Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Grand Valley



Location:  Dufferin County   N 43° 53.956 W 080° 18.943   
At the northwest corner of Main Street and Amaranth Street, overlooking the main intersection.

Erected in 1920 to honour those lost in the Great War.  The names of those lost in World War 2 were added later, and Korea is also recognized.

Marker text:
Main column front:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR
EVER MORE
1914 - 1918

HONOUR ROLL
SIDNEY R. BAKER
AUSTIN A. REILLY
Wm. PENNEY
A. HERBERT ATKINSON
WILBERT S. REILLY
FREDERICK PACEY
BERT MOSS
REUBEN G. GILLESPIE
Wm. J. GILLESPIE
CLIFFORD MOSS
JAS. BROWN
WILFRED O'REILLY
STANLEY BROWN
FREDERICK RAINEY
GARFIELD ST. CROIX
FRANK EADES
Wm. A. McKEE
ANSTEAD E. GORDON
W.H. LINKLATER
JOSEPH M. GORDON
SAMUEL McCOMB
JAS. W. McDONALD
JAS. H. EASTWOOD
NOBLE C. POTTER
HENRY A. MOTTART
FREDERICK BERRY
LEWIS A. ROUNDING
ROBERT EWING
CLIFFORD N. HILLS 
HARRY R. CONLIN
ROBERT J. McGOWAN

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF GRAND VALLEY
AND EAST GARAFRAXA TOWNSHIPS
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR

Main column left:
YPRES 
HOOGE
ST. ELOI
VIMY

Main column rear:
SANCTUARY WOOD
FESTUBERT
NEUVE CHAPPELE
PASSCHENDAELE

1920

Main column right:
DOUAI
SOMME
GIVENCHY
ARRAS

Left column:
CLARENCE A. EASTWOOD
WILLIAM GABA
GORDON HARRIS
RUSSELL E. MARTIN
DUNCAN G. THOMPSON
WILLIAM D. WATSON
GARNETT HAMILTON
ERNEST CANNON

TO ALL WHO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES
DEFENDING OUR
FREEDOM

Right column:
TO OUR GLORIOUOS
DEAD
1939 - 1945

KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953








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