Keremeos Cenotaph - Keremeos, BC
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N 49° 12.302 W 119° 49.715
11U E 293973 N 5454100
The Keremeos Cenotaph stands on the south side of Highway 3 in Memorial park, which is between Fourth and Fifth Streets.
Waymark Code: WMNE0M
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/24/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Manville Possum
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The Keremeos Cenotaph was constructed between the years of 1948 and 1953, in memory of those who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

In June 1967, the Cenotaph was moved to its present location. The Cenotaph was recently upgraded with funding support from the Royal Canadian Legion and The Village of Keremeos.
From War Monuments in Canada


The cenotaph is a broad obelisk built entirely of flagstone with plaques for World War I, World War II and The Korean War affixed. There is also a plaque listing the dead of Keremeos in the two world wars. The cenotaph stands on a concrete base within a two foot tall flagstone enclosure with flagstone steps leading to the cenotaph.

The text on the plaque reads as follows:

HONOUR ROLL

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF

KEREMEOS DISTRICT

IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY

1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945
B. CAWSTON
W. CHRISTIE
S. EDMONDS
L. HOXIE
H. HUNTER
I.JONES
D.J. McCURDY
B. MILLS
J. VERITY
R. ARMSTRONG
J.D. EAST
M.G. EAST
R.G. EAST
J. EVANS
L. LEIGHTON
J.A.A. MacDONALD
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korean War


In Honor Of: Those Who Gave Their Lives for King and Country

Marker Text:
See above


Date of dedication: 1948

Who Put it Here?: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 192

Description of Memorial:
See above


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