Cenotaphs have always held a special place in the heart of a Nation that wishes to Honour the sacrifice of so few for so many. During the First World War Canada put 620,000 men in uniform of which 67,000 were killed and 173,000 wounded. Canada had a very small population of just over 7,800,000 in 1914. Many small communities lost the bulk of their militiary aged male population.
