Alliston

 

Location:  Simcoe County, New Tecumseth   N 44 09.028  W 079 52.249 
Located on the north east corner of Albert Street and Paris Street, beside the Curling Club.

This is a fairly new memorial, only being erected in the past year.  There is currently a large controversy  in Alliston regarding the future of the old Memorial Arena, in turn, the town has erected this new monument to honour its lost heroes.
The monument is very attractive and colourful, consisting of a single large slab of black granite, with inscriptions in white lettering.  The crests of the Town, the Legion and adorning poppies are coloured with appropriate flair.  Five flagpoles grace the monument, and a large courtyard surrounds the area.  To be as politically correct as possible, the memorial is bilingual, although this is not a French-speaking community, as evidence by the list of names.

Marker text:
ALLISTON WAR MEMORIAL
MONUMENT DE GUERRE D'ALLISTON

DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WARS OF 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945
DEDIE AUX MEMBRES DE CETTE COMMUNUATE QUI ONT FAIT L'ULTIME
SACRIFICE LORS DE GUERRES MONDIALES DE 1914-1918 ET 1939-1945

WORLD WAR I
PREMIERE GUERRE MONDIALE
ANDERSON W., ARTHURS C., BROWN B., BROOKS S., BUCHANAN R., CALLANDER A.,
CHANTLER L., DALE G., DAVIDSON C., DOLMAN H., DUNGEY G., DUNNING A., DUNHAM W., ELLIS J., ELLISON A., FERRIS D., FOSTER S., GORDON A., HENDERSON W., HOLT F., IRWIN J., KIDD H., KIERNAN H., LEMON H., MILNE W., MILNE G., MOUDER R., MORRISON J., MOONEY W., NELSON M., NUNN H., NUNN W., PADDISON N., PHILLIPS A., PRESTON W., RILEY N., RYAN T., STEELE F., SHEPHARD R., SMITH A., STONEHAM A., WALLACE R.,
WILSON C.

WORLD WAR II
DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE
ALDERSON J.G., ANDERSON B.A., ADAMS A.M., ATKINSON S.A., BANTING F.G., BELL F.C.,
BURT C.F., BURKE J.J., CAUTHERS W.A., CHERRY E., DOWLING D.M., GAULLAUGHER R.C.,
HACKETT D.G., HOARD G., KENNEDY D., KING J.W., LEMON J.H., MICHAELIS A.T., MASON T.F., MOORBY D., PARKER H., PEACOCK W.G., RUTHVEN J.L., SMALLEY D., SMITH B., WARMAN A., WILLOUGHBY J.A.

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
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