Chesterville Cenotaph

Near the end of May 1957, the Chesterville Legion announced its plan to erect a memorial to those from Chesterville and District who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and Korean War. The Chesterville Cenotaph was dedicated on Sunday, November 10, 1957.

It was originally located on the grounds of the old community centre (now the Library building). In 1997, the Legion decided to upgrade the memorial and move it to Queen Street Park, which was subsequently renamed Veterans Memorial Park that November. The original memorial was upgraded with a new wing on each side, which include the names of those who died in the First and Second World Wars and Korean War. An inscription to honour United Nations Peacekeeping was also added.

[left stele/stèle à gauche]

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

SGT. J. CLEMENT
F.O. W. DURANT
PTE. C. FORWARD
PTE. O. HARPER
PTE. W.E. HAYES
PTE. R. HESS
PTE. A. HUMMEL
PTE. C. HUMMEL
PTE. E. MACMILLAN
CAPT. E. MERKELY
PTE. E. MERKLEY
SGT. H. MERKLEY
L/CPL W. MOODIE
PTE. N. PAUL
PTE. H. SHAVER

[center stele/stèle du centre]

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
KOREA 1950 - 1953
PROUD AND GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE OF
CHESTERVILLE AND DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
SUPREME SACRIFICE

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS. JOHN 15:13

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM.

[right stele/stèle à droite]

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

LT. H. CASSELMAN
W.O.2 K. CHAMBERS
F.O. H. COYNE
F/SGT H. EMPEY
W.O. 2 J. O’GRADY
F.O. H. MAC MILLAN
P.O. D. MARCELLUS
P.O. F. MARCELLUS
F.O. G. MC LAUGHLIN
PTE. H. MORIARTY
PTE. B. SMITH


KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

PTE. C.A. HAYES

U.N. PEACEKEEPING