November 11, 2026. Each year we try to visit one or more war memorials in Canada. In this Remembrance Week 2026 posting we feature a visit to the Tryon Cenotaph in Tryon, Prince Edward Island.  Located beside the Tryon Peoples Cemetery, the names of those who lost their lives on this Cenotaph are also listed on the Cenotaph outside the Borden-Carleton Legion in Borden-Carleton.

….3 WWI soldiers KIA are listed on the Tryon Cenotaph…

One side of the Tryon Cenotaph commemorates 3 WWI soldiers from the area who lost their lives.

WWI soldier John Lymon ‘Ly’ WOOD from North Tryon, Prince Edward Island, was serving with the 39th Battalion when he was killed in action on May 3, 1917 during the Battle of Arras, in the Third Battle of the Scarpe near Fresnoy, France. His body was never recovered and he’s listed on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.

You can read Ly’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2018/06/02/wwi-soldier-john-lyman-woods-connection-with-acadia-university/ and https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2017/07/28/learning-about-the-two-names-on-the-vimy-memorial/ and https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2019/09/16/the-parallel-ww1-experiences-of-john-lymon-wood-clifford-almon-wells/

WWI soldier Percy FARRAR (FARROW) from North Tryon, Prince Edward Island, died in the vicinity of Mercatel, about 5 km south of Arras, France, on June 23, 1918, during German Spring Offensives on the Western Front, while serving with the 26th New Brunswick Battalion.  He’s buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery in France.

You can read Percy’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2017/09/27/a-trip-to-bellacourt-military-cemetery/

WWI mariner James Graham FARROW (FARRAR) from Argyle Shore, Prince Edward Island, served as Second Mate in WWI’s Merchant Navy aboard the SS Port Dalhousie, ferrying needed supplies from England to allied soldiers in France, when it was torpedoed in the English Channel on March 19, 1916.  His body was never recovered.

You can read James’ story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2019/01/20/the-mariner-whose-ship-was-torpedoed-in-the-english-channel/

….2 WWII soldiers lost at sea are also listed on the Tryon Cenotaph…

Another side of the Tryon Cenotaph commemorates 2 WWII soldiers who were lost at sea.

WWII soldier Everett Samuel FRANCIS from Albany, Prince Edward Island, was serving with the PEI Highlanders in Gander, Newfoundland, and after completing a small arms training course in Ontario, he was on his way back to Gander aboard the railway ferry S.S. Caribou when it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off the coast of Newfoundland on October 14, 1942. He never got to see his newborn daughter Greta. He’s buried in St. Matthew’s Presbyterian Cemetery in Grand Falls, Newfoundland.

You can read Everett’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2018/03/25/the-face-of-everett-samuel-francis/

WWII seaman Elmer Allister MABEY from Tryon, Prince Edward Island, was serving with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve as the telegraphist aboard HMCS Otter, when an explosion and a fire ripped through the vessel just outside the harbour in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 26, 1941.  His body was never recovered.

Earlier this year, Richard Woodbury shared how his grandfather had survived the explosion and fire in a CBC article entitled ‘Family lore said my grandfather’s WW II ship was torpedoed. The truth was far more interesting’.  (See https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hmcs-otter-second-world-war-halifax-9.7218305)

You can read Elmer’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2018/06/27/the-wwii-sailor-who-died-in-an-accidental-explosion-and-fire/

….Soldiers listed on the Tryon Cenotaph that survived…

WWI soldier Maynard FOY from Tryon, Prince Edward Island, was serving with the 26th New Brunswick Battalion when he was severely injured in France on August 8, 1918 during the Battle of Amiens and was invalided back to Canada.  He died on April 18, 1957, and is buried at the Tryon People’s Cemetery in Tryon, Prince Edward Island.

You can read Maynard’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2021/04/24/on-the-war-memorial-trail-the-ww1-soldier-who-returned-to-tryon/

WWI soldier George Stanley HENNESSEY from Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, served in France and Belgium with the 1st Canadian Engineers Battalion, and later with the Canadian Engineer Railway Battalion in England until the war ended and he returned home.  He died on October 17, 1946 following a long illness, and is buried in the Tryon People’s Cemetery in Tryon, Prince Edward Island.

You can read George’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2022/02/14/on-the-war-memorial-trail-the-ww1-soldier-who-served-in-the-1st-canadian-engineers-battalion/

WWI soldier Chesley William HOWATT from Tryon, Prince Edward Island, was serving with the 50th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force when he received a gunshot wound to the face on February 3, 1917 at Vimy Ridge, France, with fine metal particles from the blast entering his eyes.  On March 31, 1918 he received his formal discharge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, due to being unfit for service due to defective vision as a result of the gunshot wound. A few months later, however, on September 2, 1918, he reenlisted! Chesley died on January 22, 1938, and is buried at the North Tryon Presbyterian Church Cemetery in North Tryon, Prince Edward Island.

You can read Chesley’s story at https://onthewarmemorialtrail.com/2022/05/29/on-the-war-memorial-trail-the-ww1-soldier-from-tryon-who-enlisted-twice/

The work of remembrance of those who served continues. If you have a story to tell, please let Pieter know. You can email him at memorialtrail@gmail.com, or comment on the blog.

© Daria Valkenburg

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