Pelham Cenotaph

Pelham Cenotaph

Pelham, Ontario

Type

Other

The Pelham Cenotaph was erected in 1920 and pays tribute to 18 local soldiers killed in battle during the First World War.

Restoration of the cenotaph which included repairing the original 1920’s lead lettering was completed in July 2015. The cenotaph and newly restored W.W. 1 German Trench Mortar were dedicated on Saturday, September 10, 2016.

Inscription

[front/devant]

DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL FOR A GREAT CAUSE

1914-1918

KILLED OR DIED OVER SEAS
CEO. COUCHMAN BORN 1895. KILLED 1917
WALTER HARRIS BORN 1897. KILLED 1917
IVAN JOHNSON BORN 1881. KILLED 1918
LAURENCE MCCLELLAN BORN 1890. KILLED 1918
ROBERT STICKLES BORN 1895. KILLED 1918

[left side/côté gauche]

THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN, BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE

1914-1918

KILLED OR DIED OVER SEAS
JAMES MCCAW BORN 1899. KILLED 1918
ROB'T MOODY BORN 1898. KILLED 1917
ALBERT NORGATE BORN 1895. KILLED 1917
WM. TYRRILL BORN 1899. KILLED 1917

[right side/côté droit]

"HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE, SHALL FIND IT."

1914-1918

KILLED OR DIED OVER SEAS
FRANK BEALE BORN 1888. KILLED 1917
REGINALD BEALE BORN 1889. KILLED 1917
CHAS. GALDART BORN 1892. KILLED 1918
WM. JOYCE BORN 1881. KILLED 1918

[back/arrière]

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PHELHAM, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.

1914-1918

KILLED OR DIED OVER SEAS
GEORGE DRAKE BORN 1894. KILLED 1916
ORVILLE HAIST BORN 1894. KILLED 1917
E. F. JEFFERIES BORN 1897. KILLED 1918
DAVID MUIRHEAD BORN 1893. KILLED 1918
R. A. HOWELL BORN 1893. KILLED 1918