSTRONG, G.S.
- ARMSTRONG, F.J.
- ATKINSON, R.E.
- AWAD, M.S.
- BARTLETT, H.H.
- BEAZLEY, R.P.
- BENTLEY, L.S.
- BISSELL, D.C.
- BLACKMORE, M.W.
- BUCHANAN, K.P.
- BURNS, C.W.
- CHRISTIE, J.H.
- CLARK, J.A.
- CONNOLLY, E.W.
- CORBETT, H.L.
- CROWELL, R.W.
- CULLEN, J.W.
- CURRIE, H.R.
- CUTHBERTSON, J.F.
- DEARMOND, W.E.
- DICKSON, H.G.
- DONKIN, J.C.
- DONKIN, P.A.
- DORRINGTON, D.G.
- FIELDING, L.T.
- FLEMMING, J.A.
- FRAZEE, J.A.
- FRIZZELL, F.E.
- GAMMON, A.V.
- GEDDES, F.H.
- GRATTO, C.A.
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HILL 70 CANAL-DU-NORD CAMBRAI
- GORDON, WALTER
- GRATTO, HENRY
- GREY, REGINALD
- GUINAN, WILLIAM
- GUNN, ARCHIE D.
- HALEY, STANLEY
- HALLISSEY, JOHN
- HANWAY, JOHN B.
- HARVEY, JOHN
- HERBERT, FRED W.
- HILTZ, ZONAS
- HINCHLIFFE, S.M.
- HOARE, HAROLD F.
- HOPPER, J.R.
- ILER, EUGENE P.
- JACKSON, MICHEAL
- JARVIS, JESSIE
- JOHNSON, CARL A.
- JOHNSON, EDWARD
- JOHNSON, ERNEST C.
- JOHNSON, HAROLD
- JOHNSON, HARRY N.
- JOHNSON, JOHN
- JOY, EDWARD W.
- KEATING, GEORGE S..
- KENNEDY, GEORGE
- KENNEDY, JOHN L.
- KANE, ROBERT H.
- LARRABEE, WILBERT
- LANE, ROBERT H.
- LAYTON, PAUL
- LIGHTBODY, NORMAN
- LINTON, LLOYD C.
- LOCKHART, FRED
- LYNCH, JOHN
- LYNDS, BERRY D.
- MAGEE, WILLIAM G.
- MELVIN, E.W.H.
- MILES, GEORGE
- MILLER, FRANK P.
- MILLS, ELISHA
- MITCHELL, FRED E.
- MOORE, NOBLE
- MORGAN, C.H.
- MUNROE, DUNCAN
- MUNROE, HARRY
- MURPHY, FRED
- MURRAY, HOWARD R.
- MURRAY, HOWARD W.
- MURRAY, JOHN ROBERT
- MURRAY, NORMAN F.
- MACDORMAN, ALLISON
- MCBURNIE, FRANK
- MCCABE, CLEVELAND
- MACCALLUM, ARTHUR R
- MCDONALD, ARCHIE
- MCDONALD, FRANK J.
- MCDONALD, GORDON
- MCDONALD, PAT
- PRATT, C.E.
- HITLER LINE
- CATENANOUR
- CASTEL DI SANGRO
- LIRA VALLEY
- THE GULLY
- GRIFFITHS, R.J.
- HALL, R.L.
- HAMILTON, G.B.
- HARRISON, H.C.
- HARVIEW, K.J.
- HEREABOUT, G.M.
- HENDERSON, F.L.
- HENDERSON, H.M.
- HENNIGAR, A.C.
- HILTZ, L.D.
- JACKSON, L.T.
- JOHNSON, G.F.
- JONES, H.N.
- KENNEDY, H.
- KENNEY, G.E.
- KERR, L.W.
- KNIGHT, R.E.
- LINTON, H.
- LOGAN, J.E.
- LOGAN, T.H.
- LONGLEY, H.G.
- LOUGHEAD, E.C.
- MANN, L.R.
- MATSON, C.V.
- MONT, T.E.
- MORTON, R.L.
- MURRAY, R.A.
- MYERS, E.C.
- MACCABE, G.M.
- MACDONALD, J.J.
- MACFARLANE, D.W.
- MACKAY, R.A.
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LENS COURCELETTE MONS
- MCDONALD, WALLACE
- MCDOWELL, EUGENE
- MCGILLIVRAY, DAN
- MCGREGOR, HECTOR M.
- MCINTOSH, REBECCA
- MCIVOR, ARTHUR P.
- MCKAY, JOHN F.
- MCKENZIE, WALTER E.
- MCLAREN, GEORGE
- MCMILLAN, W.H.
- MCNUTT, GUY
- MCNUTT, MORTON A.
- MCNUTT, RODERICK
- NELSON, HIRAM
- NELSON, RUPERT
- O'BRIAN, GEORGE C.
- O'CONNELL, JERRY
- O'ROURKE, JOHN
- PARKER, NORMAN MACK.
- PAYNE, ROBERT
- RAE, GERALD C.
- REID, FRANK RICE
- ROBERTSON, DONALD
- RODDICK, WILLIAM
- ROSS, WILLIAM L.
- RYAN, HARRY C.
- SALMON, DONALD
- SCHURMAN, FRED B.
- SINGER, GEORGE O.
- SLADE, HUGH
- SLADE, JOHN
- SMITH, PERCY
- SMITH, SCOTT
- STEVENSON, ILLSLEY
- STEWART, WILLIAM
- STOUTLEY, RALPH
- SUTHERLAND, GEORGE
- SUTHERLAND, DAN
- SUTHERLAND, JOHN
- SWEET, RALPH
- TAGGART, DAVID
- TAGGART WILLIAM
- TAYLOR, FRANK
- TOMPKINS, JAMES
- URQUHART, CHAS W.
- WEATHERBEE, ALONZO
- WEATHERBEE, HOWARD
- WEATHERBY, CHAS W.
- WINSLOW, EDGAR A.
- WRIGHT, PERCY
- WYNN, HARRY E.
- WYNN, JOHN
- WYNN, STEWARD
- YOUNG, CLIFFORD
- YOUNG, DAVID
- YOUNG, HARRY L.
- IRVING, HERBERT L.
- ROBBIE, LYMAN E.
AFGHANISTAN
REID, C.J.
MELLISH, F.R.
TEDFORD, D.S.
HAMILTON, T.J.
CAEN BATTLE OF BRITAIN AUTHIE
- MACLANDERS, V.E.
- MACLEAN, D.H.R.
- MACPHEE, A.E.
- MCKINNON, G.F.
- MCMASTERS, D.C.
- MCMULLEN, T.G.
- MCNAUGHTON, G.R.
- MCNUTT, F.A.
- MCKENZIE, E.F.
- MCNUTT, C.R.
- MCPHEE, M.C.
- O'BRIAN, I.C.
- O'NEILL, R.C.
- PACE, W.K.
- PARIS, S.
- PURDY, G.A.
- PURDY, W.T.
- NICHOLS, F.A.
- RIPLEY, E.A.
- ROSS, W.A.
- ROSS, J.F.
- RUTHERFORD, A.R.
- RYAN, C.A.
- SLACK, E.A.
- SMITH, H.R.
- SMITH, L.A.
- STEVENSON, W.L.
- THISTLE, L.B.
- TIBBETTS, L.A.
- TUCKER, P.A.
- VANCE, E.F.
- WEATHERBEE, V.R.
- WILSON, E.G.
- WORKS, F.G.
- WORTHYLAKE, F.A.
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