Founded in 1916, the Great War Veterans Association (GWVA) was one of the precursors to the Royal Canadian Legion. It was the GWVA who raised the funds to finance the War Monument which was erected in 1921. The monument consists of a tapering square dark granite shaft on a similar base and an overhanging cap with a curved top. Atop the cap is a well oxidized bronze sculpture of a World War I soldier in Highlanders dress, helmet and backpack, holding his rifle, butt resting on the ground, in front of him with both hands. On each side of the cenotaph is a Victorian era cannon mounted on a contemporary concrete carriage.
Around the shaft of the memorial are four bronze plaques. The World War I plaque, the first that would have been placed, is on the front, street side, of the cenotaph.
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
RODERICK WILLIAM ABRAMSON
ALFRED JOHN AMERO
HOWARD JOSEPH BLINN
RALPH EATON DAKIN
KENNETH ANGUS DONNELLY
GERALD AUSTIN ELLIS
HOWARD THOMAS FARNSWORTH
WALTER MURRAY MARSHALL
STANLEY SPRAY
LOUIS PHILIP THERIAULT
ROSS GLENDON TURNBULL
ROBERT KENNETH VIDITO
GEORGE ALLEN WILSON
DONALD SMITH WINCHESTER
HENRY RAYMOND WOODMAN
SAMUEL DRIFFIELD WOODMAN
REGINALD WOOF
WILLIAM ARNOLD YORKE
LEO JOHN MELANSON
“THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”