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Listowel Cenotaph

 
 
Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, west side) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
1. Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, west side)
Inscription.
[World War I, west side]
We honour their memory whose courage saved the Empire

N.S. Roger, Grace · Armstrong, A. · Asser, G. · Baker, W.C. · Baker, W.J. · Bamford, H.J. · Barnett, R.S. · Bassett, J.A. · Bassett, S. · Blatchford, E.A. · Blatchford, T.L. · Boyd, J. · Bridge, W. · Brown, G. · Campbell, R.N. · Chamney, H.G. · Chamney, R.C. · Christie, G. · Danby, W. · Dewar, W. · Doolittle, C. · Edmiston, T. · Elliott, B. · Ellis, E.T. · Emery, H. · Forbes, W. · Fox, W. · Funnell, F. · Gilmer, E. · Gilmore, J.J. · Guenther, H.H. · Hamilton, D. · Henry, W.J. · Hone, C.D. · Jaques, J.S. · Jordan, R.D. · Jolly, J.B. · Kemp, R.M. · Kidd, C. · Lavery, E.C. · Law, C.J. · Lucas, W. · Metherell, E.J. · Moore, W.A. · Morphy, H.B. · Morrison, L. · Millyard, R.D. · McCutcheon, E. · McDonald, J.V.K. · McMinn, D. · McKeever, A.E. · McKeever, J.A. · Neville, A. · Park, J.M. · Pearson, J. · Pollock, L. · Richards, M. · Riggs, J.A. · Ringler, W.J. · Rogers, J.G. · Rogers, W.L. · Reid, D. · Saunders, H.C. · Schotts,
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R. · Scott, J. · Seehaver, G. · Simpson, H.N. · Spencer, W.

1914 - 1918

[World War I, north side]

Bamford, N. · Vandrick, J. · Wakefield, F. · Watson, C.M. · Watson, G. · Willoughby S.J. · wright, L. · N.S. Hay M.J. · Parser O. · Danbrook S. · Pardy W. · Zilliax H. · Bronson C. E. · Jackson A. · McDonald W. · Brown A. · N.S. Hay M. · M.D. Moore J.

[World War I, south side]

Robinson, D.G. · Stevenson, E.T. · Assie, B.B.E. · Terry, J. · Torrance, L.G. · Torrance, V.E. · Upper, D. · Vines, F. · Coghill, H. · Geoch, A. · Hoadley, P.V. · Kritzer, H. · Richmond, W.K. · Seiler, M. · Wyckoff, E.C.G. · Watson, E. · Maloney, T. · Gallaugher, N.

[World War II]
In Memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice

Anger, Carl L. · Bowery, Edwin · Cook, Norman C. · Denstedt, James E. · Gile, Glen W. · Griffith, Malcolm R. · Hood, James W. · Hueston, R.J. · Johnston, Charles E. · Johnston, Allen J. · Kibler, John F. · Kritzer, Gordon C. · Krotz, Percy D. · Large, William D. · Lavery, T. Wilbert · Lemont, Victor · Ludwig,
Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, north side) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
2. Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, north side)
Sinclair · Oliver, Melvin R. · Peppler, Stanley J. · Proudley, William H. · Richards, Elmer O. · Scott, William G. · Smith, Russel C. · Vick, Morris R. · Wallace, Wilmot G. · Welsh, Harry · Wood, Ross J.

[Korean War]
Take time to remember
Korea
1950 - 1953

[Afghanistan War]
Afghanistan
MCpl Anthony Klumpenhouwer

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, AfghanistanWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 43° 43.99′ N, 80° 57.099′ W. Memorial is in Listowel, Ontario, in Perth County. It is at the intersection of Wallace Avenue North and Elizabeth Street East, on the right when traveling north on Wallace Avenue North. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 280 Wallace Ave N, Listowel ON N4W 1K9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area and in Southwestern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds
Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, south side) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
3. Listowel Cenotaph (World War I, south side)
itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 21 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Andrew Edward McKeever, 1895-1919 (here, next to this marker); Listowel Post Office Tower (a few steps from this marker); The Founding of Listowel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Founding of Milverton (approx. 18.9 kilometers away); The Founding of Harriston (approx. 21 kilometers away); Harriston Cenotaph (approx. 21 kilometers away).
 
Listowel Cenotaph (World War II) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
4. Listowel Cenotaph (World War II)
Listowel Cenotaph (Korean War) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
5. Listowel Cenotaph (Korean War)
Listowel Cenotaph (Afghanistan War) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025
6. Listowel Cenotaph (Afghanistan War)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 14, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 14, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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