Harriston

Location:  Wellington County   N 43 54.705  W 80 52.132
At the corner of Elora Street S. and Mill Street, in front of the public library.
 

A beautiful small town memorial with statue, erected in June 1921.  The memorial features the names of the men from the town of Harriston and Minto Township, who died during the World Wars.  The small parkette also features an Ontario Historical Plaque to tell the story of the founding of Harriston.  The names listed feature no ranks, as all men are equal in death.  So nice to see the memorial so well maintained, and the names still readable after so many years.



Marker text:
Front:
HUMANITY

ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF HARRISTON
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF MINTO,
IN MEMORY OF
OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
AND THE SECOND
GREAT WAR
1939 1945
 



Left side:
ENDURANCE

HARRISTON

THOMAS BROWN
JAMES CORCORAN
J. GARFIELD CLEAVE
GORDON COBURN
NEIL CAMPBELL
GERALD D. EEDY
ROY HENRY
ROBT. ALEX. HOOD
ROBERT D. JORDAN
THOMAS P. JOHNSON
IRWIN KETT
FRANK NEIL
RAYMOND P. PRITCHARD
HUGH M. SMITH
THOMAS SUTHERLAND
FRED ZIEGLER
 


 
Right side:
SACRIFICE
MINTO

DOUGLAS BATES
JOSEPH BROUGHTON
LLOYD BRAMHILL
JAMES BACON
GEORGE CARTER
HAROLD CHILTON
HENRY CHILTON
ARCHIBALD ELLIS
DAVID E. HOWES M.D.
CLIFFORD HARRISON
BERNARD KENNEDY
LEONARD KIRK
ELGIN LEE
S. LAWRENCE
MURRAY MATTHEWS
CARLYLE MATTHEWS
CRAWFORD NEWTON
WILLIAM C. REEVES
MILTON SEILER
BYRON SMALL
FLOYD SMALL
JAMES SLINGER
ROBERT THOMSON
 


 
Back:
1939 COURAGE 1945
MINTO

JAMES BELL
MILTON EVERS
JAMES GORDON
HAROLD GILKINSON
JOHN MOCK
ARNOLD STINSON
WILMOT WALLACE
VICTOR INNANEN

HARRISTON

KENNETH ARMSTRONG
HAROLD BUTLER
WALLACE CRAIGMILL
RUSSELL HALL
KENNETH PRIOR
DONALD SCHMIDT
EDWARD TOMLIN

Niagara-on-the-Lake

 

Location:  Niagara Region:   N 43 15.310 W 79 04.299
In the boulevard at 1 Queen Street.

One of the most impressive and lasting memorials to be seen.  This wonderful clock tower is the centre-piece of the beautiful downtown area of Niagara-on-the-Lake.  The flowers and landscaping are second to none, this fitting tribute to the men of this region is a pleasant reminder of how remembrance and community spirit can work together to create something special.


Marker text:
Front:
ON THE SEA, LAND AND IN THE AIR THEY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR OUR FREEDOM
CENOTAPH

TO THE MEMORY AND HONOUR OF THE
MEN OF NIAGARA ON THE LAKE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

AND IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

1914 - 1918
BEST, ROBERT F.
CURRIE, Wm. PERRY
HOUGHTON, ROBERT C.
HOUGHTON, TOM. HADLEY
LONGHURST, HERBERT

NISBET, WALTER L.
RYAN, GORDON B.
SHEPHERD, EDWIN C.
THOMAS, REGINALD
THOMPSON, CHARLES T.

1939 - 1945
DEITSCH, J.J.
DINWIDDIE, G.C.
GRAFTON, F.W.
GREAVES, R.
GRIER, G.M.
GRIMSTEAD, J.E.
HALL, J.M.
HINDLE, P.S.
HOWARTH, J.L.

LAMOURE, L.R.
LEWIS, R.S.
PICKARD, A.
SCOTT, G.
THOMPSON, E. WINNETT
UNGER, J.
WRAITH, W.
YATES, L.A.
YATES, P.E.G.

1950 - KOREA - 1953

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
 


Both sides:
THIS CENOTAPH IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF CANADIANS
WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Caledonia - Women's Memorial

 

Location:  Haldimand County   N 43 04.275  W 79 57.158
On the east side of Argyle Street at the corner of Forfar Street, south shore of the Grand River.
 

A simple yet effective memorial to pay tribute to the brave women who have served in Canada's Armed Forces.  Located in a nicely landscaped park beside the mighty Grand River.



Marker text:
IN MEMORY
OF
THE WOMEN WHO SERVED
IN CANADA'S ARMED FORCES

Victoria Harbour

 

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 45.043  W 79 46.412
In Cenotaph Parkette, at the corner of Albert Street and Richard Street.
 

Cenotaph Parkette is a very pleasant park dedicated to honouring those who have served their country, and those who have died in the World Wars. 
This is a two part memorial.  The first being the cenotaph itself, a stone wall with large white cross, erected in 1967 by Branch 523 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
The second part is a WWII anti-aircraft gun with two plaques dedicated to the local men who died in each of the World Wars.  Judging by the plaque from WWI, there must have been a different memorial in place here before the current configuration.  This is the first time I have seen the honoured names on a static artillery piece, rather than on the cenotaph itself.  The view of the village and harbour from this parkette is quite stunning.



Marker text:
Cenotaph:
IN
MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO
SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY

ERECTED JULY 1967 BY THE
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 523
 



First gun plaque:
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE OF OUR VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

C. GORDON SYKES
W. WESLEY NEILLY
WALLACE H. BURNS
FRANK C. McNABB
VERNON H. CLARK
W. SCOTT WALDIE
C. PERCIVAL WALDIE

JOHN A. SCOTT
WILLIAM D. HOUSTON
HARRY CARLEY
NAPOLEON BOURRIE
GRANT TUPPER
FRED PELKY
PATRICK DUSOME
ROY DRAULET

ERECTED BY THE I.O.D.E.
VICTORIA HARBOUR
 


Second gun plaque:
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE OF OUR VILLAGE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

JOHN A. BELFRY
MORLEY W. BROTHERSON

ERECTED BY
THE VILLAGE OF VICTORIA HARBOUR

Trout Creek

Location:  Parry Sound District   N 45 59.197  W 79 21.679
Beside the firehall, at the corner of Main Street and McEachern Street.



This classic memorial was erected in August 1920, by the Women's Institute of Trout Creek.  Constructed of Scotch Granite, the monument stands seven feet tall and features intricate stonework engravings of the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War, and later World War II.  The cost of the memorial in 1920 was priced at $250, but the loss of young men was so much greater to this small community.



Marker text:
South side:
PTE. M. McDONALD
1886-1916

CPL. W. McFADDEN
1887-1918

PTE. H. MULLIN
1892-1916

F.L.P. P. MOGRIDGE
1924-1945

ERECTED BY THE
WOMENS' INSTITUTE OF TROUT CREEK
IN MEMORY OF OUR BOYS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
 
 


East side:
PTE. F. MONNO
1889-1917

PTE E. TURNBULL
1888-1917

CPL. J. KELLY
1908-1944

SGT. H. BROTT
1918-1945
 


North side:
PTE. A. BUTTOZZONI
1895-1917

PTE. S. DESTAFANA
1896-1917

PTE. A. EVERS
1895-1918

PTE. J. FISCHER
1907-1945
 


West side:
SGT. H. GOUGEON
1894-1918

CPL. C. GRASSER
1894-1918

PTE. H. LINKLATER
1898-1917

IN MEMORY OF
1939 - 1945

Hanover

 

Location:  Grey County   N 44 09.130  W 81 01.578
In front of the library, at 341 10th Street.
 

Erected in 1922, to honour those who fell in the Great War.  This memorial was sponsored by the International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), who worked in co-operation with the town and the library board to oversee the construction.  The names of those brave men from Hanover that died in the Great War are engraved in stone, on the sides of the memorial.
After the Second World War, a plaque was added to the back of the memorial, to honour the dead from WWII, and yet later, the Korean War was recognized as well.
The statue of a soldier at the top of the memorial, the landscaping, colourful flags and downtown location make this a stunning small-town cenotaph, certainly one which the town and citizens are proud of.



Marker text:
Front:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

TO COMMEMORATE THE
SACRIFICE OF OUR HONOURED DEAD
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

??...SAUGEEN CHAPTER I.O.D.E.




Left side:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

FRASER ROBERT MILLER
GEORGE HENRY MUSGROVE  D.S.O.
EDWARD LOBSINGER
HERMAN HOLLER
EDGAR STANLEY GEORGE
WILBUR JAMES FLYNN
WILLIAM PERKINS
DOUGLAS BATES
CHARLES ROBERT ADAIR
WILLIAM HENRY TURNER
GORDON ALEXANDER GLAUSER
ANDREW BLACK
JAMES DAVID MacKENZIE
 



Right side:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

STANLEY PREWETT JAMES
THOMAS HENRY McGEAGH
FREDERICK GEORGE HAWKES
JAMES SELKIRK WILSON
HOWARD JAMES SCALES
NORMAN BINKLEY
RICHARD HARVEY TINDALE
ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN
COLEMAN BOYD ADAMS
JOHN WELBON
EARL LEWIS DEVLIN
ANDREW ALBERT MORDT
 


 
Rear:
KOREA
1950-1953

1939 - 1945
OUR HONOURED DEAD

ROSCOE D. BRUBAKER
RAYMOND G. BRUEGEMAN
JOHN A. CASKANETTE
VINCENT CRAWFORD
CLEMENT J. ESBAUGH
RAYMOND A. GARDINER  D.S.C.
GRAHAM S. BLAKE
LEO J. BOHNERT
JACK E. BAILEY
HUGH A. COONEY
HENRY J. HAHN
JOHN F. HARVEY
MORRIS C. JONES
EDWARD L. KUTZ
JOHN B. LANCASTER
GRANT A. LORENZ
JOHN D. MILLER
WILLIAM W. REEVE
NELSON H. WAGNER
JOHN I. WALLNER
MAURICE F. HUNSPERGER
GERALD R. MACHESNEY
ROBERT G. PICKERING
KENNETH G. SCHAEFER
ROBERT H. SCHAEFER
STEWART WHITEHEAD

Hespeler RCL#272

 

Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 25.647  W 80 18.906
26 Schofield Street, south of Queen Street.
 

Erected in 2005, by the Royal Canadian Legion Hespeler Branch #272.  A lovely brick wall, featuring remembrance of all major conflicts and those who fought in them.  Plaques at each side of the memorial list the conrtibutors who helped fund the memorial, while the front and back feature stone plaques which actually give thanks to those who served.



Marker text:
Front:
(on cross) LEST WE FORGET

WORLD WAR I
1914-1918

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

KOREA
1950-1953

UNITED
NATIONS

(legion crest)
HESPELER
BRANCH 272

DEDICATED TO THE BRANCH 272 MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVED IN WARTIME AND
THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
NEVER FORGETTING OUR COMRADES
AND LADIES AUXILIARY WHO HAVE
PASSED ON BEFORE US.
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN
THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
 




Back:
(legion crest)

IN MEMORY OF BRANCH MEMBERS
WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WARS.
AND ALL OUR COMRADES WHO
PASSED ON BEFORE US
LEST WE FORGET