Schomberg

 

Location:  N 44 00.426   W 079 40.416  Located beside the Trisan Centre, on the east side of Dillane Drive.

Dedicated to the men who lost their lives in the two World Wars.  This memorial was originally located in front of the Schomberg Agricultural Arena, but moved to its current position beside the new Trisan Centre, in 2011.
The Lions Club of Schomberg had the memorial re-lettered in 1977.  Also features the logo of the 12th York Rangers, the local militia regiment which became part of the 127th Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War.

Marker text:
Front:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

LIEUT. JACK SYDIE
SGT. MAJOR CHAS. E. WOODROOF
L/C JAS. A. RALSTON
L/C EWART WICKENS
PTE. HAROLD JOS. BROWN
PTE. MAXWELL DOYLE
PTE. WM. J. DOYLE
PTE. WILFRED LAURIER DOYLE
PTE. EDWARD DOUGLAS
PTE. JOHN FERGUSON
PTE. THOS. McMASTER
PTE. LESLIE D. MARTIN
PTE. ARTHUR PAYNE

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -- 1918

Left:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

C. A. O.
SGT. ALAN A. WYATT
L/C ROSS S. RUTHERFORD
L/C A.B. CLIFFORD DALTON
TPR. ANDREW SNEDDEN
GNR. JOS. P. PRIMEAU
PTE. THOS A. DUGGAN

R. C. A. F.
S/L HARRY L. KAY
F/L WILLIAM D. PAGAN
SGT. MASON A. EDWARDS

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE WAR
1939 -- 1945

Orangeville - Alexandra Park

 

Location:  N  43 55.234   W 080 05.665  On the southeast corner of Second Street and First Avenue, behind the Town Hall.

The last entry described the main memorial in Alexandra Park, but two others should also be mentioned.
The first was erected in 2003, featuring three large stones made of Manitoulin Limestone, the central one with engraving to honour those who served.
The second features a metal plaque, on the ground in front of the main memorial, dedicated in 2005, entitles "A Letter From the Front".

 

First memorial text:
With enduring gratitude
to those of our community
who were prepared
to five their lives
for our freedom.

The Honour Roll resides within
the Town Hall.

WORLD WAR I
1913 - 1918
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953

"A Letter From the Front" text:
Why they Sacrificed
A LETTER FROM THE FRONT

England1941

Dear Mom and Dad,
     It is the knowledge that there are people
at home who are depending on you that
drives one not only to do his best, but just a
little more, and it is this spirit that is going to
bring a triumphant conclusion to this struggle
in which we are presently engaged.  For if we
fail then all is lost, not only for ourselves, but
for the vast civilized world made up of good
people like yourselves.  The sacrifice might
be great, but it is dwarfed by the magnificent
end to which we are pointing.
Your loving son,
Reg

Excerpt from a letter to his parents, Judge and Mrs. W.T. Robb,
of Orangeville, from Flight Sergeant Reg Robb.  Flight Sergeant
Robb was killed in action shortly after takeoff for a bombing
mission on February 26, 1942.

LEST WE FORGET

Dedicated August 14, 2005 - The Year of the Veteran

Town of Orangeville     Royal Canadian Legion  Branch 233

 

Orangeville

 
 

Location:  N 43 55.234  W 080 05.665  On the southeast corner of Second Street and First Avenue, behind the Town Hall, in Alexandra Park.

This cenotaph was constructed in 1923, by Dufferin County, to honour those lost in the First World War.  It has since been adapted to include World War 2, Korea and Afghanistan.
There is also another memorial in this park to recognize those who have served, more on this at another time.

Marker text:
Front:
 1914 - 1918
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 – 1918 + 1939 – 1945

BRUCE D. BAILEY -- HUBERT K. BARBER
AUSTIN R. BELLERBY -- GEORGE CANNON
ETSEL J. COOK . DESMOND E. COUTURE
ALLAN M. CURRY -- EARL T. GOODEVE
WILLIAM HACKETT -- ARNOLD HAGERMAN
DAVID W. HAMBLY -- JAMES M. HASLAM
ROY S. HUNTER -- HAROLD R. JACKSON
CHRISTOPHER JENKINSON -- SIDNEY JESSOP
RUSSELL E. MAY -- DONALD A. MUIR
NEWTON G. T. MURRAY -- ROY J. MCCONACHIE
DONALD J. MCMILLAN -- REGINALD F. ROBB
JAMES ROSS -- HERBERT A. WHITE

KOREAN WAR 1950 – 1951
FRANK R. LAKER (FIELD)

AFGHANISTAN
MATTHEW J.C. MCCULLEY

YPRES + SANCTUARY WOOD

TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH
IF YE BREAK FAITH WITH US WHO DIE WE SHALL NOT SLEEP THOUGH POPPIES GROW IN FLANDERS FIELDS

Left:
"GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS"

R. WILBERT ADAIR -- ALBERT ANDERSON
HORACE AVORY ANDERSON -- FREDERICK ALEXANDER
ARTHUR HERBERT ATKINSON -- GEORGE WESLEY BAILEY
PERCY MELVIN BAILEY -- SIDNEY ROY BAKER
JOHN E. HENRY BARRETT -- ALFRED JAMES BARTER
JOHN SAMUEL BENNETT -- GORDON GEORGE BERRY
NORMAN RICHARD BIRGE -- DAVID BARCLAY BROWN
JAMES BROWN -- LEWIS STANLEY BROWN
ALBERT L. CALLANDER -- JAMES HENRY CARSON M.C.
WILLIAM FREDERICK COLE -- HARRY R. CONLIN, M.M.
WILLIAM JOHN COURTNEY -- THOMAS CRIBBES
JOHN HOWARD CROWE -- GEORGE CHESTER CROZIER
THOMAS HENRY DAVIDSON -- FRANK EADES
JAMES HERBERT EASTWOOD -- ROBERT ERNEST EWING
DALTON E. FERRIS -- ERNEST LYON FERRIS
JAMES ROBINSON FERRIS -- JAMES ERNEST FIELD
ISLAND BELWOOD FISH -- WILLIS FLATT
JAMES W. FLEMING -- GORDON OLIVER FORSYTH
MELVYN ROSS FORSYTH -- WILLIAM JAMES FENNELL
JOHN WILLIS GALLAUGHER -- ROBERT JAMES GALLAUGHER
REUBEN GEORGE GILLESPIE -- WILLIAM JAMES GILLESPIE
ANSTEAD ELMER GORDON -- JOSEPH MATTHEW GORDON M.M.
WILLIAM THOMAS HACKETT -- JOSEPH SAMUEL HALBERT
GEORGE WILFRED HALL -- EDWARD HAMILTON
WESLEY J COWELL -- HERBERT D. DONNELLY

PASSCHENDALE + AMIENS

Rear:
"THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE"

JOHN ROBERT HEAPS -- CLIFFORD C. HENDERSON
THOMAS EARL HEWSON -- CLIFFORD NORTON HILLS
SAMUEL HUNT -- JAMES WILFRED HUNTER
WILLIAM ROBERT HUNTER -- DENNIS JOSEPH IRWIN
ARNOLD MCKIM JACKSON -- SAMUEL JOSEPH JACKSON
WILLIAM J. JACKSON -- JAMES D STANLEY JAMES
ROBERT CHARLES JAMIESON -- GEORGE EDWARD JENKINS
WALKER ALLEN JENKINS -- THOMAS J. R. JOHNSTON
NORMAN ST CLAIR JONES -- JAMES KEITH
HERBERT WALLACE KIERNAN -- HERMAN WALLACE KIERNAN
JOSEPH KING -- CLIFFORD JOSHUA LEADER
HENRY STEWART LEWIS C.DE.G -- CHARLES LILLEY
JOHN ALEXANDER LINFOOT -- WILLIAM HARRY LINKLATER
NORMAN R. LITTLE -- REGINALD FRANK MAPLES
WILLIAM JAMES MARTIN -- W. HAROLD MASON
WILLIAM MASON -- HENRY MIDDLETON
W.J. WESLEY MONTGOMERY -- JOHN JAMES MORRISON
JOHN HENRY A. MOTTART -- BERT MOSS
CLIFFORD MOSS M. M. -- ALEXANDER FALCONER MACDONALD
JOHN ROSS MACPHERSON DSO -- SAMUEL MCCOMB
THOMAS ALLAN MCCOMB -- JAMES WILFRED MCDONALD
FINLEY SMITH MCGILLIVRAY -- ROBERT JAMES MCGOWAN
HENRY BOULTON MCGUIRE -- ROBERT BLANEY MCGUIRE
WILLIAM A. MCKEE -- ERNEST WELLINGTON MCLELLAN
CARVER W. KEYES -- FREDERICK G. MARSHALL
HENRY C. MCINTOSH, M.M.

COURCELETTE + VIMY RIDGE

Right:
"THEY DIED THAT WE
MIGHT LIVE"

JOHN MCKITRICK -- JOHN HODGINS NELL
MARK BROWN NELSON -- THOMAS WARDEN NICHOLSON
WILFRED O’REILLY -- WILLIAM THOMAS OSBOURNE
H. F. BASIL OUTHWAITE -- FRED C. PACEY
RONALD C. PATTULLO -- WALTER C. PELL
WILLIAM JAMES PENNEY -- ROY VICTOR POLLEY
NOBLE CLIFFORD POTTER -- GEORGE PRENTICE
ALBERT PRIOR -- JOHN JAMES PROCTOR
WILLIAM FREDERICK RAINEY -- ANDREW AUSTIN REILLY
SAMUEL WILBERT REILLY -- GEORGE EDWARD ROBINSON
LEWIS A. ROUNDING -- WILLIAM T. RUSSELL
ERNEST SALLONS -- WELLINGTON HENRY SAUNDERS
WILLIAM SHERMAN -- MELVILLE J.H. SILK
ARTHUR R. SIMMONS -- HARVEY V.A. SKELDING
ROBERT SKUSE -- JAMES FLETCHER SLOANE
HAROLD EDWIN STATIA -- JAMES GARFIELD ST CROIX
FRED STEPHENS -- NORMAN STUCKEY
ENOCH ESLI TOMLINSON -- WILBERT RICHARD THOMPSON
JOHN THOMSON -- JOHN WILLIAM TRIBBLE
SAMUEL WARDLE -- CHARLES HERBERT WHEELOCK
HAROLD EDGAR WHITE -- HOWARD AUSTIN WHITE
ERNEST WHITWORTH -- WILLIAM GEORGE WILSON
ISAIAH WINTERTON -- JOSEPH CLARK WOOD
HAROLD WESLEY YATES
JOHN HENRY OUTHWAITE

ARRAS + BOURLON WOOD

Emsdale

 

Location:  N 45 31.653   W 079 18.940  On the east side of Highway 592, near the community centre/library.

This memorial was erected by the Womens Institute and Girls Club to Soldiers Killed in the major conflicts of the 1900s.

Marker text:
Front:
THEIR NAMES SHALL-
PTE. ORIN E. WHITE
NO. 657421 .  162nd BATT
KILLED IN ACTION AT
AMIENS  AUG 9th 1918
IN HIS 24th YEAR

PTE. NELSON J. THAW
NO. 657212  162nd BATT
KILLED IN ACTION AT
FRESNOY  MAY 3rd 1918
IN HIS 21st YEAR

Right:
LIVE FOR EVER MORE
PTE. T. GOOCH
NO. 409716  13th BATT
DIED MAY 21st 1916

KOREA
1950 - 1953

ERECTED BY THE
WOMENS INSTITUTE
AND GIRLS CLUB

Left:
IN MEMORY OF
OUR BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR HONOUR & FREEDOM
1939 - 1945
PTE. JOHN E. BIRD
L. CPL. CHARLES E. BUFFY
PTE. SAMUEL J. McQUILLAN
TPR. JOHN A. ROWLEY
SGT. HARVEY C. TODD

Blackstock

Location:  N 44 06.406   W 078 49.219  In a fenced in memorial square, on the southwest corner of Old Scugog Road and Church Street.

This memorial was built in 1920 by the citizens of Cartwright Township. It honours the fallen veterans from the First World War, the Second World War, and Korea.  The memorial consists of the main structure, with a brass plaque mounted at the base. 
There is also a memorial dedicated to the early pioneers of Cartwright Township, located just outside the fenced area, behind this memorial.

Marker text:
Brass plaque:
1914 1918
Township of Cartwright
HONOUR ROLL
- FOR CANADA AND THE EMPIRE -

F.C. MARLOW
P.H. JOBB
G. HILL
W. MURKAR
W.R. WILLAN
A. DEAN
W. FERGUSON
C. GORDON
J. MILNE MC & BAR
F. FERGUSON
R. WRIGHT
C. VENNING
T. SHAW
R. STEELE
H. HILLIARD
S. GERGUSON
R. FERGUSON
H. PHILP
W. PARK
M. FALLIS
W. FALLIS
A. BARTLEY
J. CROSS
J.C. TIBB
A. GORDON
L. WRIGHT
E. WRIGHT
W. BROWN
A. MCLEAN
A. COX
E. GREAVES
H. HOLMES
A.L. GIBSON
G. BROWN
W. GORDON
F. TABB
H. HOOEY
T. BOWLEE
A. BEACOCK
H.R. BRUCE
W.CRAWFORD
H. WALKER
G.GREER
R. WERRY
H. HARRAN
J.J. MELLOR
S. JEFFREY
J. GORDON
A. ENGLISH
T. VENNING
S. HULBERT
A. BROWN
T. GREER
C. HILMAN
W. SWAIN
H. LARMER
R. SANDERSON
F. MALCOLM
R. WRAY
H. PHILP
E. WRIGHT
J. ROTHWELL

FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY

Main Memorial:
Front:
TO OUR
HONOURED DEAD AND
THOSE WHO CARRIED
ON

OUR FALLEN HEROES

1914-1918

JOHN STEEL
BRUCE FERGUSON
ROY SWAIN
ELMER MOUNTJOY
CRAIG TIBB
JOHN WOOTTON
EDWARD MOODY
STANLEY SHITE
HERBERT MILLARD

1939-1945
ALFRED HALL
RALPH H. VAN CAMP
LEONARD DAVIDSON
HARVEY MAHAFFY
LESLIE LANGFELD
ROY CARTER
RALPH EMERSON
ARNOLD JOHNSTON

KOREA 1950-53

Rear:
YPRES

FESTUBERT

GIVENCHY

SOMME

VIMY RIDGE

MONS

1939 - 1945
CAEN  --  CARPIQUET
DIEPPE  --  FALAISE

KOREA 50 - 53

Creemore

 

Location:  N 44 19.592   W 080 06.236  Located in a memorial park in the middle of Caroline Street East, in front of the Public Library.

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. It was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 397.

Marker text:
Centre:
 DEDICATED
TO THE MEN
OF
CREEMORE
AND
SURROUNDING DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WARS 1 AND 2

"LEST WE FORGET"

1914 TO 1918
1939 TO 1945
KOREA 1950-1953

Left:
 LAST ROLL CALL
WORLD WAR 1

Butler, George
Cherry, Harold
Cleary, Ernest
Corbett, Bert
Gill, Percy
Johnson, David
Kennedy, John
Louden, Kenneth
Mackay, Alexander
Martin, William
Matchett, Johnson
McCutcheon, William

McKay, John
Moore, John
Steggal, Howard
Thomson, John
Tribble, John
Wilson, Charles
Wynes, Elwood
Maxwell, W.T. Dalton

Right:
 LAST ROLL CALL
WORLD WAR 2

ALLEN, JACK
BAKER, JOHN
BROWN, HARRY
CHERRY, EARL
DUNSTAN, WILLIAM
EGGLETON,THOMAS
HAMILTON, FREDERICK
MACHESNEY, GERALD
MIDDLEBROOK, GORDON
MOON, STANLEY
MORBY, DONALD
MUMBERSON, ROBERT
STEELE, ERNEST
THURSTON,DONALD
WEATHERUP, KENNETH
WEATHERUP, FRASER
WEATHERALL, CHARLES
DODD, JAMES H.

Brampton

 

Location:  N 43° 41.073 W 079° 45.528  Located on the west side of Main Street, north of Wellington Street, in Memorial Square.


The symbols expressed in the Monument are Service, Sacrifice and Victory. Carved from superior quality, very light gray, Canadian granite, in itself expressing purity, it is of the pylon type, tall and slender. Raised above the passing throng, it holds aloft those symbols and names which recall to the mind glorious events in Canadian history. The ornamentation of the Memorial is Roman. Rising in easy steps from a broad and ample base, the die stones bear a projecting tablet in which is the inscription, "To perpetuate the Memory of our Glorious Dead and to gratefully recognize the sacrifice of the Men of Brampton in the Great War, 1914 - 1918." Above this inscription is a bronze plaque bearing the crest of the Town of Brampton and, above that, carved in perfect relief, is the National Emblem, the Maple Leaf, on each side of which are graceful scrolls. Behind the bronze plaque is a crypt in which is placed a book recording the names and service of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice, and the Wreath of Victory, from which ribbons fall. On the reverse of the Memorial, opposite the tablet, are the truly eloquent and forceful words, "These thought not of self but gave their lives for us." The Memorial expresses a symbol of Service in a gradual rise from the level of inaction through service and sacrifice to great achievement rewarded by the Wreath of Victory. Committee In Charge Of The Erection Of The Memorial T. Duggan - Chairman R. Lowry R. Conover - Secretary J. Patterson F. Wegenast - Mayor L. Bertram G. Akehurst - Councillor H. Campkin W. Beatty - Reeve W. Sharpe N. Powell W. Brydon C. Donaldson J. Conover D. Heggie C. McDonald D. Bull Members Of The Town Council F. Wegenast - Mayor W. Bartlett W. Beatty - Reeve W. Speirs J. Harmsworth - Deputy-Reeve H. Heatley W. Warr J. McLaughlin.
Prior to the erection of the Cenotaph, the Remembrance Day Services were held in the various churches in Brampton and in the Armouries, starting in the year 1919. The Brampton Cenotaph was built on land "re-claimed" from the old Etobicoke Creek and paid for by donations of the citizens and businesses of Brampton. The unveiling of the Cenotaph by Lord Willington on July 4, 1928, was attended by thousands from the area. In June of 1931, the I.O.D.E. (Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire) presented to the Town of Brampton, a mast and Union Jack to be flown over the monument. In the years since its erection, the area surrounding the memorial has changed many times but the memorial itself remains untampered. A vault in the front of the edifice bears the official crest of the old Town of Brampton, and inside are the names of the men and women of Brampton who died, or were killed, in the service of their country. The dates 1939-1945 for the Second World War and 1950-1953 for the Korean War, have since been added. The Remembrance Day Service held on the Sunday prior to November 11th is a municipal service, organized by the City of Brampton with the assistance of the Royal Canadian Legion.
*Source: Seventy-Fifth Commemorative Remembrance Day Service pamphlet Nov. 7th & 11th, 1993

Marker text:
Front:
1914
1915

YPRES

FESTUBERT

MOVNT SORRELL

SOMME

TO PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
AND TO
GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZE
THE SACRIFICE OF
THE MEN OF BRAMPTON
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
AND
1939 - 1945

KOREA  1950 - 1953

Left:
CAMBRAI

MONS

Rear:
1914
1918

VIMY RIDGE

PASSCHENDAELE

HILL 70

CANAL DU NORD

THESE THOUGHT NOT OF SELF
BUT GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR US

Right:
AMIENS

ARRAS

Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation

 

Location:  N 45 57.632   W 081 59.761   Located 5 kilometres west of Little Current, on the south side of Highway 540, in the front of the Aundecl Omni Kaning First Nation Administration Office.

The people of the First Nations communities across Canada have never hesitated to answer the call when the nation came calling in time of war.  The proud Band of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation is no different, with several of its members paying the ultimate price over the years.
This fine memorial, located on the front wall  of the community centre, proudly displays the names of those veterans.

Marker text:
AUNDECK OMNI KANING

WAR VETERANS

ABOTOSSAWAY
VERNON, CHARLES
L8675
JUNE 1941-1946
MEDICAL CORPS

ABOTOSSAWAY
WILLIAM, FREDERICK
L06669
AUG. 1943-1946
HORSE REGIMENT

OWL, RONALD
349 441 645
NOV. 1969-1971
RANK - SPECIALIST
VIETNAM CORP
USA

CORBIERE,
AUSTIN
1962-1966
LANCE CORPORAL
USA MARINE CORP
VIETNAM
(DIED SAVING HIS GROUP)

GLENVILLE,
STEWART

PITWANIQWAT
KOREA
QOR

ABOTOSSAWAY
WILLIAM (WILSON)
ALEXANDER
L36534
AUG. 1940-FEB. 1945
HORSE REGIMENT

ABOTOSSAWAY
JAMES, VICTOR
JUNE 1940-DEC. 1945
REGINA RIFLES REGIMENT

ABOTOSSAWAY
LLOYD, ALBERT
L36549
16/22 SASKATCHEWAN
AUG. 1940-SEPT. 1943
HORSE REGIMENT

SELLEN,
DOUGLAS
AIR FORCE
(PEACEKEEPER IN CYPRUS)

POND (OWL)
VIVIAN
AIR FORCE

ESQUIMAUX,
STANLEY, EVANS
RIFLE BRIGADE

ABOTOSSAWAY,
LEONARD
1939-1945

McGRAW,
RICHARD
44185
CANADIAN ARMY - GUNNER

SELLEN,
MIKE

ABOTOSSAWAY,
SAMPSON

MACKAY,
CECILIA

McMAHON,
JOHNSON
WORLD WAR 1

PRIVATE
McGRAW,
STANLEY
CANADIAN ARMED FORCES
MAY 1943- JAN. 1946

NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN