FIRST WORLD WAR STATUE -- Cannington
N 44° 20.985 W 079° 02.034
17T E 656702 N 4912599
Impressive statue of a WWI soldier standing atop a granite shaft, located in the centre of the town park.
Waymark Code: WMBN6N
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/05/2011
Views: 4
Inscription as follows:
FRONT:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
1914 - 1918
MAJ. ROBERT E. WALLACE
PTE. HORACE O. KIFT
PTE. JAMES J. HALWARD
LIEUT. WILLIAM K. KIFT
SAPR. ROY C. WOODWARD
PTE. HOWARD F. MACKIN
PTE JOHN H. DAWE
THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN
BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE
GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
BELOW:
WWII 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953
LEFT SIDE:
YPRES 1915
SOMME 1916
VIMY 1917
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS 1918
CAMBRAI 1918
REAR:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
RIGHT SIDE:
ERECTED BY
THE MUNICIPALITY, PATRIOTIC
AND I.O.D.E. SOCIETIES OF
CANNINGTON
IN HONOUR OF THE 65 MEN
WHO HEARD THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL.
WE LIVE IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS
HE MOST LIVES
WHO THINKS MOST, FEELS
THE NOBLEST, ACTS THE BEST.
Private or Public Monument?: Other
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: THE MUNICIPALITY, PATRIOTIC AND I.O.D.E. SOCIETIES OF CANNINGTON
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
Memorial Park
Cannington, Ontario Canada
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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