Alliston Cenotaph

Alliston Cenotaph

New Tecumseth (Alliston), Ontario

Type

Other

In 2008, a Cenotaph Committee was formed to build a cenotaph to honour local Veterans. The corner of Albert Avenue and Paris Avenue was chosen because it is adjacent to the Alliston Memorial Arena, which was named in honour of local Veterans in 1950 and because it is central to the town. The land is of the Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Chippewa/Ojibwe.

The center piece of the memorial was unveiled on August 24, 2013. Funds were provided by the Nottawasage Foundation and it was designed by Bradley Design Consultants of New Tecumseth. It was built by Smith Monuments Company Ltd. The center stone is made of Cambrian Black granite from Quebec and on the front are the names of soldiers that gave the ultimate sacrifice in the First and Second World Wars. The battles list for both wars are listed on the back.

The service men and women artwork was completed by artist David Craig. The wing memorials are made from supreme India black stone. On the west side are dedications to Veterans of Korea, Gulf War and Peacekeeping. The east side honours Afghanistan Veterans.

In 2017, black steel benches were donated by the town of New Tecumseth to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. They were designed and manufactured by David Ogilvie Engineering Ltd., Scotland.

The Alliston Legion, Town of New Tecumseth and Alliston Cenotaph Committee relocated the Alliston School War Memorial to its current location with the Alliston Cenotaph directly across from the former school property in 2020.

On November 11, 2021, the addition of two names to the Afghanistan side were unveiled. The families of Sapper Brian Collier and Corporal Matthew Dinning have connections to the region.

Funds raised by the community were used in 2022 to repair water and ice damage of the two wing monuments; the east side stone was removed, shipped to Hamilton, Ontario where it was re-shaved, re-engraved and shipped to Quebec to be polished; scratches on the Afghanistan India Blackstone were repaired.

Inscription

[center slab]

(front/devant)
ALLISTON WAR MEMORIAL
MONUMENT DE GUERRE D'ALLISTON

DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WARS OF 1914 - 1918 AND 1939 - 1945
DÉDIÉ AUX MEMBRES DE CETTE COMMUNUATÉ QUI ONT FAIT L'ULTIME
SACRIFICE LORS DE GUERRES MONDIALES DE 1914 - 1918 ET 1939 - 1945

WORLD WAR I
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

ANDERSON W.
ARTHURS C.
BROWN B.
BROOKS S.
BUCHANAN R.
CALLANDER A.
CHANTLER L.
DALE G.
DAVIDSON C.
DOLMAN H.
DUNGEY G.
DUNNING A.
DUNHAM W.
ELLIS J.
ELLISON A.
FERRIS D.
FOSTER S.
GORDON A.
HENDERSON W.
HOLT F.
IRWIN J.
KIDD H.
KIERNAN H.
LEMON H.
MILNE W.
MILNE G.
MOUDER R.
MORRISON J.
MOONEY W.
NELSON M.
NUNN H.
NUNN W.
PADDISON N.
PHILLIPS A.
PRESTON W.
RILEY N.
RYAN T.
STEELE F.
SHEPHARD R.
SMITH A.
STONEHAM A.
WALLACE R.
WILSON C.

WORLD WAR II
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE

ALDERSON J.G.
ANDERSON B.A.
ADAMS A.M.
ATKINSON S.A.
BANTING F.G.
BELL F.C.
BURT C.F.
BURKE J.J.
CAUTHERS W.A.
CHERRY E.
DOWLING D.M.
GAULLAUGHER R.C.
HACKETT D.G.
HOARD G.
KENNEDY D.
KING J.W.
LEMON J.H.
MICHAELIS A.T.
MASON T.F.
MOORBY D.
PARKER H.
PEACOCK W.G.
RUTHVEN J.L.
SMALLEY D.
SMITH B.
WARMAN A.
WILLOUGHBY J.A.

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
« QUAND VIENDRA L'HUERE DU CRÉPUSCULE ET CELLE DE L'AURORE, NOUS NOUS SOUVIENDRONS D'EUX »

(back/arrière)

WE REMEMBER
"NOUS NOUS SOUVENONS"

WORLD WAR I
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE

628,736 CANADIANS SERVED.
66,573 DIED AND 138,166 WOUNDED.
2,818 PRISONERS OF WAR.
175 MERCHANT SEAMAN DIED.

BATTLE HONOURS
HONNEURS DE GUERRE

YPRES
ST. ELOI
SANCTUARY WOOD
FESTUBERT
THE SOMME
VIMY RIDGE
PASSCHENDAELE
LENS
CAMBRAI
AMIENS
ARRAS
VALENCIENNES
MONS

WORLD WAR II
SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE

1,031,902 CANADIANS MEN AND
49,963 CANADIAN WOMEN SERVED.
44,271 DIED AND 53,145 WOUNDED.
8,271 PRISONERS OF WAR.
1,146 MERCHANT SEAMEN DIED.

BATTLE HONOURS
HONNEURS DE GUERRE

BATTLE OF BRITAIN
MALTA
HONG KONG
DIEPPE
ORTONA
CASSINO
BATTLE OF SCHELDT
D-DAY JUNO BEACH
BATTLE OF NORMANDY

[left slab]
PEACEKEEPING
1948 - PRESENT
OVER 125,000 CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN
UNITED NATIONS AND NATO PEACEKEEPING DUTIES ALL OVER
THE WORLD. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN AWARDED THE
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP WORLD PEACE.
CANADIANS WHO HAVE SERVED WITH PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS,
HAVE ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS
SERVICE MEDAL.
WE REMEMBER THOSE 116 CANADIAN PEACEKEEPERS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX
1948 - JUSQU'AU PRÉSENT
PLUS DE 125,000 CASQUES BLEUS CANADIENS ONT PARTICIPÉ
À DES MISSIONS DE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX DES NATIONS UNIES
ET DE L'OTAN, PARTOUT AU MONDE. LE PRIX NOBEL DE LA PAIX
A ÉTÉ DÉCERNÉ AUX NATIONS UNIES POUR LEURS EFFORTS DE
MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX DANS LE MONDE. LES CANADIENS QUI ONT
PARTICIPÉ À DES MISSIONS DE MAINTIEN DE LA PAIX ONT REÇU
LA MÉDAILLE CANADIENNE DU MAITIEN DE LA PAIX.
SOUVENONS-NOUS DES 116 CASQUES BLEUS CANADIENS QUI ONT
PERDU LA VIE AU SERVICE DE LEUR PAYS ET DU MONDE.

KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
THE INVASTION OF SOUTH KOREA BY NORTH KOREA, RESULTED IN THE
UNITED NATIONS REQUESTING THE SUPPORT OF ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES
TO RESIST THE INVASION. SEVENTEEN COUNTRIES RESPONDED, WITH
CANADA BEING THE THIRD LARGEST FORCE. 26,791 CANADIANS SERVED.
516 DIED AND 1,558 WERE WOUNDED.

GUERRE DE CORÉE
1950 - 1953
LORSQUE LA CORÉE DU SUD A ÉTÉ ENVAHIE PAR CORÉE DU
NORD, LES NATIONS UNIES DEMANDÉ L'APPUI DE TOUS LES PAYS
MEMBRES POUR AIDER À RÉSISTER À L'INVASION. DIX-SEPT PAYS ONT
RÉPONDU, LE CANADA OFFRANT LA TROISIÈME PLUS GRANDE FORCE.
26,791 SODLATS ONT SERVI. 516 SONT MORTS ET 1,558 ONT ETÉ BLESSÉS.

GULF WAR
1990 - 1991
3,837 CANADIAN MEN AND 237 CANADIAN WOMEN
SERVED DURING THE GULF WAR
THERE WERE NO CANADIAN CASUALTIES.

GUERRE DU GOLFE
1990 - 1991
3,837 HOMMES ET 237 FEMMES MEMBRES DES FORCES CANADIENNES
ONT PARTICPÉ AUX OPÉRATIONS. AUCUN CANADIEN
N'A PERDU LA VIE LORS DE LA GUERRE DU GOLFE.

[right slab]
AFGHANISTAN WAR
2001 - 2012

39, 625 CANADIANS SERVED.
158 PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
2,047 WERE WOUNDED.
WE HONOUR THOSE CANADIANS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
IN THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM.

COLLIER B. J.
DINNING M. D. J.

GUERRE DE L''AFGHANISTAN
2001 - 2012

39,625 CANADIENS ONT PARTICIPÉ AUX OPÉRATIONS.
158 ONT FAIT LE SACRIFICE ULTIME.
2,047 ONT ÉTÉ BLESSÉS.
NOUS HONORONS LES CANADIENS QUI ONT PERDU LA VIE
DANS CETTE GUERRE CONTRE LE TERRORISME.

[plaque]
ALLISTON CENOTAPH COMMITTEE
JOHN LEWIS, JOE McCARROLL,
DOUG SCOTT, JACK TIERNAY,
HART HOLMSTROM, ART STOREY,
MIKE MacEACHERN, BRIAN BULLIS,
DON & MARG BARGER, CHRISTINE BRAYFORD

MAJOR DONORS
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BR. 171
ALLISTON FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION INC.
BIFFIS FAMILY NOTTAWASAGA FOUNDATION
DR. F.M. WALKER VETERANS & SENIORS VILLA