Friday 13 January 2012

Gananoque






Location:  N 44° 19.715 W 076° 09.871  This wonderful memorial sits in front of the old Town Hall, on King Street East.

This memorial is dedicated to the men of the town and district. It was erected by the citizens of Gananoque. It was rededicated in 2007 after the name of Corporal Randy Payne was added. Cpl Payne was killed in Afghanistan.
Across the road at 55 King Street East is the Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Russel H. Britton Branch #92.

Test reads:

Front: ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF GANANAOQUE
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOREVER MORE

IN MEMORY OF OUR MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

KOREAN WAR 1950-1953


Left Side: DONALD ERIC TURNER, ROBERT LUCY, OSCAR LLOYD, MILLARD WRIGHT, JOHN LEAKEY, ALFRED STUNDEN, ROLFE McKEIL, CHARLES MATTHEWS, STANLEY MOSS, WILSON MILLER, RODERICK E O'CONNOR, HUGH MOSS, CHARLES H PECOR, NORMAN ROGERS, RALPH RANGER, BERNARD RICHARDS, ALFRED TEALE, EWART M RICHARDSON, Wm DEMPSTER STREET, HENRY TYRON, H LEE, VERNON ABRAHAM STREET, FLIGHT-LIEUT AMYAS TERRELL SAMPSON, CHAS STOLIKER, WILLIAM L WATSON, IVAN LANDON, BRENTON HAYNES, JOSEPH HERBERT, JACK KINNIER, JOHN WALLACE, JAMES DRUMMOND

WORLD WAR II
P.O. G.H. ARMSTRONG, P.O. L.G. BISHOP, A.S. E. BRADLEY, P.F.C. O.M. DAVIS, GNR. H.J. DUNDON, CPL. J.E. GRAHAM, GNR. O.H. HARPER, A.S. J. HUGHES


Rear: YPRES, FESTUBERT, GIVENCHY, ST. ELOI, HOOGE, SOMME, COURCELETTE, DOUAI, MONS, VIMY RIDGE, BOURLON WOOD, ARRAS, AMIENS, CAMBRAI, LENS, SANCTUARY WOOD, PASSCHENDAELE

WORLD WAR II
SGT. B.B. KEYES, SGT. W.C. KNAPTON, SGT. L.A. LaCHAPELLE, SGT. M. LAMBERT, GNR. C.A. MASSEY, P.O. K.W. MacDONALD, FLT. SGT. W.J. MacMILLAN, MAJ. A.B. McDONALD, SGT. D. MILLS

AFGHANISTAN -- 2006 -- RANDY PAYNE


Right side: LIEUT. COL. RUSSELL HUBERT BRITTON D.S.O., HAROLD ADAIR, WILLIAM APLIN, GEORGE BOWYER, PETER T. BARKER, F.L. DAVIS, CAPT. Wm ELMER BROWN V.C., HUGH CALVERT, WILLIAM CHESTER, FRED H. GLOVER, SANFORD COMPEAU, WILLIAM DAILEY, FREDERICK CARTER, ALONZO COWAN, Wm. J. DEMPSTER, GEORGE H. DAVIS, ERNEST J. EASTWOOD, Wm GARRAH, FREDERICK FLETCHER jnr, M.J. FLYNN, NORMAN J. CLIFFORD, WILLIAM DEIR, JAMES GRUNDY, ELLIS J. GIBBONS, Wm HARRY GIBBONS, CHAS WATSON

WORLD WAR II
F.O. D.H. PETCH, MAJ. E.B. ROGERS, GNR. B. SANDERS, LIEUT. W.B. SAMPSON, F.O. W.H. THOMPSON, CAPT. E.R. WALDIE, L.A.C. C.V. WARD, CAPT. F.E. WRIGHT

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