Scarborough

 
Location:  City of Toronto     N 43.70251   W -79.25385
8106 Danforth Avenue, near the junction with Kingston Road.
 
This memorial sits in a boulevard park on a very busy roadway.  Please use caution if approaching the memorial, the traffic can be treacherous.  There are no crosswalks leading to the park and you would have to cross three lanes of speeding traffic.  The roads are blocked for Remembrance Day ceremonies, perhaps that is the only safe time to visit.

The memorial was erected in August 1931, on behalf of the local community and the citizens of Scarborough.  A concrete cross, adorned with a brass sword, stands high on top of a stone cairn.  Originally built to honour those lost in the Great War, plaques where later added to acknowledge the Second World War and Korea.
 



Marker text:
Front:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LASTING MEMORY OF
THOSE OF SCARBOROUGH
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR THE SACRED CAUSE OF
THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 + 1918

"THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT TO HEAVEN
THROUGH PERIL TOIL AND PAIN."

THEY SHALL RECEIVE A CROWN OF GLORY



PEACEKEEPING
 




Right side:
SCARBOROUGH WAR
MEMORIAL

THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES
THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -- 1918

THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED
IN THE TEMPLE OF VALOUR
"THEIR CONFLICT PAST"
AND TO THE EARTH BE PEACE



KOREA
1950 - 1953
 



 
Rear:
SCARBOROUGH MEMORIAL
ERECTED BY FRIENDS
TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD
UNVEILED BY
ADMIRAL-OF-THE-FLEET
EARL JELLICOE  G.C.B.  O.M.  G.C.V.O.
ASSISTED BY
HON. GEORGE S. HENRY  B.A.  L.L.D.
PRIME MINISTER OF ONTARIO
DEDICATED BY
HON. REV. CANON H.J. CODY    M.A.  D.D.  L.L.D.
AUGUST 30TH 1931

"THEIR NAME LIVETH"



THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
THE CITIZENS OF
SCARBOROUGH TOWNSHIP
WHO DEFENDED THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
IN THE WAR OF
1939 - 1945
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
HAVE CONQUERED THE LAST ENEMY
AND ARE CROWNED WITH GLORY,
HONOUR, AND ETERNAL LIFE.

UNVEILED BY GROUP CAPT. C.L. ANNIS  O.B.E.
OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
JUNE 6, 1948





Left side:
SCARBOROUGH
CANADA

FROM SCARBOROUGH ENGLAND
IN PROUD MEMORY
TO SCARBOROUGH CANADA

THEIR NAMES ARE HALLOWED
IN THE LAND
THEY LOVED

AND THE GLORIOUS MAJESTY OF THE LORD OUR GOD
BE UPON US



IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
MRS. GERTRUDE VanKOUGHNET
A DEVOTED SERVANT OF THE
VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
AND TO WHOSE UNTIRING ENTHUSIASM
THIS MEMORIAL WAS LARGELY DUE
THIS TABLET ERECTED MAY 5, 1940
BY THE VETERANS OF SCARBOROUGH