Glanbrook

 

Location:  City of Hamilton     N 43 07.743   W -79 50.305

In front of the Glanbrook Township Offices, 4280 Binbrook Road.

Glanbrook Township was formed in 1974 with the amalgamation of Mount Hope, Binbrook and Glanbrook.  In 2001, the township was dissolved into the expanding City of Hamilton.  The memorial sits in front of the Glanbrook Township offices, sport fields and arena, about 2 kilometres west of the village of Binbrook.  

The memorial represents the old Glanbrook Township and features not only the names of those who died in the World Wars, but also those who died in training during WWII at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) airfield at Mount Hope.  The training school opened in 1940, home of the Nos. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, 33 Air Navigation School and 1 Wireless School.  The graves of 14 men lost at the school are found at a nearby church graveyard, although 16 names appear on this stone.  The school later became a civilian airfield and is now known as John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, which is also home to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.  I highly recommend a visit to this amazing museum if you are in the area, and watch the skies for their famous Lancaster Bomber flying overhead.

The memorial consist of three large pieces of red granite, each with its own inscriptions.  A very attractive display, it also mentions wars dating back to the War of 1812, which was actually fought on battlefields within this jurisdiction.  The history of this area is incredible, with many displays and museums and statues.

Marker text:

Centre stone:

Township

of

Glanbrook

In Lasting Memory of Those who made the

Supreme sacrifice for Human Liberty

1812 - 1814

1899 - 1902

1914 - 1918

1939 - 1945

1950 - 1953

Peacekeeping

And in grateful recognition of those

who were sparred to return.

 

 

Left stone:

Names Of The Fallen Comrades 

From

The Township Of Glanbrook

1914 - 1918

Albert Bell

Elvis Bell

Linnell Bliss

Alexander Bull

John Cleghorn

Angus Fletcher

Reginald Fowler

Roy Gowland

Gordon Hildreth

Norman Krick

Arthur Switzer

Harold Switzer

William Thomas

 

1939 - 1945

Donald Bates

Malcolm Carver

Roy Clausen 

David Crozier D.F.M.

Harley Duff

Robert Fletcher

Roy Hillgartner

Orville J. Jerome

Ivan Kelly

Laverne Oliphant

Grant Simpson

Arthur Switzer

At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The

Morning We Will Remember Them

 

Right stone:

Names Of The Fallen Comrades

From The Commonwealth Air Training Base

At Mt. Hope

 

1939 - 1945

L.A.C.  Dennis Donahue

L.A.C.  Dennis A. Drayton

L.A.C.  Reginald A. Gillam

L.A.C.  Ernest Johnson

L.A.C.  James Watson

L.A.C.  Tauton O.C. Pauyat

A.C.I.  Stephen Proudly

L.A.C.  Charles G. Chadwick

F/L   John O.D. Kellow

F/O  Peter Scott A.F.C.

Sgt.  Richard G. Board

Sgt.  Edward Doughty

Cpl.  Colin J. Campbell

Cpl.  Michael Joseph Quinn

L.A.C.   Sidney L. Bressloff

I've Trod The High Untrespassed Sanctity Of Space

Put Out My Hand And Touched The Face Of God