Saturday 25 October 2014

Kingston R.C.A.F.

 

Location:  Frontenac County   N 44 13.495  W 76 29.403
In City Park, on the east side of Barrie Street, at Stuart Street.
 

One of several memorials to be found in City Park, this one is dedicated to those who served in the R.C.A.F. and Commonwealth Air Forces in the World Wars.  The dates of the Korean War were added after the memorial was first unveiled.  It was erected by the 416 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Association.


Marker text:
TO THE GLORY
OF
GOD
AND
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF ALL
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND SERVED WITH
THE
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
AND
COMMONWEALTH AIR FORCES

416 WING
R.C.A.F.A.

THEY HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY
BONDS OF EARTH

1914-1918

1939-1945
1950-1953





Monday 20 October 2014

Mount Hope



Location:  City of Hamilton   N 43 09.618  W 79 54.708
Found on the east side of Homestead Drive, behind the library.
 

A fairly recent addition to the world of war memorials, is this unique offering from the village of Mt. Hope.  The main structure features 3 pillars, each with the modern day crest of the primary branches of the Canadian Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, Navy).  Below, on the base, are the names of those lost in the World Wars, as well as the men who perished while training at the nearby flight school, at the Mt. Hope Airport, now home to the famous Warplane Heritage Museum.


Marker text:
LEST WE FORGET

1914 - 1918
ALBERT BELL
ELVIS BELL

1939 - 1945
DONALD BATES
IVAN KELLY

MALCOLM CARVER
LAVERNE OLIPHANT
O.J. JEROME

ROY CLAUSON
GRANT SIMPSON

R.A.F.
DENNIS DRAYTON
REGINALD GILLAM
DENNIS DONAHUE
ERNEST JOHNSON

JOHN KELLOW
HERBERT PRESTON
EDWARD DOUGHTY
CHARLES CHADWICK

JAMES WATSON
COLIN CAMPBELL
RICHARD BOARD
PETER SCOTT

STEPHEN PROUDLY
FAUNTON POUYAT

AND
TO ALL WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN ALL THEATRES OF WAR




Monday 13 October 2014

Galt

 

Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 21.540  W 80 19.100
In the Queen's Square, at the corner of Main Street and Grand Avenue.
 

A beautiful memorial unveiled to over 10,000 people in November of 1930.   The cenotaph was designed by Miss Francis Loring, of Toronto, one of the top Canadian sculptors of the day.  "The symbolism of the cenotaph is best described by Miss Loring herself. "Out of a large central stone merges the heroic figure of "Victory" on one side and a mourning figure of "Peace" on the opposite side. This central block is supported at either end by two pylons on which are carved the names of those whose sacrifice upheld Victory and made Peace possible. The symbolic figure of "Victory" stands leaning on the Sword of Sacrifice. He looks to the future and speaks: To them all honour Guard ye their victory On the opposite side the woman also speaks. She is "Peace". Peace mourning for great is the sacrifice these her sons have made that Peace might endure. She leans with one hand on the shield, for it is through battle that they achieved peace. And with the other hand she offers them the laurel branch that their sacrifice may be ever glorified."

The 239 names of those men from Galt who gave their lives in the First World War are engraved on the sides of the memorial, while a further 137 names of those lost in the Second World War are engraved in the front.

In 1991, the cenotaph underwent some needed renovations, as well a subsequent memorial was also added to include the names of those lost since 1954.  The second memorial stands in front of the main cenotaph, amidst the Garden of Remembrance.

The downtown area of Galt is one of the most beautiful in all of Ontario, best visited on a warm summer day.  My impression felt as though I was strolling the streets and canals of an old European city.  The Queen's Square area adds to the flavour of this scenic city.





Marker text:
Front centre:
TO THEM ALL HONOUR
GUARD YE THEIR VICTORY

1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953

Front left:
AGNEW A.
ATTWATER L.G.
AUST R.
BAILEY D.R.
BAIRD J.R.
BALLANTYNE A.M.
BARKER J.W.
BATES S.R.D.
BOOTY C.H.
BRETT H.
BRIGGS J.S.
BROOME W.H.
BRUCE R.
BURNS J.J.
BUSSEREAU V.
BYE L.
CALLAHAN J.
CAMPBELL D.A.
CAMPBELL C.H.
CANNING R.W.
CASSIDY D.J.
CHESTER W.R.
CHRYSLER J.H.
CLULOW A.
COLTMAN H. JR.
COVERETT R.V.
COUSINEAU W.L.
COYSTON A.R.
CRAWFORD J.D.
CULLATON A.C.
CUMMING C.G.
CYPLES W.H.
DAVIDSON M.E.
DEAR C.G.
DECARO G.
DOGGETT H.
DOWDY W.E.
DOWNEY R.
DRUMM K.W.
DURRANT A.C.
FERGUSON J.A.
FERGUSON P.
FLETCHER D. JR.
FOREMAN N.
FORRESTER T.E.
FRANCIS B.R.
FRANCIS H.E.
GAMBLE J.M.
GARDHAM D.R.
GOREING F.
GOUDY C.M.
GRANT J.V.
GRIFFIN R.H.
GRIMM R.J.
HALL C.W.
HARFITT S.G.
HEATHER W.R.
HIMES A.E.
HOLBROOK A.
HOLDER J.C.
HOUGHTON D.
HOWARD D.W.
HUGHES D.W.
HULME W.
IRWIN V.S.
JACKSON C.

Front right:
JOHNSON J.V.
JOHNSON W.E.
KEARNEY C.H.
KENNEDY D.P.
KENNEDY P.K.
KENNEDY M.
KERR J.
KLAPKEW F.J.
KOSKOVICH A.
LEHMAN C.M.
LIGHT J.M.
LIVINGSTONE H.
LOKER E.V.
LUNN F.S.
MAHLER L.H.
MANSON B.S.
MARTIN S.C.A.
MARTIN J.E.
MELVILLE A.
MILES G.R.
MORRISON N.R.
MORTIMER J.L.
MOSS W.V.
MUNCH G.W.
MURRAY T.R.
MacKAY G.
McCORMICK R.J.
McDOWELL D.H.
McEACHERN G.B.
McEWEN J.A.
McFARLANE W.L.
NASH W.L.
NEWLAND E.R.
PERKINS G.
PETERS P.
PURDY I.
RABY A.W.
RAWSON N.E.
REAIN R.W.
REMPLE M.
RHODES E.G.
RIDDELL L.C.
ROBERTS J.H.
ROSE J.T.
RUSS G.V.
RUTHERFORD L.E.
SCHMITT H.
SCHNARR L.
SCHROEDER H.J.
SCOTT G.W.
SHINGLER G.F
SHORT W.E.
SHRUBSALL H.P.
SINCLAIR A.
SNELGROVE L.E.
STEELE C.F.
SUTTON C.B.
TALES J.A.
TALES L.W.
TAYLOR R.W.
TEATHER C.
THOMAS G.
WEIR B.H.
WERSTINE J.E.
WESTBROOK S.
WHEELER E.
WILEY C.G.
WILKINSON H.
WITHINGTON D.T.
WOLSTENHOLME C.
 



Left side:
LAMBDEN E.
LANNING R.E.
LANNING H.
LAVENDER B.
LAWRENSON S.
LEE F.W.
LEE J.
LEE S.J.
LEITH J.
LIESEMER F.R.
LINGHAM H.
LOCKHART T.D.
LOWRY P.
LONGHURST L.A.
LONGHURST L.W.
LUCK H.B.
MALEY J.
MALEY J.M.
MANN E.A.
MARKLE W.
MARKLE W.A.
MARTIN F.J.
MARTIN F.T.
MARTIN J.
MARTIN W.A.
MATHEWS N.G.
MENARY W.A.
MILLER G.
MILLS C.F.
MOORE J.
MULHOLLAND H.A.
MUNNS P.
MURR F.H.
McCONNELL W.
McDONALD A.
McDOUGAL R.
McGRATH W.C.
McMEEKIN R.
McNICOL A.C.
McNICOL J.
NEEDS C.R.
NEILL T.
NELSON P.
NICHOLLS J.
NORMAN A.L.
OLIVER A.S.
OSBORNE A.E.
PALMER F.B.
PARKER L.E.
PAYNE W.
PETERSON L.
PODGER R.
POTTS G.C.
POTTS J.G.
PRATT C.
PRATT W.
PRATT W.J.
ROBERTS A.B.
ROADHOUSE G.D.
RIDLEY S.
ROBERTS S.H.
ROBERTSON A.B.
ROGERS S.
ROUNDS H.C.
ROWE E.J.
SCOTT G.
SIGHTS C.
SILSON G.
SIGSWORTH E.
SIMON H.C.
SIMON O.J.
SMEED J.L.
SMITH H.A.
SMITH L.C.
SMITH R.
SNIDD J.
SPOONER J.
STEVENS J.
STEWART J.G.
STUBBS A.
STUBBS J.
STUMPH H.
SULLIVAN J.E.
SUPP J.E.
SUTHERLAND J.
SUTTON E.J.
TEGGIN E.
THOMAS J.
THOMAS S.
THOMSON H.C.
THORN F.G.
THORNE F.
TONES J.S.P.
TURNER A.
TURNBULL O.
VANEVERY M.
VANEVERY W.
WADSWORTH J.
WALKER J.W.
WARD J.F.
WATTS E.
WARDEN J.W.
WARNER C.
WEIR R.
WELLAND J.F.
WHEATLEY W.J.
WHEELR J.
WHITE A.
WHITE A.H.
WHITE R.
WHITTAKER W.J.
WILKINS W.
WILLIAMS R.
WOODS S.J.
WRAY E.
YARROW J.
WILSON A.A.
WYLIE R.
WHYTHE O.

BUCHANAN C.E.
JONES D.R.
RYAN W.

SOMME
PASSCHENDAELE
SAINT JULIEN
MONS



Rear:
IN PEACE AND HONOUR
REST YOU MY SONS 

1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
 


Right side:
NURSING SISTER
EVELYN VERRALL McKAY

AIKENS J.W.
ANDERSON J.D.
APPLEYARD W.B.
BABBS G.
BAILEY S.M.
BAIN D.
BAINES G.H.
BAINES W.J.
BAIRD J.C.
BALL S.
BARKER G.C.
BARBOUR J.
BARNES R.G.
BARNETT F.A.
BARTLEMAN S.
BATTERS G.S.
BELL R.P.
BEVAN J.A.
BIRD E.
BLACKLOCK F.
BLUNDELL J.
BOUNDY F.R.
BOURNE H.
BOWIE W.
BRADE H.E.
BRATT F.J.
BRIDGEN J.
BRETT F.
BROADWELL E.B.
BRISCOE R.D.
BROWN A.
BROWN P.
BRYANT H.
BRYANT L.B.
BUCK C.S.
BURGESS H.G.
BURGESS T.
BURSEY A.C.
BUSHNELL A.W.
CAINES E.
CALL G.W.
CAMPBELL J.J.
CAREY C.E.
CARPENTER J.D.
CARRADIGE J.
CARTER A.L.
CATER A.
CATER H.
CAVERS J.P.
CHALK J.
CHAPMAN C.W.
CHATTEN C.
CHIPCHASE E,
CLARA T.
CLARK J.
CLARKE W.
CLAY N.
CLEMENS S.L.P.
COLEMAN W.
CONNOLY B.
CORBETT H.
CORNWALL C.
CORNWALL C.J.
COULTHARD W.B.
CRAWFORD A.
CRAWFORD L.
CRICHTON R.
CRICHTON W.
CROSSEN T.
DANIEL R.
DAVIS G.
DEWAR J.
DICKIE J.
DINGWALL H.A.
DREW A.H.
DRINKWATER H.
DRYDEN W.D.
DUNCAN J.
EBY E.
ESSARY T.
FABIAN H.A.
FLOCKHART W.L.
FENNER C.
FLOOD W.
FOOT A.E.
FRASER W.
FRIEDMAN P.F.
GASKIN F.
GEE S.
GIBB J.M.
GIBSON T.
GLEAVE E.H.
GOUDY R.A.
GRAY A.
GRAY R.M.
GRAY W.
GREEN C.
GROVE F.H.
HAISELL W.
HALL E.T.
HAMER J.
HAMM A.
HANNING C.H.
HARTLEY G.
HARTLEY W.H.
HASKELL C.
HATFIELD A.
HAWKINS A.
HEDGES H.
HERRIOTT J.R.
HILL W.A.
HOBSON F.  V.C.
JENNER P.H.
JEFFS J.R.
JONES G.
KEEFE A.
KITCHEN J.G.

BLACKBURNE F.
CLAY H.
COWELL J.
DEDMAN O.
FRANCIS A.

ARRAS
VIMY RIDGE
AMIENS
YPRES
 



Second memorial
Front:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO
HAVE DIED SERVING
IN THE
CANADIAN FORCES
SINCE 1954

WOODFIELD, BRAUN S. - 2005
CHIDLEY, GARRETT W. - 2009

Rear:
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND
WOMEN WHO
HAVE DIED SERVING
IN THE
CANADIAN FORCES
SINCE 1954



















Sunday 5 October 2014

Waubaushene

 

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 45.292  W 79 42.664
At the entrance to the park, on the north east corner of Pine Street and Elm Street.

Found in Veterans Memorial Park, this beautiful memorial lists the men of the community who died fighting for our freedom in the World Wars. 


Marker text:
OUR FALLEN HEROES OF TWO WORLD WARS

1914-1918
E. CLAPP   J. JOHNSTON   F. KITCHNER   W. NEILLY
A. MacDONALD   N. VINCENT   N. SWARTMAN   J. BELL
J. CURRIER   A. CLARK   R. WRIGHT   G. FENTON U.S.M.
J. CARTER   F. BROOKS   A. WOOD

1939-1945
F. NELSON   C. WILLIAMS   R. LAWSON   M. BROTHERSON
R. BRESSETTE   T. BLANCHARD   E. PLOUFFE   E. BAKER
W. CADEAU   G. MAYHEW   M. HODGINS   N. HODGINS
E. ARBOUR

DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS
OF WAUBAUSHENE AND DISTRICT