Rockwood in Wellington County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Rockwood Cenotaph

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 5, 2025

1. Rockwood Cenotaph

Inscription.
For the Cause of Liberty Justice & Peace

[World War I, centre]
John S Coker · Thomas Edwards · James Gamble · Henry Hampson · Robert J Mutrie · J Wilfrid Oakes · Peter Pick · Arnold Phillips · William W Sammon · R John Stumpf · Gordon Winston

Erected by this Municipality to commemorate the services & sacrifice of our men in the War of 1914 - 1918

[World War II, left]
1939-1945
J. Alfred Edwards · Ernest H. Gerrie · Lawrence N. Graham · Jerry T. Guthrie · Wasley P. Harris · T. Edwin Hayward · John D. Hilts

Great has been their sacrifice

[World War II, right]
1939-1945.
Gordon E. Mack · William H. Parkinson · Donald F. Titt · George R. Ware · Douglas W. Wheeler · Charles H. Wilson

These well beloved of ours

1950 Korea 1953

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 43° 37.09′ N, 80° 8.611′ W. Memorial is in Rockwood, Ontario, in Wellington County. It is at the intersection of Main Street South and Guelph Street, on the right when traveling

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south on Main Street South. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 129 Station Street, Rockwood ON N0B 2K0, 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 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 8 other markers are within 8 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Founding of Rockwood (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); James Jerome Hill (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Rockwood Academy 1850 (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Toronto’s Radial Railways (approx. 4.9 kilometers away); Mid-to-Late 1900s Acton Quarry & Its Commercial Operations (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Late 1800s - 1900s Lime Kiln Technology (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); 1800s The Origins of Dolly Varden (approx. 8.2 kilometers away); Acton (approx.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 5, 2025

2. Rockwood Cenotaph

8.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockwood.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 68 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.