Penticton War Memorial - Penticton, British Columbia - Canadian Legion Memorials Cairns and Cenotaphs on Waymarking.com

Veterans Memorial Park was completed in 2012. In addition to this granite and marble memorial there are several other cairns and cenotaph honoring Penticton Veterans, firefighters and officers of the RCMP.

The Penticton War Memorial is eight sided and upright in design. Made of granite and marble it is supported by a steel framework structure and is about 12 feet in height. It was placed by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 40 of Penticton in November 1984.

It honors the veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea, and Afghanistan.

[North Side)
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD,
OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD,
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR DO THE YEARS CONDEMN THEM.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI

Killed
Adams Leonard, Adamson James, Adlam WC, Alexander J, Bullingall Jr, Bird Roderick,
Bowen HT, Broadbent S, Brown Alister, Archer R, Atkinson RV, Beames D, Beasley T,
Bruce D, Bull C, Burton T, Caulfield WJ, Cherry FA, Christie RG, Clark JE, Coldron C
Crawford T, Dalrymple JW, Debeck GC, Eadie Shaver, England HR, Farrar James
Fenn Cecil, Ferrier AHB, Fulkerson FE, Doner A, Dunne WH, East JD, East MG, East R,
Evans WJ, Finch G, Fletcher F, Forester RH, French A, Gibbs JA, Gladwin E, Goodwin DW

(West Side)

"For The Trumpet Shall Sound and the Dead Shall Be Raised Incorruptible"
1. Cor XV 52

Gillespie M, Graham Jr, Grieve Alexander, Hinckesmen JW, Hunnable CH, Impett Leslie
Jackson FM, Keddall FH, Lunn Geoffrey, Maundrell GH, Mccoy JH, Merriel V, Morgan LN
Guttridge NH, Hadden W, Harrow G, Hill W, Hillard DB, Jensen FH, Johnson T
Kidson FW, Leckie JC, Livingston AA, Louis V, Loyie A, Lull R

1914-1918 1939-1945 1950-1953

Nesbitt WJ, Nicol JC, Olser Ralph, Patterson RM, Peters FW, Priest Fred, Raincock H
Serafini F, Shaw PB, Tyler WE, Tomlin JC, Wanless RG, Waugh Adam, MacDonald A
MacDonald AK, McBeath R, McCarthy WR, McDougall RC, Mcintosh J, Mcphee JA
Mcquistin B, Mcrorrie L, Millership J, Mitchell J, Moore G, Murray R

(South Side)

Know All Ye Who Pass By
that For Your Tomorrow
We Gave Our Today

Died On Service
Grassing C, Kirkpatrick F, Luke LE, Mcdonald A, Nelson Milford, Roadhouse R, Taylor G, Walker John

Died
Cannings W, Power Richard
Nice J, Olsen R, Olsen RM, Palethorpe DM, Pearson G, Penrose W, Phipps W, Prosser L, Roath N,
Roberts A, Routh M, Routh P, Sammet JA

"Seek Ye Out Of the Book of the Lord And Read"
Isaiah XXXXIV 16

Korea 1950-1953
Roberts LC, Sinclair W, Steenson SW, Sutherland WF, Tate AS, Thomas TI, Underdown Geo, Underdown G, Waterman GV, Wharton CH, Whiskin DR, Wilson A, Wyatt EI

Afghanistan
Snyder, JS

(East Side)

The Following Canadian and Imperial Troops Were Represented By the Men to Whose Honor This Monument Was Erected

Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force, Royal Field Artillery, Royal Army Service Corps, Canadian Field Artillery, Royal Fusiliers, Essex Regiment, Princess Patricia's Can.L.I., 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, 7th Canadian Infantry, 8th Canadian Infantry, 10th Canadian Infantry, 13th Canadian Infantry, 15th Canadian Infantry, 25th Canadian Infantry, 29th Canadian Infantry, 45th Canadian Infantry, 47th Canadian Infantry, 50th Canadian Infantry, 78th Canadian Infantry, 102nd Canadian Infantry

Br 40
Royal Canadian Legion
Penticton BC

This Monument Was Erected November 1984
In Grateful Memory of Those Who Fell In War.

To The Glory of God and the Splendid Memory of Penticton Men Who Fell
In The Great War 1914-1918

"Their Name Liveth Forever More"

In Grateful Memory of the Men of Penticton and District Who Sacrificed Their Lives in the War
1939-1945

Star Ratings For Your Monument: Location: Lakeshore Drive and Veterans Way Penticton, British Columbia Canada V2A 8L1 What is it?: Memorial

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