Immediately following the Great
War local Beach citizens
raised funds for and
constructed a cenotaph in memory of the
Malvern Collegiate who fought and died. in the
The monument was sculpted by
Emmanuel Hahn and
features the names of all of the students
killed etched on its
side. The figure modeling the
monument is none other than
Toronto's own Ned Hanlin. He
is holding a down turned sword
in one hand, symbolic of
the end of the conflict and broken
chains in the other,
symbolic of freedom.
years ago vandals
severed the right arm of the statue.
Since then time and
weather have continued to take their toll.
something is done quickly there will soon be nothing
left of the memory of those kids.
The sad but true fact is that there s no money or cash
either at Malvern Collegiate or the Toronto and
Board with which to effect repairs.