| Riverhurst, Saskatchewan
The cenotaph was unveiled on November 9th, 1929, in memory of the boys from World War I who live in Memory's Eternal Morning. Tributes to the men who died in World War II were added.
Inscribed on the plaques on the sides of the cenotaph:
World War I
| Philip Amy |
John H. Hart |
John McPhee |
| William Benson |
William Huxley |
W.A. Parker |
| Alfred Bolland |
Fred Kalar |
John Provis |
| John Buchanan |
William Leyen |
John G. Robinson |
| Duncan Buchanan |
Harry C. Lehman |
Fenwick L. Robinson |
| George Campbell |
Lewis Lockman |
Clare Smith |
| Andrew Clancy |
T.H. Logan |
H.C. Smith |
| Hall Dickie |
Lorne Lattrel |
L. Streckenreiter |
| J.R. Dunmall |
Cyril F. Mann |
Albert Stirrett |
| Reginald Garrett |
Samuel R. Martin |
William Tinkness |
| Richard Greves |
Arthur Metherall |
Thomas Trice |
| Fred Haggerty |
Otto Molson |
William Wickett |
| William Hamilton |
William McCrae |
Melven Wilson |
| Walter Harris |
John C. McLean |
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World War II
| Harry F. Gibson |
Hugh F. Locke |
Edgar Ford (Gilroy) |
Harold Moore (Gilroy) |
| Lloyd Harden |
J. Finlay McEwen |
Albert G. Richardson (Gilroy) |
R.M. Nelson (Grainland) |
| Hedley Honey |
Karl G. Starfield |
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A history of the cenotaph:
At the close of World War I, a supper was held to welcome back the men who returned and at a meeting held in the Hall, a committee was appointed to start a Memorial Park in memory of those who didn't return. W.J. Jackson, A. McEwen, and F.T. Hill were the committee. Land was purchased at the corner of Main and 3rd and a Cenotaph was built of local stone by the late Dan McColl.
This park was opened and the monument unveiled by Col. J.A. Cross, Attorney General of Saskatchewan, on Nov. 9th, 1926. The speakers were Rev. A.J. Lewis, M.P. of Lawson, and Major George Emerson Francis, with Rev. J. Lyall as chairman. The local committee in charge for the day was Lt. W.C. Scott, 43rd Cameron Highlanders, Lance Corporal M. Lehman, 28th Battalion, and Private H.W. Ellerton, 44th Battalion. Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Bell held a reception in the evening. The local committee looked after the Park for several years and then turned it over to the Village, who in turn turned it over to the Legion.
The Memorial Park is situated beside the F.T. Hill Museum that also houses the 50 Plus Club.
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