Strathroy

 

Location:  Middlesex County     N 42.95630   W -81.62427

In front of the Strathroy Library and Museum, 34 Frank Street.

The following description is taken from the "www.veterans.gc.ca" website, written by a good friend of this page and dedicated researcher John P. Sargeant, the leading authority on war memorials of Middlesex.

"The Mary Armstrong Chapter of the IODE erected a Soldier’s Memorial on August 24, 1924, next to the Strathroy Armoury. It was unveiled by Helen Buchanan whose father, Sergeant Reginald Buchanan, was one of the fallen. The cenotaph was worked on by the Hambly brothers. It consists of three large tablets of imperial grey Canadian granite standing side by side on a light grey base.

On July 31, 1930, a cross of sacrifice and two bronze lamps on either side of the cross were added by the Daughters of the Empire. The unveiling was done by Mrs. S. F. Robinson, of London, wife of the late Rev. Rural Dean Robinson, formerly rector of St. John’s Church, Strathroy. He was the chaplain of the 126th when war was declared. Rev. and Mrs. Robinson gave their three sons for active service, one of whom, Captain Fritz Robinson, was killed at Givenchy in 1915.

In the 1940s, the fallen from the Second World War were engraved on the cenotaph. In 2010, and inscription for the Korean War was engraved on the south face of the cenotaph.

The foreground of the cenotaph was redesigned in 2012 to make room for the laying of wreaths and a raised flower bed. The masonry for the flower bed included limestone carving from the razed armoury.

In 2015, the Strathroy-Caradoc Lions Club installed custom metal signs recognizing the sacrifice of each of the individuals listed on the cenotaph and their respective regiments, to mark the centenary of the First World War.

An inscription for Afghanistan was engraved on the cenotaph on November 5, 2015, and unveiled by Afghanistan Veteran Richard Sauve on Remembrance Day 2015. It was engraved by Strathroy Monuments and paid for by Veterans."

 

 

 

 

Marker text:

Front:

OUR 

GLORIOUS

DEAD

 

"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE

BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE."

 

JAMES ABBOTT 

JAMES ARMSTRONG

FREDERICK ADAIR

E.J. BURTENSHAW

R.J. BUCHANAN

JOHN BROWN

R. BROWN

R.D. BRISCOE

WALTER BEER

W. MacW. CUDDY

W.H. COOPER

OSCAR DAVIS

HUGH DEWAR

W.E. FOXEN (M.C.)

WILLIAM GOUGH

A. HOLDERNESS

HOWARD JAMES

FRED W. (PAT) JAY

S. KEMP (M.C.)

GEORGE R. URQUHART

 

JAMES KELLESTINE

CYRIL LOWE

ARTHUR L. LINDSAY

ERNEST J. LEADEN

THOMAS MILLIKEN

EDWARD T. MOORE

GEORGE MAIN

JAMES MACAULEY

NEIL McLEAN

JAMES McCEARY

STORMONT McINTYRE

ALICE NETTLETON (VAD)

WILLIAM S. COWAN

 

ALEX NEWTON

RALPH NEWTON

JOHN NUNN

THOMAS NORMAN

A. NEWBURY

OSCAR O'DELL

HAROLD PAYNE

CHARLES PERRING

L. PEMBLETON

ASA PATTERSON

E. REARDON

F.W. ROBINSON

EDGAR SEXTON

C.H. SMITHRIM

GORDON B. SMALL 

VERNON SULLIVAN

GEORGE E. WALLACE

THOMAS B. WELCH

HAROLD WEISE

CHARLES R. BENNETT

ERECTED BY THE I.O.D.E.

1914 - 1918

 

Right side:

1939 -1945

CHARLES F. ADAIR

ROBERT ADAIR

KENNETH ADAIR

ALBERT ARTHUR

C.W. BARKER

ALLAN CAMPBELL

W.K. FERGUSON

DONALD LEITCH

JACK MCDONALD

ARDEN PAYNE

LEROY SWALES

DONALD THOMSON

JACK LOVELL

LAWRENCE PIKE

MAXWELL HALL

RUSSELL GERRY

 

 

 

 

 

Left side:

KOREAN WAR 

1950 - 1953

 

AFGHANISTAN

2001 - 2014