Southampton

Location:  Bruce County   N 44 29.824  W 81 22.513
At the corner of High Street and Huron Street N, in the centre island.
 

This is not the fanciest or most elegant memorial you will ever come across, but the setting is second to none.  The memorial is on a centre island in the middle of High Street, and from here the road opens up into a beautiful park and view of Lake Huron.  This can be a busy area in the summer, and the sunsets are amazing from this vantage point.  In winter the view can be stark and deserted.
The memorial itself is a stone cairn with a large cross behind it.  The cairn features two brass plaques, one for each of the World Wars, with the names of the men from this town who gave all in the great battles.  The plaques also pay tribute to the men from the nearby Saugeen Reserve who also laid down their lives.




Marker text:
Front:
THEY DIED
THAT WE MAY LIVE
IN PEACE
 



Left side:
1914     1918

IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE MEN OF SOUTHAMPTON WHO
FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

PTE. E. BOYLE
SERGT. MAJOR J.A. BUCKLEY
PTE. J.J. CAMPBELL
LIEUT. F. CARSON
PTE. F. COURTNELL
PTE. C. EBY
PTE. A. FENTON
SERGT. C. FOSTER
SERGT. L.T. HARRISON
PTE. S. JAMIESON
L.CORP. A. KNECHTEL
GUNNER O. KNECHTEL
PTE. H. MARSHALL
PTE. B. MYERS
PTE. C.J. NICKEL
PTE. R. PLAUNTE
PTE. G. PRINGLE
PTE. J. SHIELDS
LIEUT. J. TEAHAN
CAPT. L. TRANTER
SERGT. W.V. TRANTER
PTE. F. TUCKFIELD
PTE. O. VERNON

SAUGEEN RESERVE
PTE. I. AHKEWENZIE
PTE. L. AHKEWENZIE
PTE. E. MITCHELL
PTE. D. NAWASH
PTE. P. RITCHIE

"TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS.
WE THROW THE TORCH.
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH."
 




Right side:
1939     1945

IN MEMORY OF
THE
MEN OF SOUTHAMPTON
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR TWO

L. BERESFORD
R. BLACK
W.H. CARSON
J. CURRIE
C.G. EAGLES
M. FRANCE
K. McLEAN
A.M. McLEOD
G. SAUNDERS
H.S. SEABROOK

SAUGEEN RESERVE
E. JOHNS
M. JOHNS
S. NAWASH
M. SOLOMON

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS.