Sunday 2 August 2020

Orillia - Veterans' Memorial Park


Location:  Simcoe County     N 44 36.622   W -79 24.705
On Lakeview Avenue, across from the Legion.
This memorial sits at the entrance to Veterans' Memorial Park, located across Lakeview Avenue from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 34.  A beautiful place to visit in the summer months, the popular waterfront can be a busy place.  The memorial lists the names of all those from Orillia who died in the World Wars.  On the front is a metal plaque dated 1920, mounted on the white granite stone.  The plaque must have been located elsewhere before this recent memorial was erected in 2015. On the back, engraved in the stone, are the names of those lost in World War II.  A tall, nautical type of flagpole marks the memorial from a distance.

Marker Text:
Front:
VETERANS'
MEMORIAL PARK


IN HONOUR
AND LOVING MEMORY OF
THE BRAVE MEN FROM ORILLIA
WHO DIED
FOR LIBERTY AND HUMANITY
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

1915.
JOHN D. GLOVER
NORMAN GLOVER
C.E. HERRELL
W.M. McDONALD
FRED ROBERTS
C.E. WILLIAMS

1916.
STANLEY F. AYLES
FRED BAILEY
JOHN BEATON
WM. ARTHUR BRIGGS
HENRY CALVERLEY
ARTHUR D. BROWN
NORMAN DICKER
WALTER B. DUNHAM
FRANK GRAHAM
JACK HARTE
NORMAN HARVIE
SIDNEY HOLGERSON
MELVILLE G. INGRAM
STANLEY MAYNARD
CRAWFORD MILLER
ARTHUR MILNE
NELSON H. MUFFLEY
THOMAS V. McDONALD
LEONARD PARKHURST
R.J. PERRING
JOHN ALLAN RAHAM
DONALD ROSE
WM. HENRY SHELTON
HARRY SMITH
THOMAS SMYTHE
ROY WALKER
W.C. WHITTLESEA

1917.
ARTHUR H. ARDAGH
ABRAHAM BAREHAM
FRED BENTLEY
GEORGE BORMAN
H.C. BURNETT
D.A. CANTELON
THOS. LEROY CHAMBERS
FRANCIS G. COONEY
REUBEN CRAWFORD
JAMES A. FRISSELL
LORNE GILL
SAM GINSBERG
LEONARD HINCHCLIFFE
GEORGE HUDSON
SAMUEL OTTO IRISH
HARRY JONES
THOMAS KENNARD
CHARLES H. KNIGHT
J.G. LAURIE
HARRY LYFFYT
WM. JAMES LYTTLE
FRED MARSHALL
JOHN McARTHUR
RUSSELL McBRIEN
JOHN McGHEE
C.H. McNABB
MERVYN W. NASH
NORMAN E. RAHAM
ORRIN CECIL WILSON
JOHN G. WILSON
OSCAR WISER

1918.
ERIC M. ANDERSON
A.E. BARRY
JOSEPH BORROW
FRANK D. BREEN
THOMAS BRIDGEWATER
EARNEST BURNET
W.D. CHRISTIE
JACK CLEGG
BENJAMIN T. COLE
ORREN JOHN CONGDON
F.H. CROYDON
ARNOLD CURRAN
HAROLD DEANS
HENRY F. FOUNTAIN
BERT FOX
WILLIAM J. GOODWIN
ROGER GRANT
FRED HUCKER
JAMES HURRY
D. JOHNSTON
GEORGE H. JONES
WILLIAM R. LAMBLE
GILBERT McARTHUR
RUSSELL McCUAIG
D. McDONELL
DAN McLEAN
HAROLD McLEAN
FRED PALMER
ARNOLD PENMAN
VERNON ROSS PHILLIPS
W.W. RIDLEY
FRED H. RUMFORD
PERCY H. SCOTT
PAUL SHEPPARD
HARRY L. SMITH
WILLIAM J. WILLIAMS
ALBERT WOOD
HAROLD WOODS

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE MAY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
ERECTED BY DUNCAN C. ANDERSON, MAYOR 1920


Back:
WORLD WAR II
IN MEMORY OF ORILLIA AREA FALLEN VETERANS

ROSS M. AGNEW
LLOYD D. ANNIS
AINSLIE P. ARDAGH
JAMIE R. BOYD
ROY S. BOYD
MANLEY L. BRECHIN
JACK M. BRENNAN
ANTHONY F.B. BRODRIBB
WALTER L. BROWN
ROY W. CAIRNS
GEORGE CANDLER
ALBERT M. CARTER
VICTOR H. CHATTEN
LORNE S. CHRISTMAN
ARTHUR J. CLARK
WILLIAM H. CLARK
ARTHUR K. CLARKE
EDWARD A. CLARKE
EDGAR H. COOPER
WILLIAM E. COPP
STANLEY E. CROSS
BRUCE M. DEANS
MANSELL R. DEVERELL
EVAN C. DEVINE
ELTON L. DIXON
AMBROSE P. DOHERTY
WILLIAM E. DUNN
WILLIAM H. DU TRIZAC
WILFRED EASTMAN
JOHN B. EATON

GORDON J. FERGUSON
RAYMOND J. GAGNON
CAMPBELL C. GILCHRIST
ROBERT P. GOLDSTEIN
IVAN F. GREENE
WARREN HALSTEAD
JACK A. HAMMOND
JOHN D. HEAN
IRWIN HENRY
ROBERT G. HENRY
KENNETH E. HEPINSTALL
JOSEPH G. HINDS
HARVEY C. HOLMES
DONALD P. HOPKINS
HARMAN H. HUFFMAN
THOMAS A. JEFFRIES
NORMAN S. JERMEY
ALLEN E. JOHNSON
ROSS J.H. JOHNSTONE
KENNETH R. JOSLIN
WALTER M. KANIECKI
ORVAL P. LAWSON
WILFRED C. LAWSON
MILLARD M. LIEBECK
MERVYN L.G. LOVERING
PATRICK I. McLAUGHLIN
FREDERICK E. McTAGGART
KENNETH M. MILLER

RONALD O. MILLER
BRUCE R. MILLIGAN
JAMES E. MUGAN
DONALD A. MUIR
DOUGLAS A. NAISMITH
ROSS W. NAISMITH
CHARLES R. NEIDRAUER
GEORGE J.S. OVEREND
WALTER PENLEY
CHARLES PETTIT
PETER PICH
JAMES A. RAMSAY
JAMES M. RICE
ELMER O. RICHARDS
DAVID W. ROSENBERGER
RAYMOND J. SANDER
WILBERT G. SEARS
ROBERT J.A. SHAW
MILTON E. SOULES
BILLY SPEIRAN
JOHN T. STEELE
WILLIAM S. TAYLOR
GEORGE THOMAS
JOHN R. THORBURN
DONALD TURNER
WILLIAM G. WALKER
ROBERT H. WILSON
ERNEST M. WOOD
GORDON F. WOOD
KENNETH W. YOUNG

ORILLIA AREA FALLEN VETERANS COMPILED BY JIM WATT 2015








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