Keene Cenotaph

Keene, Ontario
Type
Other

The Keene Cenotaph was erected in 1921 in memory of those who fought and those who lost their lives in the First World War. Later, names of those who lost their lives in the Second World War were added.

Inscription

[front/devant]

IN MEMORIAM

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
OTONABEE
WHO SERVED, FOUGHT AND DIED
FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
1939-1945

[right side/côté droit]

1914-1918

  • ANDERSON, ROBERT
  • BOLIN, ALPHONSE
  • CARPENTER, HERBERT E.
  • CURTIS, WM. HOWARD
  • DOHERTY, THOMAS
  • EMERY, ROBERT
  • FITZGERALD, PATRICK
  • GIRVEN, FRANKLIN
  • HASTIE, HARRY
  • HAWKINS, ROY
  • HEAD, JOHN
  • HATCHER, HAROLD
  • LONG, W.J.
  • MATHERS, HENRY
  • MAHOOD, ROBERT
  • MCKENZIE, ALEX
  • NELSON, RAY
  • PETERS, ERNEST
  • POWELL, CHARLES
  • RIPPINGALE, STANLEY
  • SMITH, HAROLD
  • SYDES, HERBERT
  • BLAKER, JOSHUA
  • CORRIGAN, EDWARD
  • CURTIN, WILLIAM
  • DAINTON, WILLIAM
  • DYER, THOMAS
  • EDWARDS, WILLIAM
  • GUEST, HERBERT
  • HASTIE, ALEX
  • HAWKINS, BRUCE
  • HOPE, WM. R.
  • HENDERSON, JOHN
  • KEITLE, JOHN
  • MELLING, WILLIAM
  • MANN, PERCY
  • MCCARTHY, JOSEPH D.
  • MCGREGOR, JOHN
  • ORDE, FREDERICK
  • PUE, WILLIAM
  • READ, GEORGE
  • RIPPINGALE, BENJAMIN
  • SMITH, GEORGE
  • SPEIRS, HAROLD
  • SHAW, ALFRED
  • TIER, DAVID
  • WEDLOCK, RICHARD
  • THOMPSON, LANG
  • TOMAS, WILLIAM
  • WEAVER, GORDON
  • TOBICO, ROBERT
  • WEIR, ORMOND
  • WHITT, ARTHUR

[base]

  • ALDERSON ERNEST
  • GALL EDWARD
  • RENNIE ROLAND
  •   
  • BELL ERNEST
  • HEATH GORDON
  • SHEPHERD HENRY
  • CAMPBELL WILLIAM
  • EASON RICHARD
  • PAUDASH ELMER
  • WALSH ROLAND
  •   

[rear/arrière]

ERECTED
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF
OTONABEE
A.D. 1921

THOSE WHO COME AFTER
SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES ARE
NOT FORGOTTEN.

[left side/côté gauche]

"WE ARE THE DEAD,
SHORT DAYS AGO WE LIVED,
FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED, AND WERE LOVED,
AND NOW, WE LIE
IN FLANDERS FIELDS".

Location
Keene Cenotaph

1105 Heritage Line
Keene
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.2406729
Long. -78.1620325

Keene Cenotaph

Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
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back inscription

Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
1 of 5 images

left side inscription

Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
1 of 5 images

Keene Cenotaph dedication ceremony, 1921.

Lawrence A. Craighead
1 of 5 images

right side inscription

Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
1 of 5 images
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