Owen Sound

Location:  N 44° 33.840 W 080° 56.695   On the east side of 1st Avenue (also known as Veteran's Way), across from the library.


Along Veteran's Way you will find three Ontario Historical Plaques, dedicated to the three men from the area who were awarded the Victoria Cross (see my March 30, 2012 entry for details of these plaques.  Beside these are also a fountain and memorial.


This memorial is dedicated to those who fought and those who died in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. It was erected by the City of Owen Sound and the Townships of Sydenham, Keppel, Derby and Sarawak.

Fountain:
RE-DEDICATED
MAY 30, 1982
1914 -- 1918
1939 -- 1945
1950 -- 1954

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

Memorial:
Front left:
Lest We Forget

WORLD WAR I
1914 - 1918

628,736 Served
66,573 Died
138,166 Wounded
2,818 POW

Take Time to
REMEMBER




Front right:
Lest We Forget

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

1,081,865 Served
44,927 Died
53,145 Wounded
8,271 POW

Take Time to
REMEMBER

Rear:
ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE
OUR HONOURED DEAD
AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WARS

FROM THE CITY OF
OWEN SOUND
AND THE TOWNSHIPS OF
SYDENHAM
KEPPEL
DERBY
SARAWAK