Oakwood

Location:  N 44° 20.134 W 078° 52.847  In the front of the fairgrounds, on Eldon Road, north of Highway 7.


The memorial is known as the Soldiers Memorial. It honours 34 First World War veteran residents who died in battle; 10 Second World War veteran residents who died in battle; and the Korean War is recognized.

A statue of a first World War soldier stands looking west over the village of Oakwood. A bronze plaque with the names of those who died in the wars was added in November 2000, due to the weathering affects on the inscriptions. Originally erected in 1920, for the First World War, additional inscriptions were added for the Second World War and Korea.  The town name of Oakwood does not appear on this memorial, instead it is dedicated to the men of Mariposa, the township in which Oakwood is found.



FRONT:
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
MARIPOSA
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR.

Mariposa residents from the Great War 1914 - 1918
Oliver Arnold, Alfred A. Barge, William Boucher, Charles Copp, John Foster, Benjamin Freeman, George Castle, Stephen Clare, Henry Fry, William Cunnings, James Ferguson, W.M. Grinstead, Hector Gillies, W.R. Johnston, R. George Jackson, Frank Jeffers, Albert Kirton,
William Kirton, Percy Lanning, Albert Murray, D. McInnis, Thomas Mitchell, WMD McMillan, Victor Russell, Geo Ryall, Garfield R. Rogers, Robert Reeves, Robert Stewart, George Saville, Robt T. Wilson, John C. Sumner, Joseph Trott, John E. Scott, Murray Watson

Residents from the Second Great War 1939 - 1945
Gerald Peel, Milton Whymark, Earl Smitheram, Harold Philp, William Armstrong, Everett Hill, Stanley Scrivens, James Wright, John Jacobs, William White

Korean War 1950 - 1953

Below:
1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

LEFT SIDE:
PASSCHENDEALE
HOOGE . ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS . ST. ELOI

REAR:
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
MARIPOSA
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR
1939-1945

Gerald Peel, Milton Whymark, Earl Smitheram, Harold Philp, William Armstrong, Everett Hill, Stanley Scrivens, James Wright, John Jacobs


RIGHT SIDE:
MONS . VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY . LENS
YPRES . FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD . DOUAI
SOMME . CAMBRAI