Grantham Township

 

Location:  Niagara Region     N 43.16187   W -79.20324

In the north section of Victoria Lawn Cemetery, 480 Queenston Street, St. Catharines.

Grantham Township was formerly known as a geographic township on the Niagara Peninsula in Upper Canada, later Ontario. In 1961, part of it was amalgamated into the city of St. Catharines. In 1970, the remaining portion was amalgamated into the new Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.  This memorial stands proudly in the Victoria Lawn Cemetery in St. Catharines.  All of the names listed on this cenotaph knew this area as Grantham Township and as such, I will list it as Grantham Township, in their honour.

This memorial was dedicated to the citizens of the Township of Grantham who were killed in the First World War and was erected by the Township of Grantham. A plaque for the Second World War was unveiled on June 7, 1954. Plaques were later added for the Korean War and Afghanistan.  The tall granite cenotaph is the showcase for this part of the cemetery that holds a veteran's plot and three other smaller memorials in the vicinity.  The township is all but forgotten in our modern day history, but the names of the brave souls who died with Grantham Township as their home will live on in remembrance.

 

Marker text:

Front:

1850

TOWNSHIP OF GRANTHAM

THIER NAME

LIVETH FOR

EVERMORE

HONOUR ROLL

MAJOR ALFRED JAMES ANSLEY

LIEUT. SAMUEL LEWIS HONEY, V.C., D.C.M., M.M.

CAPT. GARNET M. SMYTH

SERGT. JAMES A. TAMBLINGSON

LANCE-CORP. JOHN KEAN

GUNNER PERCY PLATO

GUNNER WILLIAM PERCY RITCHINGS

PRIVATE CHARLES ROBERT EBERHARDT

PRIVATE ROY BURTON SECORD

PRIVATE CHARLES A. BODY

PRIVATE HILLIARD P. BAKER

PRIVATE WILLIAM BEAN

PRIVATE THEODORE R. THOMPSON

PRIVATE THOMAS A. KIRTLAND

PRIVATE BERTRAM KIRTLAND

PRIVATE EZRA SARLES

PRIVATE HAROLD CHURCH

PRIVATE STEWARD CULL

PRIVATE HENRY BRAY

PRIVATE EDGAR ELKINS

PRIVATE EDWARD ROSSITER

PRIVATE JAMES THOMAS O'CONNELL

PRIVATE WILLIAM DEY

GUNNER ARTHUR JOSEPH HOGAN

PRIVATE WILLIAM MITCHELL

1914 - 1918

CANADA

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF THE TOWNSHIP OF

GRANTHAM

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE GREAT WAR

 

 

 

Right side:

1914
1919

YPRES
ST JULIEN

 

HONOUR ROLL

1939 - 1945

AIKEN, DAVID  P.O.

ASH, GEORGE  FLT. LT. - D.F.C.

BIRD, ERNEST   PTE.

CLINTON, EDGAR S.  P.F.C.

DOREY, JOHN A.  PTE.

ESSERY, FRED  PTE.

FAST, JOHN  PTE.

FISK, GEORGE C.  SGT.

HALL, JOSEPH M.  PTE.

HAWKE, CHARLES W.  GNR.

HIPWELL, HERBERT E.  PTE.

HOLMES, LEONARD  FLT. LT.

IRVINE, JAMES F.  FLT. SGT.

JEWER, JAMES W.  GNR.

JOHNSTON, CLARENCE A. FLT./SGT.

JORDON, ALBERT C.  PTE.

KOLOYIAN, SOLOMAN  PTE.

LEACH, EDGAR  PTE.

MALE, CHARLES C.  CPL.

MARTIN, BRUCE L.  TPR.

MATTHEWS, DONALD W.  SGT. AIR GNR.

NEWHOUSE, HARRY  PTE.

NEWHOUSE, ROBERT V.  PTE.

OLSEN, GORDON L.  SGT. PILOT

RILEY, IRVINE  PTE.

ROMANCHUK, JOSEPH R.  CPL.

SLESSOR, WILLIAM  PTE.

SMITH, ELWOOD O.  W.O.

TAYLOR, NORMAN  W.O.

 

 

 

 

 

Back:

FOR KING
AND
COUNTRY

 

 

 

 

Left side:

1914
1919

VIMY RIDGE
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
ARRAS
DROCOURT
DURY
BOURLON WOOD

KOREA
1950 - 1953

AFGHANISTAN
2001 - 2011