Clifton Hill War Memorial
Municipality/Province: Niagara Falls, ON
Memorial number: 35052-004
Type: Shaft, statue
Address: Clifton Hill and Falls Avenue
Location: Victoria Park
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.090088 Long: -79.0728477
Submitted by: Sherman Zavitz; Terry MacDonald
Originally known as the Great War Memorial, this monument was unveiled on May 22, 1927, to commemorate the men of Niagara Falls who lost their lives in the First World War. Its granite shaft is capped by a bronze statue of a First World War Canadian infantryman who holds a rifle in one hand and his helmet in the other.
In 1982, inscriptions were added to commemorate the Second World War and Korean War. Its original inscription was edited with an 'S' added to Great War, and the years 1939-1945 added. Two pink granite stones were installed, listing the names of Niagara Falls residents who perished in the Second World War. The names of the four war dead of the Korean War were added to the back of the memorial.
Coeur de Lion MacCarthy, the son of sculptor Hamilton McCarthy, produced numerous commemorative works after the First World War, including: Winged Victory in British Columbia; Great War Memorial and Lethbridge Cenotaph in Alberta; Winged Victory in Manitoba; County of Brome War Memorial, Verdun Victory Memorial, Monument to the Brave and Winged Victory in Quebec; Clifton Hill War Memorial and Woodstock Cenotaph in Ontario.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD AND
IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF
THE MEN OF
NIAGARA FALLS
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1918
1939-1945
BEHOLD THIS STONE SHALL BE A WITNESS UNTO US
[The names of those who fell in the First World War and the Korean War are engraved on the large monument. Those who fell in the Second World War have their names on the stones to either side of the monument. These lists are not clear in the photos./Les noms des morts de la Première Guerre mondiale et de la guerre de Corée sont gravés sur le gros monument. Ceux des morts de la Seconde Guerre mondiale sont inscrits sur les pierres placées de chaque côté du monument. Ces listes ne sont pas claires sur les photos.]
[partial inscription of side/inscription partielle sur le côté]
SIBERIA 1918-1919
AKRIGG RUSSELL
BYRNE THOMAS
CAMPBELL FRANK
EDE ALBERT
EVELEIGH FRANK
FORSYTH MONTIE
FRENCH F.
GALLINGER KENNETH
KENNEDY GUY
LOCKYEAR WILFRED
OHOU JOSEPH
POWELL LESLIE
POWLEY FRED
WILLINS HENRY
Street view
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