Thursday, 24 May 2012

Blackstock



Location:  N 44 06.406   W 078 49.219  In a fenced in memorial square, on the southwest corner of Old Scugog Road and Church Street.

This memorial was built in 1920 by the citizens of Cartwright Township. It honours the fallen veterans from the First World War, the Second World War, and Korea.  The memorial consists of the main structure, with a brass plaque mounted at the base. 
There is also a memorial dedicated to the early pioneers of Cartwright Township, located just outside the fenced area, behind this memorial.

Marker text:
Brass plaque:
1914 1918
Township of Cartwright
HONOUR ROLL
- FOR CANADA AND THE EMPIRE -

F.C. MARLOW
P.H. JOBB
G. HILL
W. MURKAR
W.R. WILLAN
A. DEAN
W. FERGUSON
C. GORDON
J. MILNE MC & BAR
F. FERGUSON
R. WRIGHT
C. VENNING
T. SHAW
R. STEELE
H. HILLIARD
S. GERGUSON
R. FERGUSON
H. PHILP
W. PARK
M. FALLIS
W. FALLIS
A. BARTLEY
J. CROSS
J.C. TIBB
A. GORDON
L. WRIGHT
E. WRIGHT
W. BROWN
A. MCLEAN
A. COX
E. GREAVES
H. HOLMES
A.L. GIBSON
G. BROWN
W. GORDON
F. TABB
H. HOOEY
T. BOWLEE
A. BEACOCK
H.R. BRUCE
W.CRAWFORD
H. WALKER
G.GREER
R. WERRY
H. HARRAN
J.J. MELLOR
S. JEFFREY
J. GORDON
A. ENGLISH
T. VENNING
S. HULBERT
A. BROWN
T. GREER
C. HILMAN
W. SWAIN
H. LARMER
R. SANDERSON
F. MALCOLM
R. WRAY
H. PHILP
E. WRIGHT
J. ROTHWELL

FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY

Main Memorial:
Front:
TO OUR
HONOURED DEAD AND
THOSE WHO CARRIED
ON

OUR FALLEN HEROES

1914-1918

JOHN STEEL
BRUCE FERGUSON
ROY SWAIN
ELMER MOUNTJOY
CRAIG TIBB
JOHN WOOTTON
EDWARD MOODY
STANLEY SHITE
HERBERT MILLARD

1939-1945
ALFRED HALL
RALPH H. VAN CAMP
LEONARD DAVIDSON
HARVEY MAHAFFY
LESLIE LANGFELD
ROY CARTER
RALPH EMERSON
ARNOLD JOHNSTON

KOREA 1950-53

Rear:
YPRES

FESTUBERT

GIVENCHY

SOMME

VIMY RIDGE

MONS

1939 - 1945
CAEN  --  CARPIQUET
DIEPPE  --  FALAISE

KOREA 50 - 53






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