Canning Cenotaph
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Photo credit: Marilyn Gurney
Municipality/Province: Canning, NS
Memorial number: 12006-005
Type: Granite stele and pillars
Address: 9790 NS-358
Location: Next to the post office
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.157778 Long: -64.423333
Submitted by: Marilyn Gurney; Ivan Smith
This memorial, dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars, was erected by the citizens of Ward One.
Inscription found on memorial
1914 - 1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVERMORE
-1914-
PTE. AUSTIN WEBSTER LENS AUG. 15TH.
PTE. LEVI WOODWORTH FRANCE JUNE 29TH.
L.CPL. CLIFTON HILTZ ST. ELOI JUNE 3RD.
PTE. FREDERICK HUBBARD VIMY RIDGE APR. 24TH.
PTE. LORNE CUMMINGS FRANCE JAN. 2ND.
SGT. MAJ. ALVAH CARTER PASSCHENDAELE OCT. 30TH.
PTE. JAMES PARSONS VIMY RIDGE JUNE 9TH.
PTE. REGINALD BENNETT VIMY RIDGE SEPT. 1ST.
PTE. CRANDALL WARD PASSCHENDAELE OCT. 30TH.
PTE. WILLIAM LEGGE VIMY RIDGE APR. 9TH.
PTE. CAREY TUPPER YPRES JUNE 3RD.
1939 - 1945
PTE. G.M. BENJAMIN France AUG. 19, 1944
PTE. W.A. BENJAMIN ITALY NOV. 23, 1943
CPL. W.R. BENNETT ITALY DEC. 28, 1942
PTE. A.D. BREWSTER CANADA JUNE 25, 1943
L.A.G. C.R. DICKEI CANADA DEC. 22, 1940
SGT. J.K. HARDIMAN France JUNE 11, 1944
CPL. W.P. HOLT ENGLAND AUG. 29, 1943
PTE. M.H. MINER France JULY6, 1944
PTE. T.B. MCNUTT ITALY MAY 24, 1944
PTE. W.F. PARKER GERMANY MAY 2, 1945
FT. SGT. C.C. REYNOLDS GERMANY OCT. 23, 1943
P.O. D.SCHAFHEITLIN France OCT. 21, 1941
PTE. OSCAR SHAW ENGLAND FEB. 10, 1944
PTE. C.V. WARD France APR. 11, 1944
PTE. C.L. WILLIAMS HOLLAND DEC. 29, 1944
CPL. H.L. WOODWORTH ITALY MAY 23, 1944
F.O. A.S.WOOLAVER ENGLAND JULY4, 1944
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF WARD ONE TO THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD AND IN HONOUR OF OUR VALIANT HEROES WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
LEST WE FORGET
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