Vernon Cenotaph
Location
The Vernon Cenotaph is located on the corner of 31 Avenue and 30. Street in Cenotaph Park. From Hwy. 97 (32 Street) turn right if you are headed north (or left if you are headed south) at 31 Avenue and travel east two blocks. Cenotaph Park is located on your right.
Dedicated to those who died for the British Empire during the First World War, this memorial lists the names of the local war dead of that conflict. Plaques have also been added in remembrance of the Second World War and Korean War.
East Side Plaques
Plaque # 1 (WWI)
ABBOTT, F. ADAMS, C. ALEXANDER, J. ANDERSON, W. ANDREWS, W. AUDY, P. J. BAILEY, S BELL, R. BELL, W. J. BESSETTE, CLARENCE BESSETTE, CLAUDE, BESSETTE, PETER BOYD, W. G. BOWMAN, F. BREWER, W. BREWER, W. R. BRISTOW, W. H. BROWN, O.M. BROWN, R. L. C. CAMPBELL, A. G. CLIER, M. COLEMAN, C. COLEMAN, E. COLEMAN, H. CORBETT, E. COZENS, W. H. COZENS, J. CRERAR, R. CUMMING, F. DICKSON, THEO. DESPARD, M.
Plaque # 2
VERNON
WAR MEMORIAL
DEDICATED IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO DIED
FOR THE EMPIRE IN THE
GREAT WAR
MCMXIV ANNO DOMINI MCMXVIII
Plaque # 3
WORLD WAR II
1939 ANNO DOMINI 1945
Plaque # 4
K O R E A
1950 1953
North Side Plaques
Plaque #5 (WWI)
DUCKETT, W. DURANT, J. DUNCAN, J. EARL, A. EARL, G. EVANS, J. C. FAUCHON, F. FEAR, F. FELLINGHAM, F. FLACK, S. G. FREYMOUTH, J. M. GEER, R. A. GREENSLADE, H.E. GYNNE, W. HAMILTON, D. HANNAH, J. HANSON, A. HARRIS, J. HOLBORNE, W. D. HOLLAND, J. J. HORNER, A. HOPE, W. HUTCHINGS, W. JOHNSTON, A. JOYCE, J.P. LANGSTON, W. LAWRENCE, H. LAWRENCE, A. LISTER, D. LITTLE, G. MAJOR, J.
Plaque # 6 (WWII)
BARBER, B. H. CHILD, C. G. BARNARD, W. S. CHISLETT, H. A. BECK, J. CLEAL, P. D. BELLA, G. CLEMENTS, A. BERRY, E. COCHRANE, A. G. BILLARD, E. J. COLLINS, H. G. BISHOP, J. P. CLAYTON, R. BONDS, S. COATSWORTH, J. R. BRIMACOMBE, R. S. CULLEN, K. E. BROOM, E. DEEKS, W. R. CALVERT, J. DENISON, A. C. CHASE, H. W. DICKINSON, E. W.
West Side Plaques
Plaque # 7 (WWI)
MARSHALL, W. MANN, J. MEGRAW, H. MEYER, H. F. MILLAR, J. MILNE, H. G. MORTON, J. E. MORGAN, A. J. MURRAY, G. MUTRIE, R. J. MCCONNELL, M. MCCLOUNIE, M. MCIVOR, A. MCKAY, D. MCMULLEN, J. W. NEAL, C. NEWELL, R. G. PALMER, C. S. S. PANGBOURNE, G. PEARCEY, E. G. PENNING, A. PENNING, H. PETERS, J. PHILLIPS, S. L. M. PLATT, A. W. POPPLETON, W. J. PERCEY, G. PRITCHARD, B. PRISMALL, B.Y. RENDELL, C. M. RHODES, P. C.
Plaque # 8 (WWII)
DOBIE, R. C. HAUGHEY, J. P. DORSH, R. HRYCENKO, A. K. DRUMMOND, W. M. JACKSON, M. R. EWER, H. F. JANICKI, D. FINLAYSON, W. R. KUTCHER, J. FOWLIE, G. A. LAWES, K. FREEMAN, J. LOCKE, R. P. FRENCH, A. V. MACDONALD, I. A. GOULDING, A. W. MACKIE, G. F. GRIERSON, Q. T. R. MACKIE, J. F. HAMMOND, J. MARTIN, H. HANTOCK, N. MCGUIRE, M. K.
Plaque # 9 (Korea)
BEYERS, R. JOHNSTON, H B. DALZIEL, J. C. LEEK, G. W. DUNGATE, A. W. MACDONALD, I. P. FERGUSON, J. T. SPARKES, L. V. HARASYMCHUK, J. PARKER, F. C.
South Side Plaques
Plaque # 10 (WWI)
RICHMOND, T. G. SADDLER, J. P. SAUNDERS, C. G. SAUNDERS, C. SCHON, G. S. SHOTTEN, E. SILSBY, C. J. SKYRME, H. SMITH, A. SMITH, A. S. SMITH, D. SMITH, E. SMITH, G. SPENCER, R. C. L. STEEDMAN, A. H. STEVENS, A. E. STILLINGFLEET, H. TAYLOR, J. R. TEES, S. M. TRAVERS, F. D. TRIGWELL, G. TRONSON, J. VAN EETVELDT, R. VANS, E. W. VISCOUNT, W. J. VOCKINS, F. WALKER, K. WARD, J. S. WEST, C. WISHART, R. J. WOODS, E.
Plaque # 11 (WWII)
MCLACHLAN, D. H. SANDERSON, J. W. MCLACHLAN, W. J. A. SADDLEMAN, A. METCALFE, A. R. SAUNDERS, F. J. W. MURRAY, F. SCHERIE, J. P. NETZEL, F. SHEFFIELD, R. A. NETZEL, L. J. SHUMAY, N. PARKHURST, K. SINGBEIL, L. A. PEARSON, A. K. SWIFT, W. QUAMME, F. A. TOOMBS, H. REGOTA, J. WEATHERILL, R. F. ROSS, C. M. WRIGHT, R. T.
Wall
Erected by the city of Vernon, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of those who died in Canadian military service during the Second World War and, in particular, the members of the Canadian Merchant Navy during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. This wall stands directly behind the cement shaft of the main Cenotaph. There are three plaques on this wall.
Plaque #1
LEST WE FORGET
Plaque #2
DEDICATED IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO DIED
IN THE SERVICE OF CANADAS
DURING WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
Plaque #3
CANADIAN MERCHANT NAVY 1914 - 1918 LIFELINE 1939 - 1945 CANADA OF THE 1950 - 1953 MN WORLD