Before 1999, Rawdon Township was a separate municipality from the village of Stirling. This is its war memorial. From the names inscribed on all four sides of the semi-obelisk, it would appear that the Township suffered great loss during the Great War 1914-1918. That must have represented an entire generation of young men. The population of Rawdon is about 2,500 today. I don't know what it was in 1914. There are far fewer names inscribed on the base for the dead from WWII.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/24854893@N00">Robert Taylor</a> from Stirling, ON, Canada
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobolink/4663883345/">Rawdon Cenotaph, Harold, Ontario_1703</a>