Midland

 
 

Location:  N 44° 44.699 W 079° 52.887  On the west side of King Street, at the entrance to the curling rink and community centre.


In 1901, the Town of Midland purchased 10 acres of land to be used for a park area. Mr. William Finlayson, a First World War veteran, approached the Town on December 26, 1926 about keeping monies aside for a memorial to be built on this site. The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) donated the other half of the monies required to complete the memorial. It was completed and installed in spring of 1927 and the official unveiling was held June 1, 1927. The memorial is the location that Royal Canadian Legion Branch 80 holds its ceremonies. This memorial is dedicated to those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.  Like many memorials built just after the first world war, this one is showing deterioration. The lettering of names is wearing off from weathering. In May 2006 Midland Town Council began planning for refurbishment of this 57 year old monument.

Marker text:
Front:
TO
COMMEMORATE THE MARINERS
WHO DIED WHILE SERVING
THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD
WAR 1 AND 2 IN THE
MERCHANT NAVY

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945

Left:
 YPRES
ST. JULIEN
LANGEMARCK
SOMME
VIMY-RIDGE
LENS

 J. MAINES
C. MAY
E. MILLIKEN
J. MURRAY
C. MC MILLAN
A. MORREAU
J.C. MONTGOMERY
G.E. NASH
A. NEYLAN
C.A. NORTON
H. PAUL
W.J. PUDDICOMB
J.E. POTVIN
C. REYNOLDS
D. REYNOLDS
F. REYNOLDS
C. SHAW
 A.W. STERRETT
F. SYMONS
R.E. STEPHENS
G. SAUNDERS
M. SMITH
R.A. SHAPCOTT
F. SMITH
H. SKELDON
R. SMITH
T. STURMEY
J. SMITH
W. STREATHERN
F. THOMPSON
W.H. THOMAS
W. TOWERS
N. VINCENT
R. WRIGHT

Right:
 HILL 70
PASS CHENDALE
CAMBRAI
MONS
AMIENS
ARRAS

 P.A. ARNOLD
D. BALL
O.R. BOWMAN
A.H. BAILEY
J. BARNHARDT
A.H. COHEN
C. CHATTEN
F.J. CHURCH
H. DEMOREST
B. DUNBAR
R. DROLET
F.W. DAVIS
K. S. DRUMMOND
J. DICK
A.J. DAVENPORT
H. ELLERY
O. FRENCH
W. GRANT
A.A. GRANT
G.A. GARRETT
V. GARDINER
D. GREEN
W. GENDRO
E.G. HAUGHTON
G. HAMMOND
C.A. HEALY
F.HUBERT
F. HOLMWOOD
R.C. IRWIN
J. JELIFO
G.A. JONES
I.I. KINCH
J. LOWES
C.A. MOUNT

Back:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
IN MEMORY TO THOSE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
IN W.W. II

1939 - 1945

J. CHALMERS
J. LAPP
W. LATANVILLE
R. SMITH
 R. ADAMSON
L. ANDERSON
G. BETEAU
L.D. BOWMAN
A. CHRETIEN
W. COLEMAN
R. COURRIERE
G. DEMPSEY
G. DUNCAN
W.H. DUNCAN
G. DUNKELMAN
B. DUSOME
H. EMERSON
F.N. HACK
W. HARBER
J. HARRISON
W.E. JORY
L. LAMB
R. LANDRIGAN
L. LESPERANCE
S. MARTIN
G.E. MAY
J. MELVILLE
R. MELVILLE
C. MILLER
J. MOHAN
J. MONTEITH
H. MC ARTHUR
J. MC EACHERN
R. OAKLEY
W. PLUMBTREE
D. REID
H. ROBERT SHAW
R. SHAUBEL
W. WALLACE
J. WALTENBURY
J.D. WHITE
K. WILES