WorldWar I
FallenSoldiers - RockwoodCenotaph
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INTRODUCTION
Remembering theFallen -ATribute to theSoldierson theRockwoodCenotaph,
is a project
lead byHeritageGuelph/Eramosa. The names on the cenotaph include elevenmenwhodied
overseas inWorldWar I and thirteenmen inWorldWar II. Collaborative research efforts havemade
this project possiblewith information received from communitymembers and families of the fallen.
RockwoodCenotaph
TheRockwoodCenotaph
was unveiled onThursday,
the 28thofAugust 1919.
According toa contemporary
newspaper account in the
18thof September 1919
editionof theMount Forest
Representative,
beunveiledwhich has been
erected by amunicipality.”
cenotaph
- noun:
OxfordEnglishDictionary
Amonument to someone
buried elsewhere, especially
one commemorating people
whodied in awar.
Origin:
early 17th century: from
French cénotaphe, from late
Latin cenotaphium, fromGreek
kenos ‘empty’ + taphos ‘tomb’
PostWWI Unveiling of theRockwoodCenotaph
TheCenotaphwas subsequentlymodified to include the names of 13moremen from theTownship
who fought and died inWorldWar II
PostWWII Unveilling of theRockwoodCenotaph
