Port Colborne in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Port Colborne War Memorial Cenotaph
Inscription.
[Front - north side]
In honoured memory of our Glorious dead
The strife is o'er
Their duty done
Deep buried lies the sword
In memory of those from the village of Humberstone and Humberstone Township who gave their lives for King and country in World War I and World War II
Erected by Branch 56, Royal Canadian Legion
[Right side - west side]
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
[Back - south side]
Our Glorious Dead
1914 - 1918
L.B Adams
William J. Alkins
Lorne J. Armstrong
Russell Boyle
Mahlon Boyle
W. Palmer Boyle
John E. Cole
Newman Dale
William DeYoung
Percy Fisher
H.R. French
Edwin Gamm
William Gilmore
Percy Goodwin
A. Hannigan
W.T. Hawkins
Joseph Hill
Bernard Hinch
Ernest Horne
Leslie Hughes
Rayburn Kingston
H.E. Knowles
Sidney Lockyer
Lorne McLeod
G. Malcolm
William B. Milliken
William Norton
Kenneth Parker
Edward S. Peskett
Leonard Porter
Charles Rae
Richard Rooth
Daniel Saul
Arthur Slow
William Smyth
J.F. Whiting
1939-1945
John Andrew Allen
Cecil Anderson
James J. Anderson
Donald Augustine
Charles T. Baker
John Becjett
Lloyd Biederman
Ralph Brennan
Charles Brown
Rosilyn Banford
Alfred Balcomb
Hugh Clement
Earl Daubney
Arthur Diwell
A.G. Denault
William Downer
Louis Elliott
Gordon Ellsworth
David Fehrman
Archie Ferguson
Jack Forbes
Harvey Funkhouser
William Gordon
William Grist
Victor Huffman
Herbert Jasmin
Leslie Kramer
Thomas Lannan
Wilfred Mahagan
J. Markovitch
Frederick Martyn
Allan Matheson
William Meiners
David Miller
Maurice McLear
Vincent Pagetto
Ralph Pasquatino
Sidney Payne
Alex Phillipps
Kenneth Pietz
Robert Roach
Alfred Riedell
Frank E. Rogers
Frederick L. Rogers
Alex Roy
Leonard Saville
Henry Sponder
David Scott
William Vergette
James A. Wilson
William J. Wilson
Donald Wincott
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them
T. Crooks - 2009 Afghanistan
Lest We Forget
Korea 1950 to 1953
[Left side - east side]
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
Erected by Branch 56, Royal Canadian Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 42° 52.826′ N, 79° 15.374′ W. Memorial is in Port Colborne, Ontario, in Niagara Region. It is on Sugarloaf Street, on the right when traveling east. The monument is 25 metres south of Sugarloaf St, on the ridge that runs along the north edge of H.H. Knoll Lakeview Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 143-179 Sugarloaf St, Port Colborne ON L3K L3K, 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 Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: D-Day (a few steps from this marker); In memory of our sisters (Montreal Dec 6 1989) (a few steps from this marker); Safety Follows Wisdom (within
shouting distance of this marker); The War of 1812 in the Sugarloaf Settlement (within shouting distance of this marker); Wildwood c. 1876 (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Settlement Begins - Port Colborne's Early Inhabitants (approx. half a kilometer away); Canal Commerce and Industry / Le Canal: Commerce et Industrie (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); West Street (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Colborne.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 15, 2026, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 15, 2026, by Kevin Westell of St. Catharines, Ontario.



