Strathroy Cenotaph
Municipality/Province: Strathroy, ON
Memorial number: 35039-010
Type: Cenotaph
Address: 34 Frank Street
Location: Museum Strathroy-Caradoc
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.9563247 Long: -81.6241607
Submitted by: John P. Sargeant; Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc
Photo credit: Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
The Mary Armstrong Chapter of the IODE erected a Soldier’s Memorial on August 24, 1924, next to the Strathroy Armoury. It was unveiled by Helen Buchanan whose father, Sergeant Reginald Buchanan, was one of the fallen. The cenotaph was worked on by the Hambly brothers. It consists of three large tablets of imperial grey Canadian granite standing side by side on a light grey base.
On July 31, 1930, a cross of sacrifice and two bronze lamps on either side of the cross were added by the Daughters of the Empire. The unveiling was done by Mrs. S. F. Robinson, of London, wife of the late Rev. Rural Dean Robinson, formerly rector of St. John’s Church, Strathroy. He was the chaplain of the 126th when war was declared. Rev. and Mrs. Robinson gave their three sons for active service, one of whom, Captain Fritz Robinson, was killed at Givenchy in 1915.
In the 1940s, the fallen from the Second World War were engraved on the cenotaph. In 2010, and inscription for the Korean War was engraved on the south face of the cenotaph.
The foreground of the cenotaph was redesigned in 2012 to make room for the laying of wreaths and a raised flower bed. The masonry for the flower bed included limestone carving from the razed armoury.
In 2015, the Strathroy-Caradoc Lions Club installed custom metal signs recognizing the sacrifice of each of the individuals listed on the cenotaph and their respective regiments, to mark the centenary of the First World War.
An inscription for Afghanistan was engraved on the cenotaph on November 5, 2015, and unveiled by Afghanistan Veteran Richard Sauve on Remembrance Day 2015. It was engraved by Strathroy Monuments and paid for by Veterans.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
- JAMES ABBOTT
- JAMES ARMSTRONG
- E. J. BURTENSHAW
- R. J. BUCHANAN
- JOHN BROWN
- R. BROWN
- R. D. BRISCOE
- WALTER BEER
- W. MACW. CUDDY
- W. H. COOPER
- OSCAR DAVIS
- HUGH DEWAR
- W. E. FOXEN (M.C.)
- WILLIAM GOUGH
- A. HOLDERNESS
- HOWARD JAMES
- FRED W. (PAT) JAY
- S. KEMP (M.C.)
- GEORGE R. URQUHART
- OUR
- GLORIOUS
- DEAD
- “TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE
- BEHIND, IS NOT TO DIE”
- JAMES KELLESTINE
- CYRIL LOWE
- ARHTUR L. LINDSAY
- ERNEST J. LEADEN
- THOMAS MILLIKEN
- EDWARD T. MOORE,
- GEORGE MAIN
- JAMES MACAULAY
- NEIL MCLEAN
- JAMES MCGEARY
- STORMONT MCINTYRE
- ALICE NETTLETON(VAD)
- WILLIAM COWAN
- ALEX NEWTON
- RALP NEWTON
- JOHN NUNN
- THOMAS NORMAN
- A. NEWBURY
- OSCAR O’DELL
- HAROLD PAYNE
- CHARLES PERRING
- L. PEMBLETON
- ASA PATTERSON
- E. READON
- F. W. ROBINSON
- EDGAR SEXTON
- C. H. SMITHRIM
- GORDON B. SMALL
- VERNON SULLIVAN
- GEORGE E. WALLACE
- THOMAS B. WELCH
- HAROLD WEISSE
- CHARLES R BENNETT
- ERECTED BY THE I.O.D.E.
1914 - 1918
[base]
ERECTED BY
THE MARY ARMSTRONG CHAPTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE
AUGUST 1924
[right side]
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
AFGHANISTAN
2001 - 2014
[right side]
1939-1945
CHARLES F. ADAIR
ROBERT ADAIR
KENNETH ADAIR
ALBERT ARTHUR
C. W. BARKER
ALLAN CAMPBELL
W. K. FERGUSON
DONALD LEITCH
JACK MCDONALD
ARDEN PAYNE
LEROY SWALES
DONALD THOMSON
JACK LOVELL
LAWRENCE PIKE
MAXWELL HALL
RUSSELL GERRY
Street view
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