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Port Dalhousie in St. Catharines in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
 

Port Dalhousie Cenotaph

 
 
Port Dalhousie Cenotaph image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, September 12, 2025
1. Port Dalhousie Cenotaph
Photo faces west and north-west along Main Street. The cenotaph is on the broad traffic island down the centre of Ann Street.
Inscription.
[Front]
Corporation Port Dalhousie

This memorial was erected by the people of Port Dalhousie to the Glory of God and in grateful memory of those men of Port Dalhousie who gave their lives for King and Empire in the Great War
1914 - 1918
and in World War II
1939 - 1945
whose names are here recorded
and in honour of all those who served
1939 - 1945
Kenneth Rickers
Ralph S. Eckhard B.E.M
Louis Douglas Lawson
Norman Trobridge
Norman Murray Wilson
Robert Harold Jackson
Marshall Douglas Fleming

Greater love hath no man than this   that a man lay down his life for his friends

1950 - Korea - 1953

[Right]
Harold C. Rooney
J. Norman Paxton
John R. Colquhoun
Roland F. Aston
Ernest M. Abbey M.M
William Brown
Andrew Garster
Leo R. Rooney
James N. Bernhardt
J. Clarence Sutton
W.G.S. Holland

[Back]
Ypres
Festhubert
Vimy Ridge
Sanctuary Wood
Passchendaele
Somme
Arras
Mons

Erected A.D 1924

[Back - separate stone on ground]
Afghanistan
2002 - 2011

[Left]
1914 - 1918
George Rhind
William Inglis
Thomas Grieve
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Philip S. Gregory
Peter Sheriff
John Lynch M.M
Hilliard P. Baker
Albert Clark
Robert Brunton


Died since 1918
Arthur Smith
Harry J. Stanton
Joseph W. Hart

 
Erected 1924.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, AfghanistanWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 43° 11.985′ N, 79° 16.259′ W. Memorial is in St. Catharines, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is in Port Dalhousie. It is on Main Street near Ann St, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 73 Main Street, St Catharines ON L2N 4V2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe and in Niagara Canada. 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
Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Front image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, September 12, 2025
2. Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Front
within walking distance of this marker: Main Street at Ann Street (within shouting distance of this marker); St John's Anglican Church 1868 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Craig Swayze Memorial Grandstand (within shouting distance of this marker); The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta (within shouting distance of this marker); Port Dalhousie Town Hall (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Former Home - Sid Brookson 1919 (about 180 meters away); The Captain Neelon House, 1875 (about 210 meters away); Restoring the Henley Rowing Course at Martindale Pond (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Catharines.
 
Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Left image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, September 12, 2025
3. Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Left
Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Back image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, September 12, 2025
4. Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Back
Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Right image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin Westell, September 12, 2025
5. Port Dalhousie Cenotaph - Right
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario.   3, 4, 5. submitted on September 13, 2025, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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