Monday, 16 January 2012

Beaverton







Location:  N 44° 25.761 W 079° 09.195  The memorial is on the busy corner of Simcoe Street and Osborne Street, in the heart of downtown Beaverton, in front of the old historic town hall and library, and beside a community park.


The memorial features a white stone statue of a WW1 soldier, on top of a black marble shaft. The names all appear on the shaft. Statue of a WW1 soldier, atop a shaft with a list of names of local boys who did not return from overseas conflicts.

Marker Text:
Front: IN MEMORIAM
1914-1918
1939-1945

Erected by the Municipalities of Beaverton and Thorah.
In Memory Of Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In The Name Of Liberty And Freedom.
"MAY THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER"

KOREA 1950-1953

Left Side: THORAH
W. Brown, H. Sewell, H. Taylor, H. Harvey, T.R. Scott, J.R. Wallace, W. Wallace, C. Adamson, E. Maidment, R.A. Campbell, C.D. Woodman, T.J. Kean, C.W. Allen.

Rear: BEAVERTON and THORAH
M. Bagg, F. Devine, R.J. Lynn, McK Cro, E. McMillan, G. Miller, D. Partridge, D. Ulrichson, C. Vyse, S. West, W. Woodward.

Right Side: BEAVERTON
H. Cary, W. Hill, R. Howe, W.H. Brown, H. Edwards, C. McKenzie, W.C. Barber, J.A. McMillan, W.B. Bemister, H.E.M. Cave, Lieut. R. Madill, Lieut. J.A. Proctor, Lieut. F.G. Wallis, Lieut. I.J. McCorkell.

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