Whitby

 

Location:  Durham Region   N 43 52.792  W 078 56.459
Located at 109 Dundas Street East, a block east of Brock Street.

The Whitby Cenotaph was dedicated to those who lost their lives in World War 1, on June 3 1924 by Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor Henry Cockshutt.  All the town;s children received a half-day holiday from school to attend the ceremony. The memorial was erected by the Whitby Great War Veterans Association.

Marker text:
PRO
HONORIS
CAVSA
1914
1918
1939
1945
KOREA
1950 - 1953

Brass Plaque:
TOWN OF
WHITBY ONTARIO

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE OF THE TOWN OF
WHITBY WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WARS

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

1914-1918
BAILEY, NORMAN GEORGE
BANCROFT, WILFRED LAURENCE
BARTON, WILLIAM JAMES
BATH, EDWARD ALLEN
BROWNELL, BURTON
BROWNELL, CHARLES HENRY
BROWNELL, FENTON EBERSON
CORRELL, ROBERT JACKSON
DAINES, LEONARD
DOW, ROBERT JOHN GUNN
ELVIDGE, FREDERICK WALTER
FALLON, MICHAEL JOHN
FULTON, ANDREW
FULTON, JAMES
FULTON, JOHN
GATES, JOHN ARCHIBALD
GILCHRIST, HUGH
GRIFFEN J.
HARKNESS, JAMES
HARTRICK, FREDERICK JAMES
JOHNSTON, RUSSELL NELSON
KENNY, NELSON CLARKE
LIGHTFOOT, WILLIAM
LONG, JAMES LAURIER
LOWE, WILLIAM HENRY
MURPHY, FRANK
MACGROTTY, FRANCIS ALEXANDER
MCBRIEN, DAVID
MCCLELLAN, JAMES IRVINE
MCGILLIVRAY, CHARLES
NEILL, NATHANIEL ROBERT
PERRY, CULLEN HAY
POGSON, VICTOR OSBORNE
RICE, ARLEIGH CHARLES
STARK, WILLAM HENRY
SHORE, ERNEST GEORGE
VANSTONE, GORDON ALGERNON
VANSTONE, HOWARD
WIDSTON, CHARLES HENRY
WILKINSON, WILLIAM LEWIS

 1939 - 1945
ADAMS THOMAS RITCHIE
ANDERSON FREDERICK
BRADLEY, E.
BRATLEY, HAROLD FRANCIS
CARTER, GEORGE FREDERICK
CHARTERS, JAMES HENRY
COLEMAN, FREDERICK JOHN ARCHER
E ORIDCE, M
FALLON, FRANCIS MICHAEL
FOSTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH
GRIFFIN,R.C.
HARPER, DOUGLAS EDWARD
HOGG, PETER
HOOLEY, C. E.
HOWARD, E. J.
JOHNSON, LLOYD C.
KAPOSONSKY, W.
LYNE, JACK ARCHER
MARSHALL, THOMAS
MICHAEL, EVANS GEROW
MCIVOR, JAMES
OKE, MERVIN WILLIAM JOHN
PERRY, LESLIE HOLLIS MATHEW
PHILLIPS, C.
RAETS, WILLIAM
SCOTT, CLARENCE ELGY
SUTHERLAND, J.C.
THOMAS, YESTYN LLEWELLYN
WATSON, JOHN A.
WICSTON, W.O.
WILSON, S.A.


THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
ERECTED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE WHITBY WAR VETERANS' CLUB


Sides:

BRONZE PLAQUES ON THE SIDES ARE THE CRESTS OF THE 116TH AND 182ND BATTALION FROM FIRST WORLD WAR