| Townside Placentia, Newfoundland
The Placentia War Memorial was unveiled on June 3, 1920, in memory of the young men from the Parish who lost their lives in the Great War (1914-1918). It was the first Monument erected in Newfoundland to honor the men who served in World War I.
The pedestal is fashioned from Rutland Italian Marble in which several inscriptions are carved, including the names of the 33 men from the Placentia Parish who died in World War I. On the pedestal stands a life size statue of the Saviour carved from Carrara marble. The Monument weights over 12 tonnes.
The inscriptions on the Monument read:
Front:
"Erected to perpetuate the memory of the young men of this Parish who lost their lives in the Great War."
John T. Viscount
Lawrence J. Fewer
Micheal F. Lannon
Edward Corrigan
James R. Mooney
Micheal F. Walsh
Thomas J. Kelly
Sgt. Martin Grace
Cpt. Martin Kent
Thomas J. Delaney
William King
Thomas P. Dunphy
James J. Collins
Aloysuis Keefe
Patrick J. Whelan
Frank P. Collins |
Albert O'Brien
John T. Walsh
Austin A. Foley
Martin B. Collins
James E. Croucher
John J. Collins
William O'Reilly
Sylvester Hefferan
William J. Donahue
Patrick O'Brien
David J. Furlong
James Kelly
John T. Dunphy
John F. King
Patrick Power
Patrick Murphy
Neil O'Reilly |
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