Mactier - Union Cemetery

Location:  N 45° 07.076 W 079° 45.451  The memorial is found near the centre of Mactier Union Cemetery, at the corner of Highway 69 and County Road 11.


This memorial was dedicated in 1947. It features one main stone memorial with the words of dedication, and a separate stone atop this with the name of the cemetery and the dedication date. The memorial is flanked by two flagpoles, a Canadian and an Ontario flag adorn these. In front of the memorial is a stone walkway, used during Remembrance Day ceremonies.

The Memorial can be found in the middle of Mactier Union Cemetery, the first cemetery in the area, which hosts the graves of those who served in the war as well as many of the early pioneers. The cemetery can be found along Old Highway 69, at the cut-off to go into town. This was once the main road through the area until the recent expansion of Highway 400, and now the town of Mactier is well off the beaten path. The cemetery however is still very well kept and still in use

The following words are inscribed in the memorial:

MACTIER UNION CEMETERY
July 1947

In memory of the men of Freeman Township
who gave their lives in the Second World War
1939 - 1945
Greater love hath no man than this,
That a man lay down his life
for his friends.

Ancaster

Location:  N 43° 13.542 W 079° 58.603   Located in front of the Old Township Hall, on County Road 2, also known as 310 Wilson Street East.


This memorial was constructed in October 1925 in memory of those who died in the First and Second World Wars. The two stone cairns, one on each side of the entrance to the Ancaster Township Hall, unveiled October 17, 1925, originally had identical plaques. After the Second World War the plaque on the left was replaced with a matching one for those killed in that war. The metal arch, whose ends were supported by the cairns was removed in 1967 for safety reasons. This arch was then returned at a later date.

Left:
WORLD WAR II
1939 1945
IN MEMORY OF
RUSSELL ALMAS
ALFRED ANDREWS
RICHARD BRIGHT
ROY CLAUSSEN
THOMAS DUNN
DAVID HUGHES
ROBERT HUGHES
DAVID KIRKWOOD
ALEX KOZLOFF
GEORGE MATTHEWS
NEIL MISNER
FREDERICK MITCHELL
ARTHUR NEIL
CECIL PEMBLETON
ERNEST RICHARDSON
CLARENCE SHORT
ROBERT STONE
IAN WRIGHT
DOUGLAS YOUNG
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE


Right:
THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
IN MEMORY OF
HAROLD BERRY
GORDON CAMPBELL
HAROLD CROWE
ELROY CLARKSON
WILLIAM DOAK
JOHN GEORGE
ROBERT JAMIESON
JOHN LOVETT
R. J. MAC LAREN
HARVEY MOFFAT
CARL PHILLIPS
EARL RICHARDS
RAFE STEVENSON
HERBERT SMITH
HERBERT SHOLDICE
BERT TRACEY
ROY TAVERNER
ALEX WOODWORTH
WILLIAM WATSON
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Below:
Bruce McLagan

Chapleau

Location:  N 47° 50.625 W 083° 24.197   Located in front of the Royal Canadian Legion, Harry Searle Branch #5, at the corner of Young Street and Beech Street.


This memorial features a three piece stone memorial and a German trench mortar, located outside the Harry Searle Branch # 5.

The stone memorial features three seperate sections. The main centre section is simply dedicated "To Our Glorious Dead 1914 - 1918" 

The left section features the Roll of Honour of those lost in the First World War, as well as dedication details.

The right section features the Roll of Honour of those lost in the Second World War, as well as Korea and NATO peacekeeping.

A German trench mortar is displayed in front of the memorial, and is dedicated to those who fell in the Great War.

Left:
1914-1918 ROLL OF HONOUR
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING PROUD AND
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE
CHAPLEAU BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR
HIS FRIENDS."  JOHN XV - XIII

ERECTED AND RE-DEDICATED
SUNDAY JUNE 25th, 1978
PRESIDENT  H.R. THERRIAULT
CONTRACTOR J.J. BOUCHER

Harry Barber, W. Bertrand, Joseph Bolduc, Peter Chappise, J. Collings, Willard C. Daniels, Percy Hall,
William Hartley, Walter Haskins, James Hewitt, Albert Jefferies, Harry Kitchen, Jacob Micowatch, Simon Micowatch, J. Moir, Peter Moran, A. Mortson, Loftus Musk, Lorne W. Nicholson, J. Redbreast, A. Therriault, Edgar Turner, John Turner, William Turner, Harry Unwin, Wm. Unwin, Walter Valentine, H. Wrangham

Courtesy
Sudbury Memorial Works Ltd.

Right:
1939 - 1945  ROLL OF HONOUR
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING PROUD AND
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE
CHAPLEAU BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN WORLD WAR TWO

Jack Bilbe, Leonard Brough, H. Chandler, Richard Chappise, Raymond Cochrane, William Cummings, Angus Dawson, Hugh Delaney, Robert Edwards, Kenneth Green, Alton Henderson, Samuel Jefferies, Frank Matchequis, Ray Montgomery, James Morris, Harold Murphy, Benoit Rioux, Henry Rioux, Donald Robinson, Jack Rose, Ernest Serre, F. Sheshewabic, Kenneth Slievert, Mansel Slievert,  Victor Sommers, George Swanson, Henry Swanson, James Tegart, James Thomson, Bernham Thorpe

KOREA
Ernest Bignucolo

N.A.T.O.
Nelson Edwards

Courtesy
Sudbury Memorial Works Ltd.

On Mortar:
THIS GERMAN GUN
"TRENCH MORTAR"
IS ONE OF MANY CAPTURED
BY THE GALLANT CANADIAN ARMY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
*   *   *
AND IS NOW DEDICATED TO
THEIR UNDYING GLORY AND
THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO FELL

Haliburton - Royal Canadian Legion

Location:  N 45° 02.743 W 078° 30.446  Sherman Tank located outside the Haliburton Branch #129 of the Royal Canadian Legion at 719 Maple Avenue.

This plaque is mounted on the side of a M4A2 Sherman Tank, found outside the legion in Haliburton. The plaque is dedicated to all ranks of the Canadian Cavalry and the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.

Battle Honours include:
War of 1812 1812-1814
Canada's Rebellion 1837-1839
Fenian Raids 1866
North West Rebellion 1885
South African War 1899-1902
First World War 1914-1918
Second World War 1939-1945
Korean War 1950-1953
U.N. Peacekeeping 1950-.....

Alliston - Union Cemetery

Location:  N 44° 09.444 W 079° 50.883  Small memorial found in Union Cemetery, on the south side of Highway 89 on the east side of town.


A single black granite stone inscribed with the legion crest and the following dedication:

"In memory all members of the Royal Canadian Legion Alliston Branch 171 and ex sevice personnel of Canada who are buried here. Lest We Forget. Erected 1988"

A single flag pole accompanies this memorial, flying the Canadian flag.

Port Loring

Location:  N 45° 55.055 W 079° 58.760   A stone cairn beside the Port Loring Legion, Branch #415, on Highway 522.

This stone cairn is in memory of the men of Port Loring.

Plaque reads as follows:

In Memory of the men of
Port Loring and Vicinity
Who gave their lives in the
Two World Wars

1914-1918: Edgar Cook, W.S. Kettyle, Fred Simms, Frank Stevens

1939-1945: Arthur Buchanan, Dan Gooley, Hector Lamont, Arnold Park, Aubrey Shapter, Don Shapter, Bernard True

R.G Brooks Died on active service.

Greater Love Hath No Man.



and added later on an additional plaque: KOREA 1950-1953

Magnetawan

Location:  N 45° 40.034 W 079° 38.603  Found on the east side of Highway 520, at the north edge of town.


Magnetawan no longer hosts a legion branch, but this memorial park still stands in memory and honour of those who served.

This is an impressive stone memorial, with a plaque and adorned by a brass cross and poppies. The park was dedicated in 2003.
The Magnetawan Legion has since joined forces with the nearby Dunchurch Branch #394.

The plaque reads as follows:

IN MEMORY AND HONOUR
OF THOSE WHO SERVED
IN
WORLD WAR 1 1914-1918
WORLD WAR 2 1939-1945
KOREAN CONFLICT 1950-1953
AND IN
CANADA'S PEACEKEEPING
MISSIONS
AT HOME AND ABROAD

"To you...we throw the torch..."

LEST WE FORGET
__________________

THIS CENOTAPH
ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY
2003

Wawa

Location:  N 47° 59.531 W 084° 46.471   Found in the town park, just off Magpie Road.


This memorial is dedicated to those who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was dedicated on May 11, 1949. Mrs. S. E. Renault laid the first wreath in memory of all who fell on November 11, 1949. The memorial was erected in 1949 for the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 429, Wawa, Ontario. Built and donated by the home building company of Langdon and Samson, the memorial was donated with no cost to the Royal Canadian Legion.


IN
MEMORY OF
ALL WHO FELL
IN
HONOUR OF
ALL WHO SERVED
IN
FREEDOMS CAUSE
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM"

Dungannon

Location:  N45 00870  W077 47.162  On the east side of Highway 62, south of Bancroft, in front of the Dungannon Township Recreation Centre.

A simple square-shaped stone cairn, with the names of those who served during the major conflicts of the 1900s.  Some names appear in both WW2 and Korea, and some family names appear in numbers in both World Wars, showing the significance of the level of service from this rural community.

Markers Text:

Front:

DUNGANNON TOWNSHIP

ROLL OF HONOUR

SECOND WORLD WAR

1939—1945

Jack E. Anderson, Robert W. Anderson, Clarence Adams, Wellington Airhart, Wilson Airhart, Earl Bentley, Murray Black, Stewart Black, Carl Bruce, Eldon E. Bruce, Carman Bruce, Almer E. Churcher, Lee W. Churcher, Everett Conlin, Cecil B. Conlin, Dorman Covert, Bernard Crawford, John Crawford, David A. Foster, Roy Foster, Harry W. Foster, Stanley Froats, Marvin Gaebel, Clifford Gaffney, James Gaffney, Jack Gordon, Sam L. Green, Earl Hawkins, Fred Hawkins, Dean Hennessy, Elmer Hennessy, Coral Hennessy, Nelson Hennessy, Russell Hennessy, Wallace Hennessy, Wilson Hennessy, William Holland, George Holland, Sanford Holland, Stanley Holland, Ronald Hysert, John B. Kelly, Claud Kruger

Left:

FIRST WORLD WAR

1914—1918

Jack Adams, Tracy Adams, Jim Anderson, Hank Bentley, Robert Black, Arnold Bradshaw, Sandy Brown, William Cooney, Arthur Cooney, Cecil Crawford, Andrews Hawkins, Ernest Hawkins, Herbert Hawkins, John Hawkins, Coral Hennessy, Clayton Hennessy, George Hennessy, Robert Hoover, A.W. Jarman, William Kelly, Hugh Letts, Edward Liddle, Wilbrad Marois, Alex McGibbon, Edward McLean, Donald McLellan, Embury McInnis, Fred Miller, Well Miller, Robert Munro, Bert Power, Russell A. Price, Robert Reid, Issac Robbins, Lonnie A. Robbins, Sanford Robbins, Soloman Robbins, William Shannick, Archie Stewart, Charles Chad Stoughton, William Thomas, Jack Turriff, Alfred Vardy, German Vardy, Gordon Vardy, Thomas Winters, James Wilson, Nurse Margaret V. Foster

Right:

SECOND WORLD WAR

1939—1945

Earl Kruger, Angus E. Letts, Glen C. Letts, Thomas Letts, Roy E. Martin, Arthur McLellan, Jack McLellan, Ralph MacGibbon, Jack McGee, James (Buster) Milne, Gordon (Jack) Milne, Arthur D. Munro, Robert Munro, Walter A. Munro, William A. Munro, Ernest Mountney, Hubert Mountney, Eldon McCormick, Malcolm McLean, Bruce A. Price, Guy E. Price, Russell A. Price, Wallace L. Price, Andrew (Lou) Robbins, Allen Robbins, Russell Robbins, Angus E. Rupnow, Elmer Rutledge, Arthur T. Stewart, Hugh A. Stewart, Basil G. Smith, Iny K. Smith, Edwin Smith, Gerald Snider, Cecil Storring, George Sicker, Reginald Sicker, Ross J. Tait, Alex Tait, Donald Thomas, Edward Thomas, John Thuillard, Maurice Thuillard, Gordon Towes, Shirley Towes, Albert Edward Vardy, James Albert Vardy, Alfred Vardy, Cecil Vardy, George Vardy

Rear:

SECOND WORLD WAR

1939—1945

German Vardy, George Wells, Archie Weimer, Arnold Weimer, Clifford Weimer, Harvey Weimer, Richard Weimer, James Whyth, Clayton Wilson, Elvin Woodley, Frank Woodley, Gerald Bentley, Robert Cansick, William Morris, C.W.A.C. Marion Hall, C.W.A.C. Alice McCormack

KOREAN CONFLICT

1950—1953

Peter Crawford, William Robbins, Guy J. Sicker, Maurice Thuillard, Robert Cansick

1939—1945

Robert Kingyens, William J. Stevens, Tefford Whyte

Michipicoten

Location:  N 47° 56.240 W 084° 49.639  On the trail at the end of Superior Street.


A pleasant walkway and bridge, dedicated to local hero, Gunner Stephen E. Renault.  Beautiful view of the Mission High Falls.  A wooden sign and bridge mark the spot.

THE STEPHEN E. RENAULT WALKWAY

To honour Gunner Stephen E. Renault
13th Field Regiment RCA

Killed in action in Belgium, October 17, 1944.
He was awarded posthumouslythe Belgium Croix de Guerre with Palme Medal for courage and tenacity in an impossible situation.

A former resident of Michipicoten River Village, buried in Adegem Cemetery, Belgium.

Lest We Forget

Huntsville

Location:  N 45° 19.449 W 079° 12.998  In front of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #232, on Landsdowne Street.


This three granite stele, is located in front of the Huntsville branch #232 of the Royal Canadian Legion.

PEACE TO OUR DEAD

Left:
1914 1918

PTE. NEWTON L. BROOKS
PTE. GEORGE EADE
GNR. JACK L. HART
SGT. JOHN HOILE
PTE. JOHN J. HOUSER
PTE. J.B. HUBBARD
LIEUT. CLARENCE E. KINTON
PTE. HENRY LEITH
LIEUT. FRANK W. MORLEY
PTE. CLARENCE UDELL
PTE. GEORGE H. MONTROY
PTE. FREDERICK OLAN
CAPT. HERBERT SPANNER
PTE. REGINALD D. TAYLOR
MAJOR A.S. TRIMMER
PTE. WILLIAM H. WATSON
PTE. SIDNEY A. WHITE
PTE. WILLIAM WHYTE
CPL. J.J. WILLOUGHBY
PTE. JOHN O. WOODCOCK
PTE. SAMUEL BRADLEY

Right:
1939 1945

PTE. JAMES E. ARMISHAW
PTE. TOM ANSELMI
SEAMAN FRED ARMSTRONG
F/O JOHN F. BOYD
RFM. C.J. BARNETT
CPL. GORDON H. BULLEN
L/CPL. DOUGLAS J.R. CARTER
SIGNMN. ROBERT J. CLARK
F/O HUGH T. CONLIN
W/O VICTOR CROSSON
CPL. EDWARD F. CROSSON
PTE. D.A. GOOLEY
F/O ERIC H. HUTCHESON
PTE. ALBERT HENRY
SPR. ARTHUR F. IRVING
GNR. HARVEY L. WALKER
SPR. HUGH A. JENKINS
F/SGT. L.J. KRAPEK
L/CPL. EARL KNIGHT
F/O CLARENCE B. KERR
SGT/PT. CHARLES R. MORLEY
PTE. JOHN F. MCCAFFERY
SGT/PT. HOWARD V. PAYNE
TPR. BRUCE A. REYNOLDS
PTE. FREDERICK A. SAMMONS
CPL. GILBERT STAPLES
PTE. J. SAWYER
PTE. ROSS E. SCRIVER
L/CPL. VERNON E. SPIERS
PTE. DONALD E. SCOTT
PTE. GAYNOR THOMPSON
F/O LESLIE SUMMERWILL