Embro

 

Location:  Oxford County     N 43.15615   W -80.89944

In Memorial Park, 118 St. Andrew Street.

 

This memorial was originally dedicated to those from West Zorra Township and the community of Embro who where lost in the First World War, but the plaque was updated after the Second World War to include those lost in that war.  

The memorial park also features two Ontario Historical Plaques and a playground.  The history of this small farming community is well preserved in the local buildings and plaques.

 

Marker text:

Front:

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR

EVER MORE

1914 - 1919

THE GLORIOUS DEAD

1914 - 1918

A. ALWAY                           W.J. BEAGLEY

C.S. BRECKENRIDGE       R.S. BRICKWOOD

A. BUSHNELL                    F. CAMPBELL

A. CUMMINGS                   M. DENNIS

R.D. FEATHERSTONE       D.M. GERRIE

R.E. HILL                             W.L. HILL

F. HIGGINS                          H. HUNTLEY

A. JENKINS                         L.J. LAUR

J. McDONALD                    D. McKAY

A.E. McKAY                        G.O. McKENZIE

J.A. McPHERSON               L. MASTERS

W. MORRISON                   A.A. MURRAY

R.S. MURRAY                     R. READHEAD

A. REID                                W.J. ROSS

A.T. RUTHERFORD            Q.R. SUTHERLAND

J. TAYLOR                            A. TEAM

F. THACKABERRY             H.T. WARNER

R.A. WHITE                          J. WILLISON

L.T. WILLIAMS

 

1939 - 1945

JEAN B. ATKINSON

D.H. BLACKMAN                G.C. GIBB

G. HUME                               W.S. HEAL

C. KALBFLEISCH                 L.B. LANGDON

H.J. MORRISON                    H.D. MCLEOD

A. RHYNARD                        J.E. SHEPHERD

 

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN

FROM WEST ZORRA AND EMBRO

WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

 

 

 

 

Right side:

VIMY RIDGE

PASSCHENDAELE

AMIENS

ARRAS

DROCOURT

DURY

BOURLON WOOD

 

 

 

 

Left side:

YPRES

ST. JULIEN

SANCTUARY WOOD

ST. ELOI

COURCELETTE

SOMME