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