New Durham

 

 
Location:  Oxford County     N 43 02.496   W 80 34.028
In the New Durham Cemetery, where the New Durham Road meets County Road 129.

Very nice memorial located in the village cemetery.  A red granite stone lists the names of eight men lost in World War I.
The memorial is decorated with an angel holding an olive branch of peace, and separately a beaver to represent Canada.  The engraved names are difficult to read from my photos.  Eight crosses, one for each man, stand in front of the memorial stone to represent the graves where they rest in Europe.



Marker text:
LIEUT. A.E. METCALF M.C.
31st INF. BATT.
BORN 1892 - 1917

PTE. G. HAMMOND
NO. 772488    125th BATT.
1898 - 1919

PTE. J.H. GEORGE
NO. 784417    87th BATT.
1898 - 1917

PTE. A. STADDOM
NO. 127684    71st BATT.
1885 - 1916

PTE. A.E. HENDERSON
125525  70th BATT.
1890 - 1916

PTE. W.B. YATES
6754    1st BATT. 
1893 - 1915

PTE. F. JAUNCEY
PTE. JOHN CONNELLY

GREAT LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT
HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS