Friday 15 April 2016

Georgetown

 

Location:  Halton Region   N 43 38.915  W 79 55.762
On the corner of James Street and Charles Street.
 

Georgetown is home to one of the most beautiful remembrance parks in Ontario, and also home to the Lorne Scots Regiment (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment).   The original memorial was erected in 1920, in memory of the local men who died in the Great War.  It was later updated to include plaques dedicated to those lost in the Second World War and Korea.  In 1960, the memorial was moved to its current location, and in 2000, received a major restoration and beautification program.  In addition to the names listed on the memorial, greater detail is also shown on trailside plaques which also list the names and details of their deaths, in the form of a remembrance book.  On top of the memorial is a large statue of an angel of peace taming a lion.  The Remembrance Park also features a fountain, a pair artillery cannons, walkways with benches and a time capsule.  The citizens of this area should be proud of the efforts made to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, and the many contributions of the brave Lorne Scots.



Marker text:
Front:
ERECTED BY
THE
MUNICIPALITY
OF GEORGETOWN
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO
FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

SERGT.  J. BLAIR
FLT. LT.  C. BARBER
PTE.  J. CAMPBELL
PTE.  E. CORNISH
PTE.  J. COWAN
PTE.  H. FRANCIS
PTE.  S. GODFREY
SERGT.  W.G. GRAINGER
PTE.  I. GREEN
PTE.  H. HICKEY
PTE.  P. KING
CPL.  W. KING
PTE.  J.E. KENNEDY

LIEUT.  E. LESLIE
PTE.  W. LOUD
PTE.  G. MASON
SERGT.  J. MOORE
L.CPL.  A.S. MINO
SGT. OBS.  H. NELLE
PTE.   D. McKENZIE
PTE.  W. PHILLIPS
PTE.  J. PRESSWOOD
PTE.  G.H. SLEIGHTHOLME
PTE.  G.H. SPIRES
FLT.LT.  C. SOMERVILLE
PTE.  S. STAWIGKY

LEST WE FORGET
 
 



 
Left side:
ERECTED BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGETOWN

IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE
KOREAN CONFLICT
1950     1953
 OUR HONOURED DEAD

CPL. RON EDMUNDS
PTE. KEN NORTON

LEST WE FORGET

KEEPING THE MEMORY ALIVE
 
 



 
Right side:
ERECTED BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGETOWN

IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939     1945
OUR HONOURED DEAD

DVR.  R. ALLEN
PTE.  W.N. BALCH
PTE.  C. BEAUMONT
FLT./SGT.  L.H. BEAUMONT
PTE.  R. BLAIR
LT.  J. BOWMAN
PTE.  J.C. BRADLEY
LAC.  W. CARNEY
TPR.  H. CONN
PTE.  H. DAVIDSON
RFM  J. DAVIS
PTE.  E. DOYLE
PTE.  H. DICKENSON

PTE.  S. DICKENSON
PTE.  C. DILLON
F/O.  J. EVANS
PTE.  J. HEMPHILL
PTE.  E. HILTS
CPR.  C. HYDE
PTE.  J. JAMIESON
PTE.  W. KAY
PTE.  J. KENDALL
PTE.  F. KIDD
PTE.  G. LATIMER
P/O.  J. LOUTH
FLT./SGT.  S.A. MacLAREN

F/O.  Wm.G. McLAUGHLIN
F/O.  Wm. MURPHY
A/B.  V. MILLAR
PTE.  J. OLIVER
PTE.  J. O'KANE
CPR.  H. SHAW
PTE.  H. SIMPSON
PTE.  G. STOKES
F/O.  C. SUTCLIFFE
SGT.  H. TOST
PTE.  R. WYLIE
PTE.  W. WYLIE
LT.  B.Z. ZIMMERMAN

LEST WE FORGET

LEST WE FORGET
 
 



 
Back:
ERECTED BY THE
TOWN OF HALTON HILLS

IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO LAID
DOWN THEIR LIVES SO THAT OTHERS
MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM AND PEACE

OUR HONOURED DEAD

CHRISTOPHER A. DODGE

LEST WE FORGET
 




















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