Lion's Head

 

Location:  Bruce County   N 44 59.141  W 81 15.233
On the west side of Main Street (County Road 29) at John Street.
 

Lion's Head is a beautiful location along the shores of the Bruce Peninsula, its harbour a safe have for boaters on Georgian Bay.   The memorial is found in a small parkette, along with an Ontario Historical Plaque dedicated to a British Victoria Cross winner who fought in India in 1858, then emigrated to Canada after the war and settled nearby.
The memorial itself is a well decorated stone type, with three sections.  Originally erected after World War I, the two other sections were added after World War Two.  The names of the dead represent men from the village of Lion's Head and Eastnor Township.



 
Marker text:
Front centre:
IN MEMORY OF
THE SONS OF
EASTNOR TOWNSHIP
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR

KILLED IN ACTION

JOHN T. BLACKWOOD
JUNE 30, 1916

DANNIE GRAHAM
MAY 8, 1918

JAMES W. SPEIRS
SEPT 3, 1918

SAMUEL D. BLACKWOOD
OCT 1, 1918

DUNCAN E. CAMPBELL
0CT 2, 1918

JOHN A. CAMERON
OCT 23, 1918
 



Right side:
EASTNOR TOWNSHIP
1939 - 1945
TRP. G.E. HAYWARD
CSM E.E. WEAVER
PTE. SCOTT BAIN
PTE. JACK NORTHCOTT
PTE. GORDON SAUNDERS
P/O DONALD FLOOD
 



Left side:
LION'S HEAD
1914 - 1918
LT. W.J. SCOTT LAIDLAW

1939 - 1945
FLT. LT. KILBURN H. GRIST
A.B.- J.E.E. NEATH  R.C.N.V.R.
STOKER MELVIN MORRISON
PTE. DONALD GREIG
 



Ontario Historical Plaque: 
Sergeant John Pearson, V.C. 
1825-1892

 Born in Yorkshire, England, Pearson joined the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1844, and served with this unit in India during the Mutiny. On June 17, 1858, near the town of Gwalior the squadron with which Pearson served formed part of a small force which routed the advancing enemy. His unit then charged through the enemy camp, and returned with two captured guns under a heavy and converging fire. For their gallantry in this action, Pearson and three companions received the British Empire's highest decoration for valour, the Victoria Cross. In 1880 he emigrated to Canada, and in 1888 settled on a farm some 14 km west of here.