Saltfleet Cenotaph

The image features the Stoney Creek World War 1 Cenotaph, labeled as the "Great War Soldiers' Memorial," located near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This historical monument stands prominently beside a road with a backdrop of clear skies and sparse trees. The cenotaph, a tall, rectangular stone pillar, is topped with a statue of a soldier in a military uniform holding a rifle, commemorating the fallen soldiers of the First World War. The front of the pillar bears inscriptions and a dedicatory plaque.

The image features the Stoney Creek World War 1 Cenotaph, labeled as the "Great War Soldiers' Memorial," located near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This historical monument stands prominently beside a road with a backdrop of clear skies and sparse trees. The cenotaph, a tall, rectangular stone pillar, is topped with a statue of a soldier in a military uniform holding a rifle, commemorating the fallen soldiers of the First World War. The front of the pillar bears inscriptions and a dedicatory plaque.

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Saltfleet Cenotaph

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Stoney Creek Cenotaph. King Street at Highway 8. 1922 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Stoney Creek Cenotaph - 1922 The image features the Stoney Creek World War 1 Cenotaph, labeled as the "Great War Soldiers' Memorial," located near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This historical monument stands prominently beside a road with a backdrop of clear skies and sparse trees. The cenotaph, a tall, rectangular stone pillar, is topped with a statue of a soldier in a military uniform holding a rifle, commemorating the fallen soldiers of the First World War. The front of the pillar bears inscriptions and a dedicatory plaque Marker text: Cenotaph: Front: 1914 - 1919 "WHILE YET UNSTAINED OUR ANCIENT BANNER KEEPS ITS PLACE OF PRIDE LET NONE FORGET HOW GREAT A DEED WE OWE TO THOSE WHO DIED" "DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI" AXFORD, J.A. BAY, WM. B. LIEUT. BODEN, JAS E. SERGT. BOLTON, L. BROOKS, A. BULLOCK, R.H. LIEUT. BUTLER, F.C. BLAYLOCK, J.W. CAIRNS, WM. J. CAIRNS, C.R. CAMPBELL, D. CASEWELL, A.E. CLARKE, E.W. COCKS, H.J. LIEUT. CORMAN, F.M. CROSTHWAITE, T. CURTIS, S.B. DAVIS, W.J. LIEUT. FLINT, H.C. FLINT, RICHARD FOSTER, A.H. FOYLE, G.H. HENRY, L.B. MAJOR HORNING, J.I. MACDONALD, ALEXANDER HUDSON, L. JOHNSON, F. JOHNSON, M.ST.C. KIMMINS, A.E. MAJOR LEE, G.D. MAJOR LEE, H.E. LIEUT. LEE, E.C. LETTINGTON, A. LUTZ, R.C. LIEUT. McGREGOR, C. McNAIR, G.O. MILES, A.A. CORP. MILLARD, WM. S. LIEUT. PATTISON, C.E. LIEUT. PICKERING, H.V. LIEUT. PRENTICE, G. SERGT. PARKINSON, H. REAKES, V. SCOTT, S.W. LIEUT. SLADE, WM.A.D. SMYTHERS, A. TICE, P.W. VANDUZEN, C. WALTERS, H. PATTERSON, C.V. A. D. 1922 HUBBARD, FREDRICK BERRY, JOSEPH JAMES VAN DUZER, HARRY N. FLT. LIEUT. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SALTFLEET IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROIC SACRIFICE BY THE MEN OF THIS TOWNSHIP WHOSE NAMES APPEAR HEREON, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 1914 – 1919 “While yet unstained our ancient banner keeps its place of pride let none forget how great a debt we owe to those that died” “Dulce etdecorum est pro patria mori” Erected by the people of Saltfleet in grateful remembrance of the heroic sacrifice by the men of this township whose names appear hereon, who gave their lives for our empire in the Great War 1914-1919 Ypres, Somme, Festuburt, Givenchy, Passchendaele, Sanctuary Wood, Vimy Ridge, Cambrai, Amiens, Arras, Mons Their Name Liveth For Evermore The World War 2 Cairn was officially unveiled on Sunday June 12/1949 Stone block: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE CITIZENS OF SALTFEET TOWNSHIP WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II. C. ANDREWS E.R. ATKINS R.S. BALSLEY J.E. BOWLER W.F. BOWLER W. BOWSLAUGH D.C. BRIDGMAN G. BROWN J. CARLTON G.S. COTTINGTON J.B. CRONIN P. DILLON C. HILDRETH L. HILL F.J. HEURTER J. JONES F.C. LAMONT C. LYON V. McCLUNG A.J. McCONNELL R. NAPPER W.J. PHILLIPS T. PRENTICE G. READY F. SIMS R. SIMS J. STRACHAN J. TOUTIN W.E. TWEEDLE J. TYLER G.A. WILBUR R. WILSON H. WOOLLEY C. YOUNG G.C. BROWN B. COLEMAN H. COLEMAN L. DEAN J.E. MOSHER 1939-1945 1950-KOREA-1953 M.A. TRUTHWAITE

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