This white marble statue of a weeping lady, constructed in France, surmounting a granite base was erected on the high school grounds at 15 Elgin Street East in 1921 by Dan Miller of Woodstock. On the granite base were inscribed the names of thirty heroes that came from the Village of Norwich and the Township of North Norwich, who had not returned.
The official unveiling occurred on Victoria Day, 1921 and its day long program of events included a soft ball tournament, a performance of the Band of the Oxford Rifles (22nd Regiment), and a grand patriotic garden party in the evening, with proceeds of that event being added to the high school piano fund. That day was also the official opening of the High School grounds, as a park to be known as the High School Memorial Park, with the monument being located near the main entrance of the school.
In the 1950s, when the new Norwich High School opened the cenotaph was moved to its grounds. The school is now called the Emily Stowe Public School.
