Petrolia

 

 Location:  Lambton County     N 42 52.912   W -82 08.863

In Victoria Park, 4196 Petrolia Line.

This beautiful memorial was designed by the famous sculptor Emmanuel Hahn of Toronto. His works have been seen on several statues of Great War memorials, including the nearby village of Alvinston.  This memorial was erected in 1922 to great fanfare and remembrance of those who gave all.  The solemn soldier stands proudly in Petrolia's Victoria Park, his tired body resting on a cross denoting "In Flanders Fields".  The base of the statue lists the names of those brave men who fought and died in World War I, and the back of the base lists the horrible battles in which they perished.  The names of those lost in World War II where added at the sides of the monument, and the Korean War is also recognized.

In 2012, the memorial was cleaned and restored to its former glory, the details of the beautiful sculpture and the names of the heroic dead once again visible for generations to come.

For more details of the memorial and the heritage behind the names engraved on the stone, I refer you to these two websites, both full of great information and historic photos.

 https://www.petroliaheritage.com/military.html

http://lambtoncountyarchives.blogspot.com/2011/11/remembrance-day-reflections-petrolia.html

 

Marker text:

Front:

OUR HONOURED DEAD

WILLIAM G. ANDISON

J. STUART BELL

ARTHUR J. BURNARD

SIDNEY BROWN

JAMES CRAIG

GEORGE COLTER

ERNEST COLTER

JOSEPH DOWLING

JAMES DOUGLAS

ROY DUNCAN

WILLIAM FRASER

EUGENE FISHER

WILLIAM FERNS

BERT FISHER

JAMES GILLESPIE

THOMAS GLEESON

LEO GLEESON

DAN GALLIVAN

NEWELL HASTINGS

GEORGE HENDERSON

GEORGE HONSON

E.G. HARRIS

ALBERT HOUSTON

EDGAR JACKSON

HOWARD KNIGHT

WILFRED KEENE

FREDERICK KEENE

JOHN MANN

CLARENCE MAITLAND

JOHN MILLER

VERNE MANDEVILLE

HENRY McDONALD

STUART McPHERSON

REGINALD METCALF

HECTOR MORRISON

CLINTON MALTON

JOSEPH MORTON

ROBERT MONTGOMERY

MURRAY McQUEEN

CHARLES W. McLEAN

ELDON PORTSMOUTH

NEIL RACHER

ARTHUR RAWSON

GEORGE REID

CLARENCE RUSSELL

THOMAS SCOTT

GEORGE F. STONE

GEORGE SEYMOUR

THOMAS STAUFFER

GEORGE E. TERRY

JOHN VANSICKLE

JOSEPH VOLWAY

JAMES H. WADE

HOWARD WARD

HENRY KARR

TO OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON

IN THE GREAT WAR  1914 - 1918

 

 

Right side:

WORLD WAR

NO. 2

1939 - 1945

W.S. METCALFE

H. MORAN

C.L. MORLEY

K.G. McCAW

A.S. McLEAN

D.C. ODELL

A.L. ROBINSON

R.H. STRAUSS

R.E. STEVENS

G. STEVENSON

G.R. STOKES

W.W. TAYLOR

E.S. TRAXLER

P.J. VAN POELE

W.L. WILSON

R.E. WILSON

1950   KOREA   1953

 

Back:

YPRES

FESTUBERT - THE SOMME

COURCELETTE

VIMY RIDGE - AMIENS

PASSCHENDAELE

CAMBRAI - MONS

 

 

 

 

Left side:

WORLD WAR

NO. 2

1939 - 1945

 

W.A. AIKEN

R.J. ATKINS

T.E. BRYDGES

R.W. BRYDGES

W.J. COPELAND

B.E. CHURCHILL

J.P. DUGGAN

C.D. DUNCAN

H.A. ELLIOTT

C.H. FONT

J.W. FRASER

R.F. HOWLETT

J.C. KERR

A.S. KETTLE

I.M. LORD

O.C.E. LOCKERY

 

1950   KOREA   1953

 

THEY SERVED TILL DEATH