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

Erin Cenotaph

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 5, 2025

1. Erin Cenotaph (east side)

Inscription.
[east side]
In memory of our boys who died in World War II
1939-1945

E.A. Anderson · J.D. Barbour · E. Bessey · R.P. Brady · I.T. Guthrie · A.G. McFee · G.A. Molozzi · A.E. Perryman · H.L. Young · W. Maxwell · D.P. Reed · G.S.Reed

“They shall nots grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning; We will remember them”

[north side]
In memory of our boys who died in the Great War
1914-1918

W.A. Berry · N.G. Broughton · J.D. Burt · C.G. Currie · C. Cutting · J.D. Gear · W.G. Gibson · C. Holland · C.E. Hume · R. Hurd · W.J. Jackson · E.F. Jeffreys · F.P. King · T. Bird · J. Waldock · W.B. Leslie · D.H. MacDougall · C.R. MacLachlan · H.F. McConnell · J.A. McKinnon · D. McLean · W.F. Murphy · H. Player · H.C. Sanders · E. Scott · J. Spiers · G. Sutton · F. Willis · E.C. White · E.W. Wright · G.F. Leslie · A. Cochrane · A.R. McGill

[west side]
Korean War
1950-1953
We Remember
In memory of the military personnel and other Canadians

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who died in the service of Canada and peace since 1953

1954 D.M. Covert
2006 W.M. Turner

Erected 1956.

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

Location. 43° 46.079′ N, 80° 3.663′ W. Memorial is in Erin, Ontario, in Wellington County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Union Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 7-1 Union Street, Erin ON N0B 1T0, 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 Erin (within shouting

Erin Cenotaph (north side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 5, 2025

2. Erin Cenotaph (north side)

distance of this marker); Mill History in Erin Village (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Future Past 2412 (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Stanley Park Gates and Arch (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Stanley Park (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Erin Township Park (approx. 2.9 kilometers away); The Honourable William Grenville Davis (approx. 6.8 kilometers away); Rockside (approx. 7.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erin.

Erin Cenotaph (west side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 15, 2025

3. Erin Cenotaph (west side)

Erin Cenotaph image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 5, 3035

4. Erin Cenotaph

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 17, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.