Cumberland

 
Location:  City of Ottawa     N 45.517403   W -75.407419
2557 Old Montreal Rd, beside St. Andrews United Church
 

Cumberland was a township in Eastern Ontario as part of Russell County from 1800 to 1999.  It comprised of Cumberland Village, Notre Dame-des-Champs, Sarsfield, Vars, Carlsbad Spring and Navan. Cumberland, who took its name from the Duke of Cumberland (later king of Hanover) and became the City of Cumberland in 1999, until amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001.  A very picturesque village situated along the banks of the historic Ottawa River.

 

This  statue is standing beside a scroll and bordered by 4 posts is on the front left of St-Andrews United Church.

When I look at the statue, I noticed that she is holding a wreath of poppies in her right hand and is looking down in sorrow as if ready to throw the wreath into the dug up grave of a lost loved one. Perhaps this is the significance of the 4 posts. ( If you had noticed it of old graves, many family plots had 4 posts around the plot and had chains connected to the posts. In the old days, it was the family who was responsible  of maintaining the plot.

The names of those lost in the World Wars and Korea are engraved in the stone for all to see, to remember for all eternity.  Lest We Forget.

**Special thanks once again to Louise Bellec for the photos and details.

 

Marker text:

Scroll:

 1914 -1918

            CHARLES H. McKENZIE

            CRESWELL J. ALLAN

            ROBERT LESLIE TAYLOR

            PETER J. McLAREN

            WILLIAM J. SPRATT

            JOHN A. McKENZIE

            THOMAS FOYE

              1939 - 1945

             CARLETON G. KENNEDY

             WILLIAM H. LOUGH

     

    Bottom of scroll : 

 THEIR NAMES

 LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Below the scroll: 

ROBERT VICTOR ARNOTT

1950 KOREA 1953

Pedestral: 

 PUBLIC MEMORIAL

             ERECTED TO THE MEMORY AND HONOR OF THE
             CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF CUMBERLAND WHOSE
              NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE ON AND WHO GAVE

              THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR OF

                                       1914 - 1918

 

 

Sebright

 

Location:  Simcoe County     N 44.69461   W -79.16123
South of Sebright, on the west side of 5808 Kirkfield Road, in the graveyard.
 


This memorial is found in the graveyard beside the Sebright United Church.  It is a red granite stone engraved with the names of three men from this area who died in the Great War.  I had passed this location on several occasions and never knew it was here, special thanks to Lisa R. for alerting me to this memorial and others in the area.
Also found in this cemetery are military graves of other men who served our country, and are buried here.

 

Marker text:
Front:
IN HONOR
AND LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR BOYS WHO DIED FOR
LIBERTY AND HUMANITY
1914 - 1918

SERGT. NOBLE J. BRADEN M.M.  116TH BATT'N
KILLED IN FRANCE  AUG. 13, 1918

PTE. WILLIAM E. OXBY  19TH BATT'N
KILLED AT VISEN ARTOIS AUG. 28, 1918
MEMBER OF L.O.L. 1899

PTE. JAMES W. TENNISON  116TH BATT'N
KILLED IN ACTION  OCT. 1, 1918

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
 

 

Inkerman

 
Location:  United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
N  45.036728   W -75.394106
Beside the Inkerman United Church, at 11526 County Road 3.

This memorial stands proudly beside the Inkerman United Church.  Made of several tiers of granite, the stone obelisk was originally erected to honour the memory of those lost in the Great War.  Seven names are listed of the brave men who fell in the First World War.  Later, a single name was added from the Second World War.
*Special thanks to Louise Bellec for providing the photos.

Marker text:
Front:
OUR HEROES WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR.

THEY SAW WITH WIDER VISION,
THE EMPIRE AND IT'S NEED,
AND CAME WITH SWIFT DECISION
TO DO THE UTMOST DEED.

ARTHUR ENDERSBY
154th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1917

WILLIAM MEADE
154th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1918

CHARLIE ROBINSON
154th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1917

J. HAROLD ROBINSON
28th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1918
 




1914 - 1918

Left side:
HORACE MILNE
154th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1917

REGINALD MUNDY
38th BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1917

THOMAS HENRY POOLE
2nd BATTN. C.E.F.
DIED 1918
 




Right side:
FREDERICK T. HOLMES
26th C.A.R.   DIED 1944

Wyoming

 
Location:  Lambton County     N 42 57.165   W 82 06.809
On the south side of Erie Street, in the park.  Just west of the Legion.


This memorial was erected in 2008 by the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 388, which is found only a short distance to the east.  Made of black granite, this replaces the old memorial once found in front of the library.  The engraving is the same on both memorials, however this solid stone should last much longer than the brick design of the original.  The names of those lost in the World Wars are listed, six from each war.  A stone cross, also taken from the original cenotaph, sits on top of the memorial engraved with the iconic words  "LEST WE FORGET".  The white brick base also appears to be from the original memorial.
 
 



Marker text:
(Legion crest)

1914 - 1918
ALEXANDER FALCONER
ARTHUR C. GUNNE
CHARLES N. MARRIOTT
J. ARTHUR RANDALL
B. PETER WETHERILL
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT

1939 - 1945
ROBERT J. ATKINS
J. EUGENE GRAY
RAYMOND G. LUCAS
G. KENNETH McCAW
FRANKLIN MIDDLETON
JOHN A. THAIN

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