Cornwall Cenotaph

The cenotaph in Legion Memorial Park, erected in 1923 by the citizens of Cornwall and suburbs, was originally dedicated to those lost in the Great War. It was designed by Emanuel Hahn, constructed in 1923 and unveiled June 5, 1925 by Baron Byng of Vimy.

Emanuel Hahn's statue design represents the sorrows caused by war. The bronze soldier atop the cenotaph looks down in sadness at the ground below him, as if he might find there, his fallen comrades, if not for the tragedy of war. The statue depicts a young, grieving Canadian soldier in First World War army uniform. With uncovered head, he is standing at a battlefield grave – a simple cross with poppies at the base – the final resting place of a comrade killed in action. His left hand rests on the cross, while his right hand holds a reversed rifle. 

After the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Legion debated constructing another memorial, but decided they already had a "very fine Memorial for our Comrades who fell in the First Great War". They decided instead, to build a Community Centre for this honour.

The cenotaph was later modified to include the Second World War and Korean War, as well as a plaque recognizing contributions made in peacekeeping and the Afghanistan theatre of operations. Presently it is used on November 11 for Remembrance Day ceremonies and also for the Battle of the Atlantic ceremonies.

Emanuel Hahn moved to Toronto at the age of seven with his family of artists and musicians from Germany, in 1888. He studied commercial design and model-making at Toronto Technical School and Ontario College of Art and Industrial Design. At 25 years old Hahn began a nearly lifelong contract with Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. Two years later, he also started work as a studio assistant to sculptor Walter Seymour Allward. Part of his duties included assisting on Allward’s significant works such as the South African War Memorial in Toronto.

In 1912 Hahn began an association with the Thomson Monument Company of Toronto. It was there, along with several assistants, he made the many war memorials that are found across Canada: Fernie, British Columbia; Killarney and Russell, Manitoba; Alvinston, Bolton, Cornwall, Hanover, Lindsay,  Malvern, Milton, Petrolia and Port Dalhousie, Ontario; Gaspe, Quebec; Moncton, New Brunswick; Springhill and Westville Nova Scotia; Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Hahn is probably most famous as the designer of the Bluenose on the back of the Canadian dime and the Caribou on the back of the Canadian quarter. He was a victim of anti-German sentiment in the years following the Great War, when his design for the Winnipeg Cenotaph was rejected in 1925.

[front/devant]
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

(plaque)
ERECTED
BY THE CITIZENS OF CORNWALL AND SUBURBS
IN SACRED MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1914-1918

• AIREY FREDERICK C.
• ATCHISON HENRY
• BENOIT ALBERT
• BERO ARTHUR
• BREBANT FRANK J.
• BRUNET LOUIS I.
• BUCKLEY WALTER
• CAMPBELL HUGH J. M.
• CARRIER PHILIAS
• CHAMBERS WILLIAM A.
• CHANT ROBERT F.
• CLARK ERNEST T. P.
• COE JAMES JR.
• CROSSLEY HENRY
• CROSSLEY JOHN
• CURRIER HOWARD
• DEGRAY LAWRENCE
• DELAGE JAMES A.
• DELANEY STANLEY A.
• DEROCHIE MATTEW C.
• DESROSIERS FRANK
• DEWAR DUNCAN
• DOUGLAS AUSTIN
• DUPRAS PETER
• EASTMAN CLIFFORD J.
• FETTERLY GRANT
• FREEMAN RALPH
• GAGNE ALFRED
• GALLINGER GEORGE N.
•  
• GALLINGER RALPH
• GALLINGER ROBERT J.
• GALLINGER SAMUEL P.
• GERVAIS GEORGE
• GILLIES BRUCE A.
• GILLMETTE WILFRED
• GRANT ALEXANDER R.
• GRANT CLIFFORD A.
• HALE GEORGE
• HAMILTON C. DICKINSON M.D.
• HARDING CHARLES
• HARPS THOMAS
• HART CORNELIUS S.
• HAWTHORNE WALTER
• HERMISTON STEWART S.
• KINGHORN HERBERT C.
• KITTLE HERBERT W.
• KUHN JOSEPH
• LALONDE ALEXANDER D.C.M.
• LALONDE JOHN G.
• LALONDE PAUL
• LAPLANTE WILLIAM
• LASHAMBE SILVESTER
• LATOUR U. EMILE
• LOCEY JOHN A.
• LONEY OSCAR H.
• LOWELL BRUCE
• MACMILLAN DAVID
• MCGILLIVRAY MURDIE E.
• MCPHERSON GEORGE
• MIRON FRED
• MOORE LANEE D.
• MOSS ARCHIBALD A.
• MUNROE DONALD M.
• MUNROE MURDOCK J.
• MURCH CLARENCE
• PAYMENT JOHN
• PEARSON ALFRED
• PELKEY FELIX
• PENDERGAST FRANK
• POOLE KINGSLEY
• ROBERTS FRED W.
• RUSSELL WILLIAM
• SAUVE EDWARD
• SAVARD DAVID
• SHERMAN HIRAM P.
• STODDART W. ARTHUR
• ST. PIERRE ROMEO
• TEARRO JULIUS D.
• TILTON CLINTON N.
• TREMBLAY ADELORE
• TYO ARTHUR
• TYO EDWARD
• TYO FRANK
• TYO JAMES H.
• TYO JOSEPH
• WALE CHARLES W.
• WARD DONALD J.
• WATSON WALLACE W.

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WORLD WAR I
1914 – 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 – 1945

KOREA
1950 – 1953

(left wall/mur de gauche)
YPRES    ST ELOI    SOMME    ANCRE     SCARPE

FESTHUBERT – MOUNT SORREL
PASSCHENDALE – DROCOURT OUEANT

VALOUR REMEMBERED

(right wall/mur de droit)
HILL 70    AMIENS     ARRAS     CAMBRAI     MONS

COURCELETTE – VIMY RIDGE
CANAL DU NORD – VALENCIENNES

SOUVENIRS DE VAILLANCE

[left side/côté gauche]

(plaque)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF
CORNWALL CITY AND TOWNSHIP
IN
SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1939 – 1945

• ABRAMS, STANLEY W.
• ALGUIRE, WESLEY O.
• ANDREWS, MACDONALD J.
• ANDREWS, NEWARK T.
• ARMSTRONG, MALCOLM E.T.
• ARMSTRONG, PERCY K.
• ASSELIN, HAYDEN C.
• ATCHISON, J. WALLACE
• BAKER, L. PHILIP
• BARBER, IRVINE A.M.
• BARKER, ROGER W.
• BAZINET, HERCULES
• BEAUREGARD, ALDONA
• BELANGER, RICHARD N.
• BENNETT, WILLIAM A.
• BERGERON, HOWARD A.
• BETTRIDGE, OLIVER A.
• BIRKS, RICHARD S.
• BLANCHARD, FLORIEN
• BOALS, GLENN
• BOTCHARD, JOSEPH J.
• BOUGH, ROY E.
• BOUTILLIER, RALPH H.
• BRADY, LAWRENCE E.J.
• BRAY, J. ALBERT
• BRENNAN, ROBERT N.
• BRINGLOE, JAMES H.
• BROWNING, WILLIAM G.
• BRUNETTE, JACK
• BRUYERE, HECTOR J.
• BULLOCH, JOSEPH
• BURGESS, WALTER J.
• CAMPBELL, DONALD W.
• CARPENTER, CHARLES A.
• CARRIERE, LAURENT
• CARRIERE, GABRIEL E.
• CAZALY, DUNCAN
• CERULLO, J. ARMAND
• CHEVRIER, GEORGE A.
• CHEVRIER, LAWRENCE
• CHOLETTE, LAURIER N.
• CLEARY, HARRY J.
• COLLETTE, HENRY A.
• COLLINS, ALBERT C.
• COLUCCI, ANGELO S.
• CRITES, CLINTON A.
• DALLY, JAMES W.
• DEEBANK, PERCY J.
• DENIS, WILFRED E.
• DENNY, LOYES
• DESJARDINS, PERCY P.
• DORRANCE, THOMAS K.
• DOUGALL, JOHN B.
• DOXSEE, ARTHUR F.
• DRUMMOND, CLARENCE J.P.
• DUNSEITH, PETER A.
• DUPUIS, BERNARD J.
• EARLE, JOHN C.M.
• EMOND, ROMEO J.
• FAWTHROP, DONALD A.
• FAWTHROP, ROSS C.
• FETTERLY, ELDRED
• FLYNN, GERALD H.
• FORBES, J. GORDON
• FORREST, GEORGE
• FORTIN, EARL W.
• FRASER, ROBERT D.
• FROATS, WILLIAM L.
• GALLINGER, CECIL W.
• GALLINGER, CLARENCE A.
• GAUTHIER, J. WILFRED
• GAUTHIER, PAUL R.
• GILLIS, DONALD R.
• GRANT, B. CAMERON
• GREER, JAMES M.
• GROVES, FRANKLIN J.
• GUNN, ROBERT W.
• HARRISON, ARTHUR
• HARTLEY, JAMES W.
• HERRINGTON, HENRY H.
• HEWARD, WILLIAM
• HUNTER, GEORGE F.
• IRVINE, HOWARD C.
• JARVO, FRANCIS A.
• JASMIN, HERBERT E.
• JODOIN, EUCLIDE N.
• JODOIN, J. ARTHUR
• KEDDY, WALTER B.
• KENNEDY, JOHN
• LALONDE, D. WILLMONT
• LALONDE, JOSEPH B.R.
• LALONDE, LAWRENCE J.
• LAMARCHE, LEO L
• .LANT, C. BYRON
• LAPENSEE, REGINALD M.
• LASCELLE, LOUIS

(plaque)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF CORNWALL
IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE KOREAN WAR
FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1950 – 1953
CAMPEAU. MAURICE J. M.
GALLINGER, PAUL H.
STEER, DONALD H.

[right side/côté droit]

(plaque)
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS
OF
CORNWALL CITY AND TOWNSHIP
IN
SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
1939 – 1945

• LATOUR, LEO A.J.
• LAUBER, CHARLERS H.
• LAUZON, HOWARD R.
• LAVALLEE, VIATEUR
• LEBANO, FRANK G.
• LEBANO, JOSEPH
• LEBANO, VINCENT J.L.
• LEBLANC, DENZIL G.
• LEBLANC, GEORGE
• LEDUC, J.B. LAURIER
• LEFEBVRE, GORDON R.
• LEGROULX, RODOLPHE C.
• LONEY, WELLINGTON J.
• MACCOSHAM, W. RAYMOND
• MACDOUGALL, JOHN E.
• MACGILLIVRAY, BORDEN
• MACINTYRE, DONALD
• MACLEOD, JAMES C.
• MACMILLAN, JOHN M.
• MACNEIL, DONALD G.
• MCDONALD, ANDREW B.
• MCDONALD, DONALD JOHN
• MCDONALD, FRANCIS R.
• MCDONALD, WILLIAM JAMES
• MCGILLIVRAY, AUBREY L.
• MCINTOSH, W. PHILIP M.
• MCMARTIN, DONALD J.
• MCRAE, DONALD E.
• MCWILLIAMS, JOHN A.
• MADEN, E. KITCHENER
• MALYON, WILLIAM J.
• MAREOLAIS, BERNARD J.
• MARTEL, LAWRENCE
• MASSON, J. LLOYD
• MAZZONE, VINCENT
• MERPAW, WILLIAM J.
• MERPAW, WILLIAM LEO
• MILLER, GLENN B.
• MILNE, DONALD J.
• MITCHELL, HAROLD V.
• MONAHAN, J. EARL
• MONK, DAVID
• NADEAU, LAURENT J.O.
• NURSE, ALFRED E.
• O’PARRELL, LAWRENCE C.
• O’GRADY, JOHN E.
• O’REILLY, RICHARD J.
• PARK, JAMES G.
• PATTERSON, GUY R.
• PAUPST, PERCY W.
• PEIRCEY, ARTHUR C.C.
• PHILLIPS, G. MACLEAN
• POLTRAS, JAMES E.
• POLLARD, GEORGE G.
• PONLEDZIELSKI, JOSEPH
• PRICE, KENNETH E.
• PRIDDIN, WILLIAM E.B.
• PRIMEAU, HENRY
• PROULX, AUGUSTUS
• QUENNEVILLE, DELMER J.
• REDMOND, JAMES J.
• REID, ROBERT B.
• RELYEA, WILLIAM R.E.
• REVILL, HARVEY S.
• ROBERTSON, GERALD E.
• ROBERTS, HERBERT T.
• ROBINSON, MATTHEW S.
• ROSS-ROSS, PETER D.
• ROTH R. TAIT
• RUFFO, DOMINIC
• SABURN, FRANK
• SANDELIN, ROBERT S.
• SAUVE, JAMES EARL
• SEGUIN, RAYMOND A.
• SHAVER, JAMES H.
• SHUTTS, CLIFFORD F.
• SINFIELD, ARTHUR
• SNETSINGER, ARNOLD J.
• SPOTTON, LEONARD F.
• STUART, JAMES F.P.
• SUGDEN, ALBERT
• SWAINSON, JOHN L.
• TAILLON, ADRIAN F.
• THERIEN, C. HECTOR
• THOMAS, NELSON J.
• THOMPSON, FORD A.
• TOUCHETTE, DANIEL D.
• TYO, WILLIAM W.
• VIAU, RAYMOND G.
• VIPOND, DALTON E.
• WAITE, ALBERT W.
• WALDORF, J. EDGAR
• WEBSTER, ARTHUR P.
• WILLIAMS, FRED
• WILLIS, JAMES
• WILSON, ALFRED J.

(plaque)
ERECTED BY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Br. 297
&
The Citizens Of Cornwall
IN MEMORY OF
The Brave Men & Women Who
Served With NATO &UN FORCES
And In AFGHANISTAN.
Dedicated November 11, 2011

ÉRIGÉ PAR
la filiale 297 de la Légion royale canadienne
et
les citoyens de Cornwall
À LA MÉMOIRE DES
hommes et femmes vaillants qui ont servi dans
les FORCES DE L’OTAN ET DU L’ONU
et en AFGHANISTAN
Dédié le 11 novembre 2011