Thorndale

 
 
Location:   Middlesex County     N 43 06.222   W 81 08.799
On the corner of Thorndale Road and Harrison Street, west of the railway tracks.
 


This memorial was erected to honour the men from West Nissouri Township, who fell in the two Great Wars.  Located in a tiny parkette, the memorial shares space with a pyramid of fieldstones dedicated to the early pioneers.  This small farming community has left its mark in the sacrifices made during the wars, their names always remembered in the stone of this beautiful memorial.
The weathered statue of a young World War I soldier stands at ease at the top of the monument, looking out for those who did not return and for those who returned scarred.



Marker text:
Front:
JAMES BILLINGTON
GEORGE CLARK
GEORGE DUNHAM
GEORGE ELSIE
RICHARD E. FOX
JAMES E. FITZGERALD
WILLIAM GLOVER
ARTHUR J. HIGH
STEWART KERSEY

ERECTED TO
THE MEMORY OF WEST NISSOURI MEN,
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918,
AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO DARED
TO FIGHT AND SURVIVED.
 





Left side:
ARTHUR H. LIVING
FREDRICK MARKHAM
WILLIAM D. PULHAM
ARNOLD M. STAPLETON
EDWARD SNELLING
LEONARD SALTER
ROY L. VINING
JOHN W. WALTERS
 





Rear:
DOUGLAS W. KENNEDY
JOHN S. McMARTIN
WILLIAM MURRELL
TAYLOR H. MOSSIP
GILBERT H. MARCH
KENNETH B. LYON

OUR HEROES
KILLED IN 2nd GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945