Bethany

Location:  Kawartha Lakes   N 44 10.927  W 078 34.043
On the south side of Highway 7A, beside the Bethany Municipal Office and Library.

Erected by the People of Bethany and District, this memorial is dedicated in memory of the men from Manvers Township who died defending freedom in the First and Second World Wars.
A bronze plaque can also be found on the front of the municipal building, with the names and details of those men who died in World War I.   This plaque pre-dated the stone cairn cenotaph.

Marker text:
LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN FROM MANVERS TOWNSHIP
WHO DIED DEFENDING FREEDOM
IN TWO WORLD WARS
1914-1918
CAIRNS FRANK, COULTER HENRY
CHAMBERS P. CAPT.,  DELONG CECIL
EDWARDS ALBERT. FOWLER WESLEY
GRAHAM EDGAR. HUTCHINSON E. CPL.
HARDMAN THOMAS. HENDERSON ANDREW
HUBERT FERDINAND. HADAWAY RICHARD
JONES EDWARD. KEATING GEORGE
MANN GEORGE. NASMITH JAMES LT.
MORTON CHARLES. SMITH HENRY
WHITEHEAD GEORGE
1939-1945
BROWN A. SPR., FARROW FOSTER
McGILL RAY. SHACKLETON GARNET
WADDELL A.F.O., WHITESIDE ROY

Bronze Plaque:
GREAT WAR
1914     1919
ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF BETHANY AND DISTRICT
IN MEMORY OF

CAPT. PERCY WILMOT CHAMBERS     DOUAI    AUG. 13. 1917
LT. JAMES THOS. HUTCHINSON NASMYTH     ST. JULIEN     APRIL 22, 1915
CPL. SAML. ELMER HUTCHINSON     CAMBRAI     OCT. 5, 1918
PTE. WILLIAM HENRY COULTER     BRAMSHOT HOSPTL.     AUG 11, 1917
PTE. CECIL GEORGE DELONG     VIMY RIDGE     APRIL 7, 1917
PTE. ALBERT EDWARDS     VIMY RIDGE     APRIL 9, 1917
PTE. EDGAR GRAHAM     VIMY RIDGE     APRIL 9, 1917
PTE. THOMAS HARDMAN       VIMY RIDGE     APRIL 9, 1917
PTE. ANDREW HENDERSON     PASSCHENDAELE     NOV. 6, 1917
PTE. FERDINAND HULBERT     FRANCE     SEPT. 11, 1917
PTE. GEORGE KEATING     ARRAS     MAR. 30, 1918
PTE. CHARLES HERBERT MORTON     LENS     SEPT. 11, 1917
PTE. HENRY SMITH     VIMY RIDGE     MAY 26, 1917
PTE. GEORGE MANN     SEAFORD ENG.     FEB. 3, 1919