Frankford

Location:  Hastings County   N 44 12.030  W 77 35.880
On the north side of Mill Street, east of Scott Drive.

This tall memorial rests in front of a senior's apartment, and seems to face the wrong direction.  A very nice stone shaft, engraved with the names of those lost in the Great War, and later added the names of those lost from the Second World War.  The front of the memorial faces west, into a small grove of trees, although the side with the names faces the street.  Perhaps when the memorial was first erected, the layout of nearby buildings was different.  Once again, as with most small town memorials, the sacrifice and loss was much greater in the First World War than the Second.
Tomorrow, April 9th, marks the 99th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canada's biggest fight, and a number of these brave men were lost on that fateful day in 1917.
Thank you to all those heroic souls from this town and across the country, whose daring efforts led to the victory at Vimy.

Marker text:
Front: 
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
FRANKFORD
AND VICINITY
IN MEMORY OF
OUR SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
 



Right side:
ROSS HERMAN
EZRA CHARD
HENRY NOLAN
DUNCAN HAMILTON
CLARENCE COULTER
LEWIS COX
FRED ADAMS
RALPH MARELLO
JAMES TONILLI
ERNEST WELLER
WALTER McKINNON
JOHN LODGE
FRANK DEACON
DAVID PARKS
Wm. A. SHAW
EZRA MALLORY
ARTHUR MALLORY
HAROLD BASONOY
FRANK STONE
RALPH COOK
ARTHUR CARR
CECIL J. WANNAMAKER
JOHN CHARD
ALFRED J. SMITH

DAVID FRASER
ALBERT FORD
OSCAR PEARSON
WILLIAM MORRISON
A. YOUNG
ARTHUR BISHOP
ROBERT PARKER
DAVID C. GUNTER
WM. G. HATT
WM. ROBT. BELL
SIDNEY SANDFORD
RICHARD POLLARD
AARON SINE
EZRA H. SARLES
KENNETH BARTLEY
LEONARD L. FERGUSON
H.D. KARL
CLEMENT BIRD
HARRY ALDOUS
ISAAC LEE
JOHN McMULLEN
D. AIKINS
EUGENE LAKE

1914 - 1918



 
Left side:
GERALD ANDERSON
LYLE E. BEDELL
GEORGE K. GRAHAM
NORMAN B. HUNT
GEORGE W. TOMPKINS
GEORGE C. SMITH
MARSHALL N. LAWES
CECIL A. LAWES
WILFRED C. WILSON
GLEN W. FRENCH
ALFRED T. PLATT
ROY C. CONLEY
ARTHUR G. LONGWELL
ROY ROBLIN
W.B. SARGEANT
BRUCE A. SUTCLIFFE  D.S.O.

1939 - 1945
 


Rear:
"WE ARE THE DEAD, SHORT DAYS AGO
WE LIVED, FELT DAWN, SAW SUNSET GLOW.
LOVED AND WERE LOVED AND NOW WE LIE
IN FLANDERS' FIELDS."