Markham

Location:  N 43° 52.410 W 079° 15.552  In front of the Markham Village Community Centre, at the southeast corner of Highway 7 and Main Street.

Somewhat unconventional memorial, consists of a central stele with a cross, and eight surrounding pillars.  Very few words are mentioned, and no wars or names appear on this memorial.  Far too politically correct in my opinion, I never even recognized it as a memorial at first glance.  In my opinion this is an insult to the brave men of the Markham area that died for their country.

It was dedicated on June 6, 1981.

Marker text:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY

Small Plaque on side:
1949 - 2009
Presented by the Town of Markham to commemorate
sixty years of service by our veterans in the
Washington Street Building, an in appreciation for their 
dedication to fostering a spirit of community service.

Dedicated to the men and women in Markham
who have provided great service and sacrifice
for their country during war and world conflict.

Lest We Forget

Markham District Veterans' Association.

 

Gravenhurst

Location:  N 44° 55.081 W 079° 22.403  In front of the Opera House, at the corner of Muskoka Road and Sharpe Street.


The three-stele monument of white granite is relatively new for Gravenhurst.  Located in front of the Opera House, dedicated to those who died in the two World Wars.

Marker Text:
Centre:
THE CITIZENS
OF THE TOWN OF
GRAVENHURST

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF THESE MEN
THAT SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
SO THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
IN PEACE AND FREEDOM

LEST WE FORGET

Left:
WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918
EDWARD CAMERON
WILLIAM J. COOK
GORDON FLOWERS
S. GURNETT
GEORGE HENDERSON
LOUIS LEMYRE
HILTON MILLER
ALFRED C. MYERS
JOHN MARSHALL
GORDON McKEAN
CHARLES McAULEY
ARCHIE McEACHERN
WILLIAM MIDDLETON
HAROLD MULDREW
CYRIL P. PALMER
WALTER PERKINS
GEORGE PIKE
WILLIAM RICHARDSON
HARRY STRETTON
GEORGE TAYLOR
JAMES THOMPSON
FRANK WAITE
JOHN WALMSLEY
HERBERT WHITE
CHARLES F. WILLIAMS

Right:
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
JOHN BEERS
J. J. CHAMBERS
HUGH CLEMENS
D. C . DAVIDSON
W. J. DOUGLAS
LEONARD DRAPER
HARVEY W. HURST
GEORGE JONES
C. B. KING
LLOYD LONG
A. H. D. McEACHERN
KEITH McDIVITT
EDWARD MYERS
JAMES T. SHORT
LORNE SLEETH
HARRY STOCK
JAMES STONEHOUSE

  
 

 

Morrisburg - Lions

Location:  N 44° 53.652 W 075° 10.801  At the foot of Ottawa Street, in a park along the St. Lawrence River, near the picnic shelter.  Not far from the town memorial.


A simple plaque erected by Lions International in Memory of those from the area who have served.  Beside this memorial is also a plaque for the Williamsburg Canals, a National Historic Site.


Marker text:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO HAVE SERVED


MORRISBURG - WADDINGTON
1937  RAPLH FETTERLY  1942
1937  JOHN A. HARBACK  1945


MORRISBURG & DISTRICT
1951  MAXWELL THOM  1954
1950  HERMAN Van ALLEN  1965
1959  SOL ROSENFIELD  1975
1960  GEORGE E. BEAVERS  1965
1959  EVERETT TREVOR CROWDER  1978
1958  GORDON WALWROTH  1985
1975  JOHN PHILLIPS  1985
1971  HARRY Van MOORSEL  1996
1987  ART MARTELL  1997
1965  LELAND R. Van ALLEN  1998
1960  BLAKE CRUICKSHANK 2008

 


 

Port Perry

Location:  N  44 06.325   W 078 56.710  At the corner of North Street and Perry Street, in front of the town offices.

Dedicated in 2004, this modern memorial features the names of those from Scugog Township who gave their lives in the two World Wars.  Port Perry has a proud tradition of showing support for the troops, one high school each year has each of its history students choose a name off this cenotaph and research the soldier and his story.  
As so often happens with many small town memorials, the list of names for the Great War is significantly longer than that of the Second World War, noting the great sacrifice that was made at the time.


Marker text:
Centre:
IN HONOUR OF
THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR OUR COUNTRY

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

LEST WE FORGET

Base:
DEDICATED 2004 BY
THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SCUGOG
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION & LADIES AUXILIARY BRANCH 419

Left:
WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

CPL. A.E. ALLDRED
PTE. W. BELKNAP
PTE. J. BRITTON
LT. C.T. BRUCE
PTE. A. CLARK
PTE. F.H. CLARK
PTE. H.T. CLARK
PTE. W.H. COULTER
PTE. J. DOBBIN
LT. A.B. DOUBT
PTE. D. ELLIOTT
PTE. B. FERGUSON
PTE. G. FINES
PTE. J. FOX
PTE. W. GIEBNER
CPL. D. GRAHAM
PTE. E. GREY
PTE. T. HARDING
CPL. G. W. HOOD
PTE. E. HOOEY
PTE. A. HUBBARD
LT. H.F. IRELAND
PTE. F.F. JEFFERISS
PTE. A. JEFFREY
PTE. E. JOHNSTON
PTE. F. JOHNSTON
PTE. J. JOHNSTON
PTE. H. KIDDLE
PTE J. KIMBERLEY
PTE. M. KING
PTE. J. LAIDLAW
PTE. J.L. LEASK
PTE. R. MARTIN
PTE. R. McGILL
PTE. R.D. MIDGLEY
PTE. W. MIDGLEY
PTE. H. MILLARD
PTAE. E. MODDY
PTE. G.E. MOORE
PTE. G.E. MOORE
PTE. A. MOUGHTON
PTE. E. MOUNTJOY
L/CPL. G. PARRETTE
PTE. L.T. RAINES
PTE. C. REAL
PTE. A. SHAKLEFORD
CPL. H. SLAUGHTER
LT. R.W. SOPER
CPL. W. SPENCE
PTE. J. STEELE
PTE. A.W. STONE
PTE. J. SUMMERS
PTE. J.C. SUMNER
PTE. R. SWAIN
PTE. A.H. TARRANT
PTE. J. TAYLOR
PTE. H. THOMAS
L/CPL. C. TIBB
PTE. R. TREMEER
PTE. R. TRUSS
LT. E.D. WALLACE
PTE. P.W. WARD
PTE. M.J. WATSON
PTE. H.E. WHITE
PTE. J. WHITE
PTE. S. WHITE
PTE. H.G. WILLIAMS
PTE. R. WILSON
SGT. J. WOOTTON

Right:
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

P.O. W.M. ALDRED
PTE. F.A. ANDREWS
F.O. A.S. ARMOUR
F.O. R. CARTER
PTE. L. DAVIDSON
PTE. R. DINGMAN
PTE. G. DODSLEY
F.O. R. EMERSON
L/CPL. A. HALL
PTE. T.C. HAYDEN
PTE. R.H. HILLGARTNER
LT. R.S. HILLER
F.O. W.W. HUGHLI
F.O. A. JOHNSTON
A/B L. LANGFELD
PTE. W. LEACOCK
F.O. T.W. LEAHY
F.O J.G. MacMASTER
PTE. H. MAHAFFY
PTE. H.H. MAHAFFY
L/CPL. T. MENEELY
LT. W.S. MILLER
F.O. G. MULLIGAN
SGT. M. SPEARS
PTE. D.G. STAPLE
FLT. SGT. W.R. WILLARD
PTE. L. WILLIAMS
PTE. C. WILSON
PTE. C. WOODRUFF

KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

Kirkfield

Location:  N 44 33.756  W 078 58.707    Located on Monroe Street, in front of the library/municipal offices.

Erected by the community of Kirkfield in June 2000, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

Marker text:
ERECTED BY
KIRKFIELD COMMUNITY
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

1914 - 1918

ROBERT E. BURNIE - AUG. 24 1916
RUSSELL A. CAMPBELL - NOV. 15 1915
RUSSELL CRAREY - OCT. 11, 1918
ROBERT G. DACK - JUNE 5, 1917
JACK KING - APR. 9 1916
ALFRED T. MITCHELL - AUG. 10 1918
GEORGE RODGERS - NOV. 6 1917
STANLEY RUSHTON - AUG. 15 1916
GEORGE SHEPHERD - SEPT. 15 1917
RUSSELL A. TOUGH - APR. 9 1917

1939 - 1945

WILLIAM R. DONALDSON - FEB. 8 1942
JAMES W. MITCHELL - MAY 24 1940
JOSEPH M. WHALEN - NOV. 20 1942

WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

Back:
LEST WE FORGET

Niagara Falls - Battle of Lundy's Lane

Location:  N 43° 05.359 W 079° 05.726  Located in Drummond Hill Cemetery, on the south side of Lundy's Lane.


This was the site of the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812. On the afternoon of 25th July, 1814, Lieutenant-General Gordon Drummond with about 2800 men engaged the invading American army which had recently been victorious at Chippawa. The armies were evenly matched and the six-hour battle lasted until darkness and heavy losses put an end to the fighting. Each force had lost over 800 men. Although each claimed victory, the Americans had failed to dislodge Drummond from his position. They withdrew the next day, ending their offensive in Upper Canada.
The memorial itself features 3 plaques and several adornments, including cannons.  There are several other plaques and memorials nearby the main monument, but today I will only present the key memorial.
Now a National Historic Site, this monument was erected in 1895.

Marker text:
Front:
1812-1814
LUNDY'S LANE

ERECTED BY THE 
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT
IN HONOUR OF THE VICTORY
GAINED BY THE 
BRITISH AND CANADIAN FORCES
ON THIS FIELD ON THE
25TH DAY OF JULY 1814
AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE BRAVE MEN
WHO DIED ON THAT DAY
FIGHTING FOR THE UNITY
OF THE EMPIRE
1895

Right:
IN ENDURING MEMORY OF 
PRIVATES JOHN BECKHOUSE, WILLIAM BRENTON, MARK CONNORY, WALTER DUFFIS, JOHN HARWOOD, ALEXANDER MOFFIT,  AND JAMES TORBITT,   ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT OF FOOT; 
LIEUTENANT HENRY N. MOORSOM, SERGEANT PETER ROY, CORPORAL WILLIAM ROURKE.  PRIVATES JOSEPH HILL, MOSES HOLMES, AND GASPARD SALTSCRIBER.  
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH REGIMENT OF FOOT;
SERGEANT GASPARD FORSTER, PRIVATES PAUL DOUCET AND ROBERT JONES. GLENGARRY REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY FENCIBLES;  
ENSIGNS JOHN CAMPBELL AND JOHN MACDONELL AND PRIVATE FRANCIS BUTLER.
THE VOLUNTEER INCORPORATED BATTALION OF MILITIA;  
PRIVATE GEORGE COGHILL,  FIRST REGIMENT OF LINCOLN MILITIA.
KILLED IN BATTLE HERE, 25TH JULY 1814.


Rear:
IN ENDURING MEMORY OF
CORPORALS BENJAMIN MORRIS AND THOMAS SEVILLE, AND PRIVATE ROBERT MARTIN, FORTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT:
CAPTAIN ROBERT SPUNNER, LIEUTENANT JOHN HENRY LATHAM, SERGEANT THOMAS CUTTS, PRIVATES CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH BOULTON, JAMES CAIN, CHARLES COOKE, THOMAS COOKE, EDWARD CORCORAN, JOSHUA CORKIN, JEREMIAH DENCHY, JOHN DONAVAN, HUGH GORMAN, JOHN GRIFFIN, JOHN HALLORAN, JOHN JOYCE, THOMAS LANTRY, PATRICK LOUGHRAN, JOHN MATTHEWS, JACOB MILLER, THOMAS ORR, WILLIAM PACEY, JAMES PATTERSON, PATRICK QUINN, WILLIAM ROURKE, THOMAS RYAN, TIMOTHY SULLIVAN, THOMAS TELFORD, WILLIAM THOMPSON, JAMES TURNER, ROBERT WALLACE, CHARLES WICTAM, RICHARD WILMORE AND WILLIAM WRIGHT.  SECOND BATTALION, EIGHTY-NINTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
KILLED IN BATTLE HERE
25TH JULY, 1814


Right:
IN ENDURING MEMORY OF 
GUNNERS DAVID COULTER, RICHARD ESFORD, DAVID HUMPHRIES, JOHN MCGAUGHEY, AND THOMAS TULLY.  ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HEMPHILL, CORPORAL WILLIAM AITON, PRIVATES WILLIAM BRUSH, NEIL CARNIE, WILLIAM CAYLE, JAMES GORDON, FELIX DOYLE, JOSEPH DYKE, AUGUSTUS ESTROBIA, JOHN FENTON, JAMES FIELDING, PETER HELFORTY, PATRICK KEARNS, MATTHEW KENNAIRD, WILLIAM McCORMICK, THOMAS MACFARLANE, NICHOLAS POLAND, THOMAS RICHARDS, JOHN THOMPSON, AND WILLIAM WOOD.  FIRST BATTALION, FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT, (THE ROYAL SCOTS)
PRIVATES OWEN BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM BUMBY, THOMAS CLARK, SAMUEL HALFPENNY, EDWARD McGRATH, WILLIAM SCOTT, THOMAS WHITE, AND JOHN WILKINS.  FIRST BATTALION, EIGHTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, (THE KING'S).
KILLED IN BATTLE HERE
25TH JULY, 1814 

 
 
 

Oshawa - CF86 Sabre

Location:  N 43° 55.022 W 078° 53.641   Found at Oshawa Airport, at the north end of Stephenson Road, across the road from the museum.


Located in Airmen's Park, along with two other plaques and memorials, this CF86 Sabre is painted in the colours of the 416 "City of Oshawa" Squadron.  The Oshawa airport was one of many used during time of war to train pilots.  The Canadair(Montreal) built Mark V Sabre, was used primarily by the RCAF in Europe.  The Mark V featured the more powerful Orenda 10 engine and was produced from 1953 to 1958.  A total of 370 Mark V's were produced and used by the RCAF, with 75 being transferred to the German Luftwaffe in 1957.
The famed Golden Hawks aerobatic team began in 1959 and used the Sabre Mark V for their maneuverability and prowess in the air.

Marker text:
SABRE 23047
THIS CANADAIR MARK V SABRE JET,
PAINTED IN THE COLOURS OF THE
416 "CITY OF OSHAWA" SQN., IS
DEDICATED, BY GRATEFUL CITIZENS
OF OSHAWA AND DISTRICT, TO ALL
ALLIED AIRMEN WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.

I have fought the good fight. I have
finished the race. I have kept the faith.-
PAUL 4:6-8