The Cenotaph, located in front of the Yarmouth County Library, Main Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia lists the names of 173 men and womenfrom Yarmouth Town and County who lost their lives during World War I. Of these, the following 14 died after November 11, 1918Berriman, Percy Adelbert - 1st Depot Battalion/17th ReserveChurchill, Nathan L. - Canadian Engineers; Died March 3, 1919Foulis, George Irving - 2nd Pioneers; Died February 12, 1919Hubbard, George Edward- 25th Battalion; Died March 10, 1922Lawrence, Louis - Canadian Forestry Corps; Died April 22, 1920Muise, Albert J. - Civilian Death; Died May 14, 1921 Muise, John E. - Unknown battalion; Died May 7, 1921Muise, John F. - Veteran Boer War; British Army (Unknown)Roy, James Henry - Veteran Boer War/WWI; Died November 25, 1922Suttie, Raymond Dalton - 40th Battalion; Died September 25, 1921Taylor, Howard William - 219th Battalion; Died January 13, 1920Titus, William Peter - Canadian Army Medical Corps; Died March 21, 1971 Travis, Gordon R. - Canadian Railway Troops; Died February 5, 1919Vickery, Alexander J. - Canadian Forestry Corps; Died December 21, 1918 Two names were listed in error on the Yarmouth Memoriald'Entremont, William ACrowell, Thomas D.
The Yarmouth Town and County War Memorial
The Wartime Heritage Association Casualty Page lists 170 war dead with the addition of the following 36 names 22 Born in Yarmouth/Yarmouth Co., Nova ScotiaAllen, Joseph Hamilton27th Battalion; Sept. 15, 1916 Anderson, Alexander John 26th Battalion; July 4, 1917 Bertrand, Dennis64th Battalion; December 20, 1918 (b Wedgeport)Ellis, Ivan Earl26th Infantry Division, ‘B’ Company , American Expeditionary Force, France: July 1, 1918 Gayton, RoswellUS Merchant Navy (SS Lake City) October 3, 1918Holly, James Walter25th Battalion; August 8, 1918 Hulsman, Chester Howard 3rd Brigade, CFA; July 27, 1916 King, Gordon WilloughbyUSS Chicago, US Navy; June 23, 1917Larkin, Glendall Crowell2nd Mate, SS Aztec (Am Merchant Ship) April 1, 1917; (b. May 25, 1893, Yarmouth NS)Larkin, Harry Lewis2nd Ass. Engieer, SS Aztec (Am Merchant Ship) April 1, 1917; (b. January 26, 1889, Yarmouth NS) MacKinnon, Norman ScottChief Skipper HMCS Niobe RCN; February 28, 1918 McDonnell, Robert44th Battalion; Oct. 26, 1917 (born Argyle, Yarmouth Co. NS) Matheson, Charles236th Battalion McComiskey, Edward Charles73rd BattalionMoulaison, Pierre Jervis25th Battalion (born Abrams River, Yarmouth Co., NS; d. December 31, 1923 war related)Muise, Benjamin Archibald6th Battalion Canadian Garrison Regiment (born in Amirault’s Hill; d. 1919 war related)Muise, Cyril William219th Battalion (born Quinan, Yarmouth Co., NS)Penney, Sidney Stephen72nd Battalion (British Columbia Regiment); July 23, 1918 Perry, Wilfred3rd Battalion; November 6, 1917 Wheaton, Jack Merritt85th Battalion; April 9, 1917 Williams, Charles HenryPrincess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry; October 1, 1918 Withycombe, Keith DalstonRoyal Field Artillery; October 22, 1918 Wright, John JosephThe King's (Liverpool Regiment); March 22, 1918 1 Resident of Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia at enlistment:MacDonnell, Gladwyn JohnCanadian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Battalion; Aug. 13, 1918 (born in Shelburne Co., NS)5 Enlisted in Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaMelanson, Benoit Joseph25th Battalion; Aug. 9, 1918 (born in Grosses Coques, Digby Co., NS)Murphy, Roy Vincent 38th Battalion; Sept. 2, 1918 (born in Lockeport, Shelburne Co., NS)Thimot, Odelpha14th Battalion; Sept. 27, 1918 (born in Saulnierville, Digby County, NS)Sholds, Clarence MelvinThe Royal Canadian Regiment; Nov. 11, 1918 (born in Doctor's Cove, Shelburne Co., NS)Steele, Elezer25th Battalion; April 27, 1916 (Northern Bay, Bay De Verde, Newfoundland) 1 Buried in Yarmouth County, Nova ScotiaAndrews, Alexander CarlUnited States Navy; Oct. 1, 1918 (buried in the Arcadia Cemetery)2 Killed in the Halifax Explosion d’Entremont, Albany A. SS Stella Maris (Tug), December 6, 1917 (born in West Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., NS)Doane, Henry Clinton Schooner F W Roebling, December 6, 1917 (born in Yarmouth, NS)5 Related to Residents of Yarmouth, Nova ScotiaHurlburt, David Seamore 13th Battalion; September 2, 1918 (son of David and Sarah Hurlburt, of Yarmouth, NS)Gavel, Sidney John53rd Australian Infantry Battalion; July 19, 1916 (grandson of Andrew Stillman Gavel, Gavelton,Yarmouth Co., NS)Meuse, Thomas EdwardCo F, 102nd Inf. Regt., 26th Div. US Army; August 18, 1918 (son of Sylvester Meuse b. Tusket, andMary Elizabeth (LaFave) Meuse; b. Eel Brook)Redmond, Frederick‘C’ Company, 103rd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, US Army; November 27, 1918 (son ofJoanna (Redmond) Scoville and step-son of Levi Scoville, South Chegoggin, Yarmouth Co.)Scarth, James Arnold Percival 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles; June 2, 1916 (Brother of H. A. C. Scarth of Yarmouth, NS.)