Ryerson

 

Location:  Parry Sound District  N 45° 36.306 W 079° 27.547
On the grounds of the museum, north side of Midlothian Road.
 

I was always very impressed that a small community like this would still go to the trouble to raise a memorial for one lone soldier, who fought and died in the Great War.  The memorial was erected by the residents of Ryerson Township, for a young man, Douglas Wiseman, who had attended this one room school in his youth., and a few short years later, died in action at Cambrai.  The school is now the home of the Burk's Falls and District Horticultural Society Museum.  Private Wiseman was a member of the 102nd Battalion of the Canadian Infantry.  He is buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery in France.

Marker text:
THE
LASTCALL

ERECTED BY THE
RESIDENTS OF
SCHOOL SEC. No. 4
RYERSON
IN MEMORY OF
PTE DOUGLAS
WISEMAN
BORN
Dec.24,1896
KILLED IN ACTION
AT CAMBRIA
Oct. 2, 1918


He sleeps beside his
comrades
in a hallowed grave
unknown
but his name is
written in letters of love
in the hearts he has
left at home

Mt. Brydges

 
 
Location:  Middlesex County   N 42 54.539  W 81 29.693
In the park on Adelaide Road at the corner of Helen Street.
 

This traditional memorial represents the Township of Caradoc, and honours the men of the area who made the supreme sacrifice in World War I.  A statue stands tall at the top of this beautiful memorial.  The front lists the names of the dead, and the back of the memorial lists those lost in the Second World War and Korea.
I was surprised at how tall this grand cenotaph stands above the park, the children playing nearby in peace in the park's playground.

Further history can be found at the following website, from the Strathroy-Caradoc Museum:
http://www.strathroymuseum.ca/en/exhibits/Mount-Brydges-Cenotaph.asp
Each of the names listed on the cenotaph is given a detailed history on the museum website.  Very well done.



Marker text:
Front:
ERECTED BY THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CARADOC
IN HONOR OF
HER LOYAL SONS WHO SERVED
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

"OUR FALLEN HEROES"
JOHN BROWN
GEO. M.  FAULDS
HARRY COOPER
J.R. MULDON
ROY RUNNALS
CHAS. WYATT
JOS. MOORE
GEORGE WALLACE
LEWIS OUDOT
WM. NEWMAN
WM. J. NAGEL
ALONZO LUCAS
FRED ABOURNE
WM. T. WILSON
WILFRID COOPER

JOHN ALEXANDER
RUSSEL CORCORAN
HERBERT C. BOND
JAS. C. FORSYTH
C.E. (JACK) HADDON
JAS. KELLESTINE
CECIL W. LIPSITT
FRED LOCKWOOD
DOUGALD McNEIL
ARCHIE McMURPHY
DOUGLAS McTAVISH
CHAS. PERRING
ASA PATTERSON
ARTHUR STEVENSON
JOHN ACTON

 1914 - 1918
 



 
Back:
1939 - 1945

S.W. ANDERSON
JOHN BUTCHER
JOHN BRODIE
JAMES DRAKE
CHAS. EVERETT
WM. C. DOAN

ELI LaFAIVE
KENNETH RUSHBY
ROBERT TULL
ALBERT WILLIS
JOHN WILLIAMSON
WARREN E. KELLESTINE


KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

Fort Rouille

 

Location:  City of Toronto   N 43° 37.843 W 079° 25.403
On the CNE grounds, near the bailey bridge across Lakeshore Blvd and the Bandshell.
 
 
**Taken from the Ontario Historical Plaque:
The last French post built in present-day Southern Ontario, Fort Rouillé, more commonly known as Fort Toronto, was erected on this site in 1750-51. It was established by order of the Marquis de la Jonquière, Governor of New France, to help strengthen French control of the Great Lakes and was located here near an important portage to capture the trade of Indians travelling southeast toward the British fur-trading centre at Oswego. A small frontier post, Fort Rouillé was a palisaded fortification with four bastions and five main buildings. It apparently prospered until hostilities between the French and British increased in the mid-1750s. Following the capitulation of other French posts on Lake Ontario, Fort Rouillé was destroyed by its garrison in July 1759.


The memorial is a tall stone pillar, decorated with two Ontario Historical Plaques, one in French and one in English.  A pair of cannons and a mortar rest next to the memorial. The dates on the cannons are one hundred years after the time of the French fort.  A separate plaque explains the brief history and the layout of the fort, along with information regarding the archaeological discoveries made here.
A concrete sidewalk around the memorial follows the former walls of the fort.

Powassan

 

Location:  Parry Sound District   N 46 04.901  W 79 21.660
At the corner of Main Street and Memorial Park Drive.
 

A beautiful memorial in a nicely adorned park at the centre of town.  The memorial was erected in June 1927, by the local members of the I.O.D.E., proudly carved in stone the names of the men from Powassan and vicinity who died in the Great War.  A later plaque was added with the names of the men lost in the Second World War, and a second plaque with more names was added on the back.  The Korean War and Peacekeeping efforts are also recgonized, as a local soldier was lost in Croatia.
A very nice and well maintained memorial.  Thank you to the citizens of this small village for your sacrifice.


 
Marker text:
Front in stone:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR  1914 - 1918

MAJOR E.T. KELLY
EDGAR COOK
ROBERT J. REID
LIEUT. MAX PORTER
RUSSELL TRENOUTH
ROBERT CARMICHAEL
GEORGE TENNANT
SGT. W.S. KETTYLE
THOMAS E. ARMSTRONG
L.CORP. HERBERT CAMPBELL
SGT. ALFRED A. MEECHAM
CORP. WILLIAM G. GLADMAN
SGT. RICHARD SHIELDS

GEORGE PHILLIPS
ANGUS BETHUNE
WILLIAM PERRY
SGT. HERBERT L. GOUGEON
STANLEY STORIE
DOUGALD CAMPBELL
ROBERT A. CLOSS
ARCHIE MARSHALL
MORRIS W. GEALL
D. GLENN
RICHARD R. SKUCE
FRED SIMMS
FRANK STEVENS

Front on plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
POWASSAN & VICINITY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

ROBERT BARRIE
ROSS BEECH
DAVID BESSETTE
ROSS ELLSMERE
EDWIN FRASER

HARVEY LOXTON
MANFORD LOXTON
MICHAEL OWENS
ARNOLD PARK
STEPHEN PHILLIPS

YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
 


 
Rear in stone:
ERECTED BY
CAPTAIN
HUNTLEY McKAY CHAPTER
I.O.D.E
POWASSAN
PEACEKEEPING
KIRK D. COOPER - CROATIA

ERECTED
JUNE 19TH, 1927
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO FELL
WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
KOREA

Rear on plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
POWASSAN & VICINITY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

KENNETH ARTHURS
RALPH ARTHURS
HARRY C. BROTT
ARTHUR BUCHANAN
F.A. DUFF
ALLAN R. ELLIOTT
JOHN FISCHER
JOHN GLENN
DAN GOOLEY
BRUCE GRAWBARGER
THOMAS A. ROGERS

CARL O. GUTJAHR
JOE KELLY
DOUGALD MacRAE
JAMIE MacRAE
HAROLD ODROWSKI
VICTOR PEEVER
HARVEY SCHADE
DON SHAPTER
BERNARD TRUE

YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
 

Rocklyn

Location:  Grey County   N 44° 27.963 W 080° 35.421
At the entrance to the arena, on the 7th Line, just south of County Road 32. 

The Euphrasia Memorial Community Centre was dedicated in 1971 to honour those from Euphrasia Township, who lost their lives in the World Wars.  The meeting hall and arena are found in the small village of Rocklyn, and represents everyone from the community and township area.  As is the case with so many of the small farming communities, the list of names of men who were lost is astoundingly long considering the population of the area.  The sacrifice made to their country must have been devastating at home, to lose so many men in the prime of their lives.
The memorial plaques with the names of the local heroes are located at the entrance to the arena.  I had observed that when the doors are open, the plaques are almost hidden, and therefore all the fine citizens that pass through the doors, pass these names of the brave, in most likelihood, pass without taking notice of the sacrifice given by their predecessors.  I still thank the community for recognizing the names of those who gave us our freedom.



Marker text:
Left side:
EUPHRASIA BOYS
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
1914  THE WORLD WAR  1918

FRED COOK
ELWOOD FALLS
HARRY SILCOX
WALLACE BRETT
LEITH LAWRENCE
STANLEY WALTERS
GABRIEL LEE
FRED HALBERT
MATHEW BRADLEY
BRUCE WALKER
JAMES RABY
ALBERT SMITH
PRESTON CLARKE
ALBERT WARD
SANFORD BREADNER
ARTHUR WALTERS
 



Right side:
EUPHRASIA BOYS
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
1939  THE WORLD WAR  1945

ALBERT E. BROWN
ELROY BOYLE
ALVIN CAMERON
JACKSON COOK
ARTHUR DOHERTY
HARRY HIRVONEN
ALVIN HUTCHINSON
WALLACE WYVILLE
ROBERT WHITE 
 

 
 

Tavistock

 
Location:  Oxford County   N 43 19.108  W 80 50.623
On the south side of County Road 26, near the west side of town, in front of the Legion.
 

This memorial is found in front of Royal Canadian Legion Memorial Branch 518, alongside a large and rusty mortar.  The memorial itself honours the major conflicts of the 20th century, neat and tidy and well maintained.  I do not have any information on the mortar, which I assume is a German piece, claimed as a war prize.  The mortar could use some paint and care, but otherwise this memorial and its Legion are proud members of the Tavistock community.
 

Marker text:
LEST WE FORGET

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KOREAN CONFLICT
1950 - 1953

Verner

Location:  Nipissing District   N 46 24.654  W 80 07.370
On the east side of Route 64, south of Highway 17, beside the library.
 

Verner was established in 1894, as a farming community on the north shore of Lake Nipissing.  Due to the the close proximity to the lake, it is also a destination for sport fishermen and adventurers.  Most of the residents are of Francophone decent and strongly proud of their heritage.
A large part of the heritage is the Remembrance of those from this region who served and where lost in the service of their country.
The Memorial Park is a fine tribute to the men of Verner, especially those who where lost in the World Wars.
Central to the  memorial is a large artillery piece and a row of flagpoles, flying the flags of each province.  To each side of the landscaped walkway are stones decorated with the names of the men from Verner who died at war.  This is a fine tribute from a small village, to honour its heroes of the past.



Marker text:
Cannon plaque:
DEDIER AUX RESIDENTS
DE VERNER QUI ONT
FIERMENT SERVI

1914 - 1918  WWI
1939 - 1945  WWII
1950 - 1953  COREE KOREA

DEDICATED TO THE
RESIDENTS OF VERNER
WHO PROUDLY SERVED
 



 
Left stone:
WORLD WAR I

PRIVATE GAUTHIER, ZOTIQUE
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade
Died:  September 20th, 1917

PRIVATE GRAHAM, JOHN H.
25th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Nova Scotia Regiment
Died:  November 5th, 1917
 




Right stone:
WORLD WAR II

PRIVATE LAVALLEE, ROGER R.
First Canadian Special
Service Battalion
Died:  June 2nd, 1944

PRIVATE AUBIN, LUCIEN
20ieme Regiment Canadien
de Maisonneuve
Died:  February 28th, 1945