Cannington

Location:  N 44° 20.985 W 079° 02.034  Located in the centre of the town park, on McRae Street.


Impressive statue of a WWI soldier standing atop a granite shaft, located in the centre of the town park.  The Royal Canadian Legion, Lloyd G. Parliament Branch #186 is found a short distance to the south-west, at the entrance to the park.

Inscription as follows:

FRONT:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
1914 - 1918
MAJ. ROBERT E. WALLACE
PTE. HORACE O. KIFT
PTE. JAMES J. HALWARD
LIEUT. WILLIAM K. KIFT
SAPR. ROY C. WOODWARD
PTE. HOWARD F. MACKIN
PTE JOHN H. DAWE

THEY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN
BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE
GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM

BELOW:
WWII 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953

LEFT SIDE:
YPRES 1915
SOMME 1916
VIMY 1917
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS 1918
CAMBRAI 1918

REAR:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

RIGHT SIDE:
ERECTED BY
THE MUNICIPALITY, PATRIOTIC
AND I.O.D.E. SOCIETIES OF
CANNINGTON

IN HONOUR OF THE 65 MEN
WHO HEARD THEIR COUNTRY'S
CALL.

WE LIVE IN DEEDS, NOT YEARS
HE MOST LIVES
WHO THINKS MOST, FEELS
THE NOBLEST, ACTS THE BEST.