
For the past few years, the Port Burwell Historical Society has been commemorating Bayham's Fallen Soldiers, the young men who gave their all in service to Canada, via our Remembrance Day Facebook posts.
In order to provide a less fleeting remembrance, the Society has created this page in their memory.
This year, 2025, we have completed our World War I pages for all those listed on our Port Burwell Cenotaph. In addition, we have built a page dedicated to Canadian Women serving in World War I.
In 2026 we will begin building our World War II remembrance.
It is an ongoing project.
Located in the Market Square section of Port Burwell, the Ken Kirkpatrick Memorial Parkette houses the Cenotaph, erected in 1929, commemorating those of Port Burwell and the surrounding area, who gave their lives in WWI in service to Canada. The memorial also lists all those of the area who served and returned home after the Great War ended. An additional plaque was later added to remember those who perished during WWII.
For additional information on the Port Burwell Cenotaph, please visit:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canada/port-burwell-cenotaph
IN MEMORIAM
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR US, WE GIVE THIS
TO THEIR MEMORY
IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PORT BURWELL
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF BAYHAM
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
HONOUR ALSO TO THOSE
WHO DARING TO DIE,
SURVIVED
1/2
INSCRIPTION
ERECTED IN
HONOUR OF ALL
MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WARS I & II
IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TOWARD THE LIVING AND
THE DEAD WHOSE VALIANT
EFFORT AND BITTER
SACRIFICE WAS MADE THAT
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
SHALL NOT PERISH FROM
THE EARTH.
BE HUMBLE FOR IN THIS
PRESENCE THEY ARE
REMEMBERED.
ERECTED IN 1949
1914 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE
EX-PUPILS OF VIENNA SCHOOL AND MEN OF THIS DISTRICT
WHO DIED IN SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR AND
GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED OVER SEAS
AND, DARING TO DIE, SURVIVED.
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