Niagara-on-the-Lake RCL BR. #124

Location:  Niagara Region   N 43 15.007  W 79 04.490
On King Street, east of Mary Street.
 

This memorial sits in front of the Royal Canadian Legion, General C. Nelles Branch #124.  The stone cairn was dedicated in September of 1985, in time for the sixtieth anniversary of this branch.  The Legion is located in one of the most historically significant areas of our country, for it was nearby here that battles where fought in the War of 1812, and the famous Butler's Barracks training area where soldiers have trained for the World Wars and every other conflict before that.  After the Second World War, the area was made into a historical park and this land was donated to the local Legion.
The cairn features a metal plaque with the names of men from this area who sacrificed their lives in the World Wars.  Sadly the metal used in the plaque is corroding quickly, rendering some of the names difficult to decipher.  The plaque also gives the story of the historical importance of this land.  Well worth the visit for anyone coming to the Niagara Region.  The Lincoln and Welland Regiment also has their museum nearby, which sadly was not open during the time of my visit, but I shall return.
 



Marker text:
GENERAL NELLES
BRANCH 124

THIS CAIRN IS DEDICATED TO OUR
FALLEN COMRADES AND CONTAINS
THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF THE
TOWN OF NIAGARA AND AREA
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD
WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.  IT IS
ERECTED ON THE HISTORICAL GROUNDS
WHERE CANADA TRAINED HER MEN
IN TIMES OF WAR DATING FROM THE
PERIOD OF BUTLERS RANGERS TO
THE END OF WORLD WAR II.  MEN
TRAINED ON THIS SITE AND FOUGHT IN
ALL WARS IN WHICH CANADA PARTIC-
IPATED.  AFTER WORLD WAR II THE
MILITARY PRESENCE HERE WAS PHASED
OUT AND THIS PART OF THE TRAINING
GROUND DEEDED TO THE ROYAL
CANADIAN LEGION.
AS THE MEN WHO TRAINED HERE CAME
FROM ALL PARTS OF CANADA, SO
TOO HAVE THE STONES COMPRISING
THIS MONUMENT BEEN COLLECTED
FROM ALL REGIONS OF CANADA.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
SEPTEMBER 1985

1914 - 1918
ARCHER WILLIAM
BEST, ROBERT E.
BUDD, HAROLD
COWL, ALBERT
COWL, HENRY
CUDNEY, LESLIE
CURRIE, WM. PERRY
DEY, W.
ELKINS, E.
GREEN ADELBORTS
GRIFFITHS, LLOYD
MATT, JAMES
HOUGHTON, ERNEST
HOUGHTON, ROBERT C.
HOUGHTON, TOM HADLEY
KELSON, JOHN M.
LEGATT, FREDERICK
LONGHURST, HERBERT
LOWERY, WRIGHT
McCOY, CHARLES
McKAY, JOHN
McLEOD, ARTHUR
McLEOD, WILLIAM
NELLES, NORMAN C.
NISBET, WALTER L.
PETERS, EDWARD
RENNIE, JAMES
ROSSITER, TED
RYAN, GORDON B.
SHEPHERD, EDWIN C.
THOMAS, REGINALD
THOMPSON, CHARLES T.
WILMOTT, JAMES

1939 - 1945
ADAM, R.C.
BROWN, W.
COOPER, D.
DIETSCH, J.J.
DINWIDDIE, G.C.
DUGGAN, F.C.
FAST, J.
GIBSON, G.
GRAFTON, P.W.
GRANGE, A.H.
GREAVES, R.
GRIER, G.M.
GRIMSTEAD, J.E.
HALL, J.M.
HINDLE, P.S.
HOLLINGSWORTH, G.
HOWARTH, J.L.
HUTCHINSON, ??
HUTCHINSON, J.L.
IRVINE, F.
LAMOURE, L.R.
LEWIS, R.S.
MANLEY, N.H.
MARTIN, B.
MATTHEWS, D.
PARR, D.P.
PICKARD, A.
SCOTT, G.
THOMPSON, E. WINNETT
UNGER, J.
WARD, F.
WING, R.E.
WRAITH, W.
YATES, L.A.
YATES, ??


1950  KOREA  1953