Tuesday 17 July 2012

Brooklin - Groveside Cemetery

 

Location:  Durham Region, Town of Whitby   N 43 56.214  W 078 57.605 
Located at the entrance to the Groveside Municipal Cemetery, on the east side of Baldwin Street South (Durham Road 12), between Brooklin and Whitby.

This memorial is dedicated to the members of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 who died. This soldiers' plot was established by the Legion in 1931. A wooden cross was dedicated in 1936 and was replaced by the present stone cross in 1959.
The cross is surrounded by individual markers laid out in rows on the ground.

Marker text:
IN REMEMBRANCE
(LEGION CREST)
LEST WE FORGET.

ERECTED BY
BRANCH 112, WHITBY





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