London - Forest Lawn Cemetery

 

Location:  City of London     N 43.00640   W -81.16720

At the entrance to the cemetery, 2001 Dundas Street.

 

This memorial is found just inside the gates of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.  It consists of a black granite stele with appropriate words of remembrance for those who served in the World Wars and Korea.  Flanking the memorial is the veterans plot with dozens of markers of former servicemen and women who bravely performed their duties for their country. All grave markers in this section are lying flat on the ground.  A single Canadian flag marks the plot.

Marker text:

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF

OUR FALLEN COMRADES

WHO SERVED THEIR

COUNTRY AND THOSE WHO

MADE THE SUPREME

SACRIFICE

 

WORLD WAR I

1914     1918

WORLD WAR II

1939     1945

KOREAN WAR

1950     1953

DONATED IN MEMORY OF

HERBERT GILVEAR

AUG. 30, 1905     MAY 18, 1993

Kemptville - Veterans Commemorative Park

 

Location:  United Counties of Leeds and Grenville     N 45.08194   W -75.63154

The park is located a few kilometres north of Kemptville, just of Highway 416 at Rideau River Road.

 

Veterans Commemorative Park was erected in 2000 by the Royal Canadian Legion to honour those who served Canada during war and peace.  The memorial consists of three granite stele, a tall flagpole and appropriate landscaping.   What struck me most was how isolated this location seemed to be, next to a little used highway on-ramp, well out of town, not near anything that would bring anyone to the site.  Still, it is good to have any new memorials to recognize the contributions of our veterans.  Thank you.

 

 

 

Market text:

Front:

VETERANS

COMMEMORATIVE 

PARK

 

 

 

Right stele:

(Legion crest)

ERECTED IN THE YEAR 2000

BY THE

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION

DISTRICT "G"

OF ONTARIO COMMAND

THIS VETERANS COMMEMORATIVE PARK

WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE

GENEROSITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF

ONTARIO AS A LEGACY OF THE 1999

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

 (repeated in French)

 

 

 

Centre stele:

CANADIAN ARMED FORCES

(Royal Canadian Navy crest)

(Canadian Army crest) 

(Royal Canadian Air Force crest)

 

 

Left stele:

THIS PARK IS DEDICATED 

TO THE MEN AND WOMEN

OF THE CANADIAN ARMED

FORCES FOR THEIR SERVICE

AND SACRIFICE ON

BEHALF OF CANADA IN

WAR AND PEACE.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

(repeated in French)