Vernon Cenotaph

Vernon Cenotaph

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 to the right.

PLAQUES

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.

 

Vernon Cenotaphe Plaque 1

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

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaques 2,3,4

North Side Plaques

Plaque 1 (WW1) 

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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 5

Plaque 2 (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, F. W.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 6

West Side Plaques

Plaque 1 (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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 7

Plaque 2 (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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 8

Plaque 3 (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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 9

South Side Plaques

Plaque 1 (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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 10

Plaque 2 (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.

 

Vernon Cenotaph Plaque 11

Wall Plaques

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

 

Vernon Cenotaph Wall Plaques