Wednesday 26 December 2012

Alton

 

Location:  Caledon, Peel Region  N 43 51.292  W 080 04.416
In front of the Legion, on the south side of 1267 Queen Street W, around 500 metres east of Mississauga Road.

Erected in 1989 by the Town of Caledon.  This memorial sits proudly in front of the Lt Algie V. C. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 449.  It was dedicated to those who lost their lives in war, by the Families and Citizens of the Town of Caledon.  Alton is a picturesque village, well worth the visit and a great place to walk on a summer day.
 

Marker text:
Front:
WORLD WAR II

A. BALERBY
ALBERT CROCKFORD
WILLIAM DREW
J. N. GRIFFIN
WILLIAM HENDERSON
A. RUSSELL HUNTER
KENNETH IRWIN
FREDERICK KIDD
ROBERT MCLEOD
KENNETH PARKER
HAROLD REVELLS
ERROL WIDDIS

THE FAMILIES AND CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF CALEDON
DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES

WORLD WAR I       WORLD WAR II               KOREA
   1914 – 1918             1939 – 1945               1950 – 1953

LEST WE FORGET
 
 

Rear:
 WORLD WAR I

WALLACE L. ALGIE
GEORGE BIRKHEAD
JAMES BLAYNEY
SAMUEL BROOKS
LEONARD CLANFIELD
JAMES CONLEY
JOSEPH CONLEY
WILLIAM DEAN
SIDNEY DENNISON
JAMES DENT JNR.
WILLIAM HEPWORTH
VICTOR HENDERSON
SIDNEY HOWE
SAMUEL HUNT
FRED JAMIESON
HERBERT MEEK
FREDERICK NUNN
JAMES PEACOCK
ELLIS SCOTT
JAMES SIMPSON
WILBERT SPEERS
WILLIAM E. TRICKER
TOM WELLER
  
 







Sunday 23 December 2012

Woodbridge

 
 

Location:  City of Vaughan, York Region  
N 43° 46.948 W 079° 35.620
80 Wallace Street, Woodbridge

The Woodbridge War Memorial Tower was constructed in 1924 by volunteer members of the community in honour of the supreme sacrifice made by the 26 men from the Woodbridge area killed in the First World War.  The tower was unveiled by Colonel Harry Cockshutt, the Lieut-Governor of Ontario.
The site is designed in four stepped levels: the highest level is occupied by the tower and a pair of German field guns.  The third level also hosts an artillery piece, along with the flagpoles and an area for wreaths and remembrance.  The base level consists of a stone gateway and staircase, featuring an engraved marker and two plaques added later, one to commemorate Canada's 1967 Centennial Year, and the other erected by the politicians of the City of Vaughan in 1996 to congratulate themselves for agreeing to spend the funds to updated and landscape the park, something which they should be continually doing in any case.

This is one of the more impressive and beautiful Memorial parks I have visited.  A true testament to the sacrifice of those who fought for our freedom.

Other links with more details of this site can be found at the following links:
https://www.cdli.ca/monuments/on/woodbrdg.htm
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5484
 

Marker text:
Lower level:
Front:
THIS MONUMENT IS
DEDICATED TO THOSE FROM
THE COMMUNITY OF WOODBRIDGE
WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
 

Back:
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

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

Tower:
Front Plaque:
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN
1914-  THE GREAT WAR  -1918

FRANK BIRCH  127th.BN.
JAMES BORLAND  127th.BN.
FRED EVANS  226th.BN.
NORMAN FLEMING  P.P.C.L.I.
GEORGE GRUMBLE   127th.BN.
H.S. HARRIS  220th.BN.
RICHARD HARRISON  1st. C.M.R.
WM. HASLAM  4th C.M.R.
D.R. MACKENZIE   127th.BN.
BEATON McGILLIVRAY  P.P.C.L.I.
PERCY McKAY  2nd C.M.R.
HERBERT MILLER  14th.BN.
STANLEY ROBB  4th C.M.R.

EDWARD MORGAN  4th C.M.R.
JOHN MORGAN  C.F.A.
ROBERT RAYSIDE  3rd.BN.
ERNEST SMITH   127th.BN.
ROY TAVERNER  3rd.BN.
REX TINKES  C.F.A.
STANLEY WARREL  42nd.BN.
ROY WARREN  126th.BN.
CHRISTOPHER WATT  M.T.
JOHN WILSON  4th C.M.R.
DAVID WITHERSPOON  5th C.M.R.
WALLACE WOOD, LT.  4th.BN.
J.A. WRIGHT  123rd.BN.
 

Rear:
THIS TOWER
WAS UNVEILED BY
HIS HONOR
COL. HARRY COCKSHUTT
LIEUT. GOV. PROVINCE
OF ONTARIO
NOV. 16, 1924





Tuesday 18 December 2012

Hastings - Mount Carmel Catholic Church

 

Location:  Northumberland County  N 44 18.725  W 077 57.376
In front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, at 51 Albert Street, in Hastings.

A very nice memorial erected by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, to remember those men from this congregation who gave their lives in the two World Wars.  A granite shaft adorned with a golden angel.  This memorial was originally placed in the walkway leading to the front doors of  the church, now it was been moved onto the grass beside the walkway.
 

Marker text:
ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS
OF THIS CONGREGATION
IN HONOR OF THE HEROES
WHO HEARD OUR COUNTRY'S CALL
IN THE
GREAT WORLD WARS

1914 - 1918
PVTE. JAMES BARRY              DIED MAR. 31, 1916
' '   WILLIAM J. POWERS           ' ' AUG. 6, 1916
' '    JAMES LEO LOGAN             ' ' NOV. 4, 1917
' '    JOHN DOHERTY                  ' ' NOV. 7, 1917
CAPT. CHARLES E. WEST          ' ' OCT. 23, 1918

1939 - 1945
WOI CHARLES FITZPATRICK    ' ' AUG. 18, 1943
ALL MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH
REQUIESCANT IN PACE

REV. C.S. BRETHERTON
REPLACED 1990

Saturday 15 December 2012

Stoney Creek - Saltfleet Memorial

 

Location:  City of Hamilton  N 43. 13.173  W 079 43.778
On the south-west corner of King Street and Queenston Road (Highway 8).

This memorial cenotaph was constructed in 1922, in memory of the men of Saltfleet Township, who gave their lives in the First World War.  The centoaph consists of a bronze statue, on top of a large granite shaft, with the names inscribed for eternity.  Oddly, this is one of the few memorials which dates the war 1914-1919.
After the Second World War, a granite block was placed in front of the statue, with the names of those lost in World War II, and later a single name lost in Korea.
 

Marker text:
Cenotaph:
Front:
1914 - 1919

"WHILE YET UNSTAINED OUR ANCIENT
BANNER KEEPS ITS PLACE OF PRIDE
LET NONE FORGET HOW GREAT A DEED
WE OWE TO THOSE WHO DIED"

"DULCE ET DECORUM EST
PRO PATRIA MORI"

AXFORD, J.A.
BAY, WM. B. LIEUT.
BODEN, JAS E. SERGT.
BOLTON, L.
BROOKS, A.
BULLOCK, R.H. LIEUT.
BUTLER, F.C.
BLAYLOCK, J.W.
CAIRNS, WM. J.
CAIRNS, C.R.
CAMPBELL, D.
CASEWELL, A.E.
CLARKE, E.W.
COCKS, H.J. LIEUT.
CORMAN, F.M.
CROSTHWAITE, T.
CURTIS, S.B.
DAVIS, W.J. LIEUT.
FLINT, H.C.
FLINT, RICHARD
FOSTER, A.H.
FOYLE, G.H.
HENRY, L.B. MAJOR
HORNING, J.I.
MACDONALD, ALEXANDER

HUDSON, L.
JOHNSON, F.
JOHNSON, M.ST.C.
KIMMINS, A.E. MAJOR
LEE, G.D. MAJOR
LEE, H.E. LIEUT.
LEE, E.C.
LETTINGTON, A.
LUTZ, R.C. LIEUT.
McGREGOR, C.
McNAIR, G.O.
MILES, A.A. CORP.
MILLARD, WM. S. LIEUT.
PATTISON, C.E. LIEUT.
PICKERING, H.V. LIEUT.
PRENTICE, G. SERGT.
PARKINSON, H.
REAKES, V.
SCOTT, S.W. LIEUT.
SLADE, WM.A.D.
SMYTHERS, A.
TICE, P.W.
VANDUZEN, C.
WALTERS, H.
PATTERSON, C.V.

A. D. 1922
HUBBARD, FREDRICK
BERRY, JOSEPH JAMES
VAN DUZER, HARRY  N. FLT. LIEUT.

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SALTFLEET
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROIC
SACRIFICE BY THE MEN OF THIS TOWNSHIP
WHOSE NAMES APPEAR HEREON, WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR OUR EMPIRE IN
THE GREAT WAR  1914-1919
 
 


Rear:
1914 - 1919

YPRES

SOMME

FESTUBERT

GIVENCHY

PASSCHENDAELE

SANCTUARY WOOD

VIMY RIDGE

CAMBRAI

AMIENS

ARRAS

MONS

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

ERECTED A.D. 1922


Stone block:
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE CITIZENS OF
SALTFEET TOWNSHIP
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II.

C. ANDREWS
E.R. ATKINS
R.S. BALSLEY
J.E. BOWLER
W.F. BOWLER
W. BOWSLAUGH
D.C. BRIDGMAN
G. BROWN
J. CARLTON
G.S. COTTINGTON
J.B. CRONIN
P. DILLON
C. HILDRETH
L. HILL
F.J. HEURTER
J. JONES
F.C. LAMONT
C. LYON
V. McCLUNG
A.J. McCONNELL
R. NAPPER
W.J. PHILLIPS
T. PRENTICE
G. READY
F. SIMS
R. SIMS
J. STRACHAN
J. TOUTIN
W.E. TWEEDLE
J. TYLER
G.A. WILBUR
R. WILSON
H. WOOLLEY
C. YOUNG
G.C. BROWN
B. COLEMAN
H. COLEMAN
L. DEAN
J.E. MOSHER

1939-1945

1950-KOREA-1953
M.A. TRUTHWAITE
 

  
 


 
 

Wednesday 12 December 2012

Newcastle

 

Location:  Clarington, Durham Region  N 43 55.049  W 078 35.390
20 King Street West.  On the north side of King Street (Highway 2), beside the Community Hall. 

Constructed in 1963, by the Village of Newcastle, to honour their dead from the World Wars and Korea.

Marker text:
Centre:
LEST WE FORGET

BY SEA LAND AND AIR

Left:
1914 1918

BLOOM A. B.
COULSON E. A.
GIBSON F. W.
GOMME P. C.
HOWARD G. E.
JOSE W. W.
LAW D. G.
LOCKART W. E.
MCDONALD D. M.
NODEN G. N.
PARKER D. W.
SIMMONS G. E.
 
Right:
 1939 1945

ALLDREAD D. A. ARMY
BROOKS G. W. R.C.A.F.
BUTLER M. A. R.A.F
POWELL S. D. ARMY

1950 - KOREA - 1953
DELSEY J. E. R. M.

DEDICATED
JULY 20, 1963

Sunday 9 December 2012

Listowel



Location:  Perth County  N 43 44.000  W 080 57.103
At the south-east corner of Wallace Avenue N and Elizabeth Street E.

Beautiful memorial with a long list of names from this small Ontario town.  The main memorial is a marlbe stone block with the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War, adorned with a touching statue on top, featuring a kneeling soldier and an angel to comfort him.
Two separate stones mark the Second World War and Korea.  The entire memorial is located in a pretty park, across from the town offices.
 

Marker text:
Main memorial:
Front:
WE HONOUR THEIR MEMORY WHOSE COURAGE SAVED THE EMPIRE

N.S. ROGER, GRACE
ARMSTRONG, A.
ASSER, G.
BAKER, W.C.
BAKER, W.J.
BAMFORD, H.J.
BARNETT, R.S.
BASSETT, J.A.
BASSETT, S.
BLATCHFORD, E.A.
BLATCHFORD, T.L.
BOYD, J.
BRIDGE, W.
BROWN, G.
CAMPBELL, R.N.
CHAMNEY, H.G.
CHAMNEY, R.C.

CHRISTIE, G.
DANBY, W.
DEWAR, W.
DOOLITTLE, C.
EDMISTON, T.
ELLIOTT, B.
ELLIS, E.T.
EMERY, H.
FORBES, W.
FOX, W.
FUNNELL, F.
GILMER, E.
GILMORE, J.J.
GUENTHER, H.H.
HAMILTON, D.
HENRY, W.J.
HONE, C.D.

JAQUES, J.S.
JORDAN, R.D.
JOLLY, J.B.
KEMP, R.M.
KIDD, C.
LAVERY, E.C.
LAW, C.J.
LUCAS, W.
METHERELL, E.J.
MOORE, W.A.
MORPHY, H.B.
MORRISON, L.
MILLYARD R.D.
McCUTCHEON, E.
McDONALD, J.V.K.
McMINN, D.
McKEEVER, A.E.

McKEEVER, J.A.
NEVILLE, A.
PARK, J.M.
PEARSON, J.
POLLOCK, L.
RICHARDS, M.
RIGGS, J.A.
RINGLER, W.J.
ROGERS, J.G.
ROGERS, W.L.
REID, D.
SAUNDERS, H.C.
SCHOTTS, R.
SCOTT, J.
SEEHAVER, G.
SIMPSON, H.N.
SPENCER, W.

1914 - 1918

Left:
ROBINSON, J.G.
STEVENSON, E.
TASSIE, B.B.E.
TERRY, J.
TORRANCE, L.G.
TORRANCE, V.E.
UPPER, D.
VINES, F.
COGHILL, H.
GEOCH, A.
HOADLEY, P.V.
KRITZER, H.
RICHMOND, W.K.
SEILER,  M.
WYCKOFF, E.C.G.
WATSON, E.
MALONCY, T.
GALAUGHER, N.

Back:
GROVES, H.
BOGUES, E.S.
BOGUES, W.J.
BITTON, C.G.
SMITH, J.N.
HEIBEIN, W.L.

Right:
BAMFORD, N.
VANDRICK, J.
WAKEFIELD, F.
WATSON, C.M.
WILLOUGHBY, S.J.
WRIGHT, L.
N.S. HAY, M.J.
BARBER O.
DANBROOK S.
PARDY W.
ZILLIAX H.
BRONSON C.E.
JACKSON A.
McDONALD W.
BROWN A.
N.S. HAY M.
M.D. MOORE J.
 
 
 
 

World War II:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

ANGER, CARL L.
BOWERY, EDWIN
COOK, NORMAN C.
DENSTEDT, JAMES E.
GILE, GLEN W.
GRIFFITH, MALCOLM R.
HOOD, JAMES W.
HUESTON, R.J.
JOHNSTON, CHARLES E.
JOHNSTON, ALLEN J.
KIBLER, JOHN F.
KRITZER, GORDON C.
KROTZ, PERCY E.

LAVERY, T. WILBERT
LEMONT, VICTOR
LUDWIG, SINCLAIR E.
OLIVER, MELVIN R.
PEPPLER, STANLEY J.
PROUDLEY, WILLIAM H.
RICHARDS, ELMER O.
SCOTT, WILLIAM G.
SMITH, RUSSELL C.
VICK, MORRIS R.
WALLACE, WILMOT G.
WELSH, HARRY
WOOD, ROSS J.
 

1939 - 1945

Korea:
TAKE TIME
TO
REMEMBER

KOREA
1950 - 1953