This memorial was the idea of Principal Trench of the Perth Collegiate Institute. Staff and students raised the money to build the memorial. Mr. Robert Stenhouse built it and it was unveiled October 24, 1923. It was dedicated to past students of Perth Collegiate Institute who served in the First World War: The Glorious Dead, the men who served and the nursing sisters. The Perth Courier, Friday, November 2nd, 1923 The Memorial Tablet is of marble comprising three panels and the product of Mr. Robert Stenhouse…The centre panel contains the names of the glorious dead and the nursing sisters, while the outer panels contain the names of those who served. Above the centre panel is the PCI crest and across the bottom of the tablet the following: 1914 Aug. 4, Lest We Forget, Nov. 11 1918."
Inscription
[left panel/panneau de gauche]
THESE MEN SERVED
ADAMS F.A.
ADAMS M.
AFFLECK A.D.
AFFLECK J.K.
ANDERSON J.
ARMOUR R.
ARMOUR J.C.
BERLANCETTE A.
BAIRD W.
BLAIR W.G.
BOTHWELL A.M.
BYRNE J.M.
BERLANCETTE J.C.
CLARKE L.
CODE H.
CAMERON C.R.
CODE A.L.
CAMPBELL A.A.
CODE A.G.
CHARLTON W.B.
CAVANAGH B.
CAVANAGH C.
CHALLEN N.E.
CLARKE W.
CONSITT T.
CAVANAGH J.
CAVANAGH E.
CURRIE C.S.
COUTTS E.
CONSITT E.C.
CUTHBERTSON J.A.
COUCH E.
CULLEN I.
DAUGHEN W.J.
DEMERTEL J.E.
DODDS E.
DODDS L.
DRYSDALE R.
DITTRICK W.N.
DRENNAN W.
DOYLE EL.
ENRIGHT J.V.
EWART W.J.
FINDLAY E.C.
FINDLAY F.C.
FARMER C.
FERRIER B.
FOWLER A.
FRASER C.
FULLER A.
GLOSSOP C.
GRANT B.
GRIERSON J.C.
GREENLEY C.
GRANT D.
HANNA A.S.
HERLEHY D.
HALE F.
HARTNEY J.
HOGAN T.J.
HOPE J.A.
HURLEY D.
HOPE W.R.
HOPE A.
IRETON H.J.C.
INDERWICK C.
INDERWICK J.
JAMES E.
KERR H.N.
JOHNSTON A.M.
KELLER C.E.
KING G.
KERR D.C.
KENYON W.A.
KENNEDY M.B.
[center panel/panneau du centre]
THESE NURSES SERVED
ARMSTRONG J.E.
ARMSTRONG J.F.
CODE D.L.
LEONARD M.
CODE C.L.
McEWEN I.
McMASTER E.
McCANN A.L.
WALKER E.
WATTS I.M.
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
ALLAN H.G.
BOTHWELL G.E.
BROWNLEE F.
DOWSON H.S.
FENWICK B.
HUDSON S.
INDERWICK B.L.
KNOWLES W.C.
LEE B.
MEIGHEN J.E.
MACDONNELL R.O.
MCLEAN W.J.
MCPHAIL D. (REV)
NOONAN E.
PIERCE C.
ROBERTSON E.G.
ROCK G.
SCOTT C.C.
SINCLAIR L.M.
SINCLAIR A.
SPALDING E.
STONE H.C.
WARREN B.H.
WILSON A.S.
WILSON E.D.
WILSON J.C.
WILSON R.R.
MCGOWAN W.
"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"
[right panel/panneau de droite]
THESE MEN SERVED
LAPPIN F.
LESLIE O.M.
LEIGHTON R.
LEES F.
MCEWEN K.P.
MCCALLUM F.J.
LYON B.
MCCANN A.J.
MCILRAITH E.F.
MCCANN E.J.
MCINTYRE R.F.
MCCANN N.J.
MCKENZIE H.M.
MCLENNAN H.
MCLEAN W.J.
MCFARLANE C.B.
MILLAR N.A.
MEIGHEN G.
MEIGHEN R.A.
MICHELL W.A.R.
MOORE K.
MITCHELL T.G.
MOFFATT T.
NOONAN J.C.
NOONAN J.V.
NOONAN L.B.
NOONAN O.
NOONAN H.D.
ORR F.A.
RATHWELL L.A.
OATWAY C.A.
RICHMOND A.
RELYEA W.A.
RICHARDSON T.M.
ROBERTSON W.A.
RICHMOND R.
ROBERTSON E.
SABISTON H.
ROBERTSON H.
SABISTON K.
SCOTT B.H.
SCOTT C.R.
SCOTT R.R.
SCOTT J.W.
SINCLAIR H.
SMITH T.P.
SOPER W.J.
SCOTT C.A.
STONE R.W.
STONE R.E.
STEDMAN I.
TAYLOR H.M.
THOMPSON L.
THOMPSON F.L.
TOPPING C.
WALKER K.
WALKER M.
WALKER W.
WARREN J.A.
WILSON A.A.
WILSON E.
WILSON E.H.
WILSON C.
WILSON H.J.
WILSON T.B.
WRIGHT H.A.
WRIGHT W.E.
WRIGHT S.
COWAN G.
YOUNG L.
HOPE F.K.
CUTHBERTSON W.J.
FERGUSON G.A.
[bottom of tablet/bas de la tablette]
1914 Aug. 4, Lest We Forget, Nov. 11 1918
Visitor information
Perth Collegiate Institute First World War Memorial Plaque
13 Victoria Street
Perth
Ontario
Lat. 44.90477
Long. -76.25075
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Tim Zander