Stonewall Cenotaph

Stonewall, Manitoba
Type
Other

The Stonewall Cenotaph was dedicated on October 7, 1922, by Lord Byng. At that time, it had four bronze plaques bearing the names of the 102 local residents who lost their lives in the First World War. It was designed by prominent Winnipeg architect Gilbert Parfitt and is constructed of Tyndall stone. The towering pillar with four sides sits on a four step base of concrete and limestone. Each side has lion head fountains with basins below to catch the flow of water. Parfitt used lions again—this time in bronze—on the Winnipeg Cenotaph six years later. 


Additional plaques bearing the names of 73 casualties from the Second World War were later added. As were plaques honouring the Korean War and Peacekeepers.

Inscription

[front/devant]
IM MEMORY OF

W.I.W. ADAIR
A.E. AHMED
HEWITT ADNERSON
E.D. ARCHER
B.J. BACKLUND
EDWIN BERRY
EDWARD BISHOP
G.A. BLAKE
THOMAS C. BOTHAM
JASON BROUSE
FRED BROWN
HENRY BROWN
C.M. CARLSON
CARLETON A. CATHCART
A.S. CHRISTIAN
K.A. CLARKE
GILBERT E. COOPER
ALBERT CROSS
FRANKLAND CURLE
JAMES DALGLEISH
WALTER DANIELS
GEORGE DUBARD
JOSEPH DUNN
BERT EMMS
ALEX GALL

1939   1945
A'BEAR, J.J.
ARBOUR, A. (M.C.)
AITKEN, J.A.
BALDOCK, J.L.
BENNETT, D.H.
BENSON, J.A.
BOWES, D.W.
BROWN, A.
CAMPBELL, J.A.
CORBETT, E.C.
COSTELLO, G.A.
CRAWFORD, H.L.
DANIELS, W.
DODD, G.A.
ESARUK, J.
FLYNN, H.L.
GILLESPIE, G.
GRAHAME, J.H.J.

KOREA
1930 - 1953

PEACEKEEPING
SERVICE DE LA PAIX

VIMY

[right side/côté droit]
THOSE WHO FELL.

C.W. ROTHWELL
DAVID RUTHERFORD
THOMAS RUTHERFORD
FRED SCOTT
S.E. SHORTLIFFE
ALEX SIBBALD
EDWIN J. SIMS
IVAN SMITH
LESLIE SMITH
JAMES SMITH
THOMAS SMYTH
THMOS SMYTH
C.M. STEWART
R.G. STOKES
EDWIN TALBOT
JAMES R. TEARLE
MARL THORN D.S.O.
CHARLES H. WALKER
S.B.C. WEBB
CHARLES WHARFE
JACK WILLIAMS D.C.M.
J.W. WILLSON
R.W. WILLSON
H.V.W. WOOD
EDWARD YARNTON

1939 - 1945
STRATTON, R.G.
STYNE, N.
SWALLOW, L.A.
TAYLOR, W.D.
THOMPSON, E.R.
THOMPSON, A.G.
VANDEKERCKHOVE, G.P.C. (D.F.C.)
VINCENT, S.
WALLEY, K.M.
WALLEY, K.R.
WARBURTON, E.
WATSON, G.R.
WEBB, J.
WILLIAMS, J.G.
WILLIAMS, J.H.
WILLIAMS, T.A.T.
WISH, M.
WOOD, K.R.
ZUBEK, W.R.

YPRES

[back/arrière]
THE GREAT WAR

E.A. MITCHELL
FRANK MITCHELL
C.H. MOLLARD
J.E. MOOR
NEIL MORROW
ROBERTS S. MOWATT
WILLIAM MCBEAN
D.L. MCCOMB
CHAS. MCCONNELL
JAMES MCKENZIE
ALLAN A. MCLEOD VC
BASIL G. MCNEIL
A. OAKFORD
ANDREW PETERSON
FRANK PORTER
JAMES L. PORTER
J.D. PRINGLE
DOUGLAS PURCHAS
WILLIAM RACKLEY
CHAS H. RAY
HARRY READIN
J.E. REYNOLDS
THOMAS REYNOLDS
IVER ROBERTS

1939 — 1945
MURRAY, F.M.
MUTH, I.
NEVE, A.R.
NISBET, N.W.
NOTON, R.F.
OLSON, A.G.
PACHKOWSKI, W.F.
PANKIW, J.
PATERSON, G.H.
PHILLIPS, J.E.
ROSE, D.I.
ROSE, T.H.
SHMIGELSKY, P.
SLATOR, D.P.
SMITH, B.H.
SOLODIUK, M.
STEWART, R.
STRATTON, K.R.

ARRAS

[left side/côté gauche]
1914 — 1818

ANGUS J. GARDINER
JOHN GIBSON
EARL GILLESPIE
ARTHUR GREENWAY
THOMAS HALBERT
ALBERT HAMMILL
R.C. HAND
FRANK HEALE
JAS HENDERSON
SAMUEL HESTER
ARCHIE HILL
STANLEY HODGE D.C.M.
JACK HOOVER
F.R. HOWSAM
ARCHIE IRWIN
F.J. JEFFERSON
W.E. JOHNS
A.J. KIRBY
FRANK LAMB
CHALRES LITTLE
T.A. LUMSDEN
PERCY E. MACROW
B.C. MARTIN
MALCOLM MAY
E.L. METCALG

1939 — 1945
GUEST, G.W.
GURSK, M.S.
HAMMERBERG, V.W.
HANCOCK, A.C.
HIRST, J.F.
JAMES, W.A. (M.C.)
JOHNSTON, A.A.
JOHNSTON, C.
KIRK, D.J.G.
KLOWAK, J.A.
KORSKI, G.
KOWALCHUK, P.
KWASNY, W.
MCDONALD, J.A.
MCLEOD, A.C.
MCLEOD, N.S.
MCLEOD, D.C.
MOLLARD, W.J.

SOMME

Location
Stonewall Cenotaph

350 Market Street South
Stonewall
Manitoba
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 50.1371378
Long. -97.3253437

right side

Town of Stonewall
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back

Town of Stonewall
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front

Town of Stonewall
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left side

Town of Stonewall
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surroundings

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