Princeton Cenotaph

Princeton, Ontario
Type
Other

This memorial was dedicated on August 15, 1998, to the men from Princeton and District who fought and those who died in the First and Second World Wars. During the dedication service flags were placed to recognize the three branches of the service by Jack Parker, Oxford County Naval Veterans' Association; Frank Miller of Princeton placing the flag for the army; and Dave Church of Royal Canadian Air Force 422 Nippissing Wing of North Bay.

The fieldstones used to create the memorial were from the former Soldiers Memorial Library and features its dedication stone on the back. The memorial was erected by Princeton and District.

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1921 - 1997

1914 - 1919
IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY
OF

  • LLOYD H. HUGHES
  • CHAS TOWNSEND
  •  
  • ERIC HUGHES
  • GEO H. CRACKNELL
  • WILFRED KIBBLE
  • GERRIT BROUER
  • REG HOME
  •  

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF

BROMPTON J. EDMINSTON R. KIPP H. McDONALD D. REID S.
BAYLESS H. FORCE E. KIPP F. McDONALD M. SUTHERLAND D.M.
CROSS H. FORCE L. KEMPERT W. McDONALD C. SIBBICK G.
COURTNEY A. GAGE R. MOORE C. PELLOW A. TUCKER H.
DICKSON D. HUGHES T. McARTHUR W. POAD H. WILLIAMSON W.
DUNN C. HUGHES A. MULLIN M. PORTER J. WILSON W.
DUCE R. HORNE G. MISENER W. PRICE G. YARRINGTON A.
  HUFF H. McNALLY J. RACKNOR E.  

IN THE GREAT WAR
WHO GAVE THEIR WILLING SERVICE

TELL THEM OF US AND SAY:
FOR YOUR TO MORROW THESE GAVE THEIR TODAY.

 

1939 - 1945
IN GRATEFUL & HONOURED MEMORY
OF

  • REG. BASKETT
  • GEORGE CRERAR
  •  
  • MORRIS TAYLOR
  • GEORGE PARKHILL
  • ROGER VEIT

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF

AUSTIN D. COWAN R. LILLEY A. RACKNOR L. TAYLOR W.H.
BASKETT L. DICKINSON D. LILLEY C. READING E. TELFER D.
BASKETT N. DURHAM J. MALCOLM J. READING F. THOMPSON D.
BAYLESS A. EVANS A.E. MEACHAM A. RUPERT E. TOTTLE J.
BEATON J. FORREST D. MERCHANT T. SLAGHT O. WATTS K.
BRITTAIN R. HART C. MORGAN J. SULSTON R.W. WATTS R.
CARL E. HEASLIP G. NYE F. SWARTS S.O. WILLSIE E.
CARSON C. JACKSON W. PARKHILL H.W. TAYLOR E.A. WILSON J.B.
COLLIE E. LAIRD A. PROUT A.. TAYLOR R.B. YEANDLE E.

THE GREAT WAR

THEY SERVED, THAT RIGHT, WHICH IS MORE
PRECIOUS, MIGHT PREVAIL.

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SOLDIERS
MEMORIAL
LIBRARY

THIS WAR MEMORIAL BUILT AND DEDICATED
AUGUST 15, 1989 BY THE PRINCETON
COMMUNITY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
PRINCETON AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Location
Princeton Cenotaph

Main and Elgin Streets
Princeton
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 43.1699576
Long. -80.5266926

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