Richmond

 

Location:  City of Ottawa     

N 45.194292  W 75.838257

Southeast corner of Perth and McBean St.

 

 

Richmond Ontario, now part of Ottawa since the amalgamation, is 36km away from the downtown core. Founded in 1818 and named after the Duke of Richmond, this small village was the second military settlement in Ontario after the 1812 war. The first settlers were soldiers and their families from the British Army regiments that were disbanded in Canada in the late 1800s.

Richmond is a nice small historic area, it also has quite a few memorials. There are plaques, honour rolls, street names, signs in cemeteries to indicate where some veterans are buried, Richmond also has a beautiful small memorial park and cenotaph that honours local war dead.

The cenotaph which consists of an 8 foot tall cross made of dark polished Barre granite from Quebec and supported by a Stanstead grey base was dedicated and unveiled on November 6th 1988. Behind, there is a fieldstone wall with 2 plaques. On the right of the cenotaph, there is a sign with the names of the local servicemen who were killed in action.

**Thanks to Louise Bellec for the photos and description. 

 

Marker Text:

Left Plaque:

IN MEMORY 
OF THOSE
WHO SERVED

 

Right plaque:

WE WILL
REMEMBER 

THEM

 

 

 

 

Sign Board:

Lest We Forget

 

HONOUR ROLL

RICHMOND AND DISTRICT SERVICEMEN

KILLED IN ACTION

 

This memorial provided by

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION RICHMOND AND DISTRICT BRANCH #625

 

LT. McELROY

VICTOR H.

D.F.C.

WWI  R.A.F.

K.I.A. 2nd SEPTEMBER, 1918

AGE 21

 

SGT. BIRD,

EDWARD

WWI ARMY

K.I.A. 15th JUNE, 1915

AGE 30

 

PTE. BROWN,

LINDSAY K.

WWII ARMY
K.I.A. 27th OCTOBER, 1944

AGE 21

 

PTE. CARRIGAN,

ORVILLE K.

WWII ARMY

K.I.A. 15th SEPTEMBER, 1944

AGE 23

 

PTE. DORATY,

MAGUIRE
WWI ARMY

K.I.A. 16th SEPTEMBER, 1916

AGE 20

 

P/O DUBROY,

WILLIAM E.

WWII RCAF

K.I.A. 11th FEBRUARY, 1944

AGE 20

 

GNR. EYNOUF
GEORGE
WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 20th AUGUST, 1918

AGE 25

 

PTE. EYNOUF
JOHN

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 13th NOVEMBER, 1916

AGE 21

 

PTE. FALLS

ROBERT L.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 9th APRIL, 1918

AGE 26

 

PTE. FEATHERSTONE,

JONATHAN V.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 29th SEPTEMBER, 1918

AGE 28

 

F/O FINDLAY,

JACK C.

WWII RCAF
K.I.A. 3rd OCTOBER, 1943

AGE 36

 

CPL. LEWIS,

ARTHUR G.D.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 9th APRIL 1917

AGE 16

 

L/CPL. MACKEY,

ROBERT B.

WWI ARMY

K.I.A. 6th NOVEMBER, 1917

AGE 26

 

PTE. MARSHALL, 

SAMUEL
WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 1st SEPTEMBER, 1918

AGE 22

 

N.S. McDIARMID,

JESSIE M.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 27th JUNE, 1918

AGE 38

 

A.B. MITCHELL
FREDERICK E.H.

WWI R.N.

K.I.A. 22nd SEPTEMBER, 1914

AGE 22

 

CPL. MITCHELL
JOHN A.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 22nd AUGUST, 1918

AGE 23

 

P/O MOORE
WILLIAM I.

WWII RCAF
K.I.A. 12th MAY, 1944

AGE 25

 

PTE. MURRAY,

JOSEPH H.

WWII ARMY
K.I.A. 1st SEPTEMBER, 1944

AGE 22

 

W.O. POTTER,

JOHN M.

WWII RCAF
K.I.A. 27th APRIL, 1944

AGE 26

 

PTE. RAYNER,

ROBERT E.

WWII ARMY

K.I.A. 19th FEBRUARY, 1945

AGE 29

 

F/S RICHARDSON,

EDMUND
WWII RCAF
K.I.A. 15th OCTOBER, 1942

AGE 31

 

PTE. RUSHLEAU,

JOHN E.

WWII ARMY
K.I.A. 28th OCTOBER, 1944

AGE 21

 

A.B. SAVAGE,

FRANCIS H.

WWII R.C.N.V.R.

K.I.A. 20th SEPTEMBER, 1943

AGE 21

 

PTE. SIMMONDS, JOHN

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 21st APRIL, 1916

AGE 17

 

PTE. SPEARMAN,

CHARLES W.

WWII ARMY
K.I.A. 6th APRIL, 1941

AGE 21

 

P/O SPEARMAN,

GORDON D.

WWII RCAF

K.I.A. 7th MAY, 1944

AGE 21

 

PTE. STEWART, 

SEFTON I.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 8th AUGUST, 1918

AGE 20

 

GD STRONACH,

JOHN D.

WWII ARMY
K.I.A. 29th OCTOBER, 1944

AGE 28

 

PTE. SULLIVAN,

SYDNEY J.

WWI ARMY
K.I.A. 4th FEBRUARY, 1917

AGE 22

 

A.B. WHITTEMORE,

EDWIN G.

WWII R.C.N.V.R.

K.I.A. 10th FEBRUARY, 1942

AGE 33

 

SGT. LEGER
MARC D.

PPCLI-AFGHANISTAN
K.I.A. 18th APRIL 2002

AGE 29

 

"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

 

THIS YEAR OF THE VETERAN "2005" MEMORIAL

LISTS ALL KNOW CASUALTIES.

 

ADDITIONAL NAMES OR DETAILS WILL BE ADDED

IF OBTAINED.

 

 

Back of board:

" WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"