Soldiers Cenotaph - Digby, Nova Scotia
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N 44° 37.461 W 065° 45.398
20T E 281318 N 4944918
Just off the waterfront on Water Street, this cenotaph was erected by the Great War Veterans Association.
Waymark Code: WMVGVB
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/17/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member dronnord
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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 this 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, The Korean War plaque on the south side, The Merchants Navy Plaque on the North side and the World War II Plaque on the rear.

Following is the text from the four plaques.

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 NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”


IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 – 1945

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 NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”


KOREA
1950-1953

IN HONOR OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
AND
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO DIED
LEST WE FORGET


MERCHANT NAVY
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II

AT THE GOING
DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE
MORNING WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM

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Location:
60 Water Street
Digby, NS Canada
B0V 1A0


What is it?: Cenotaph

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