Atwood - Elma Township

 

Location:  Perth County, Town of North Perth   N 43 40.370  W 081 00.929                                         Located in the village of Atwood, on the south-west corner of Main Street and Monument Road.

This classic memorial is dedicated to the men of the former Elma Township, who gave their lives in the two World Wars.  The memorial consists of a black granite base with the names and dedications, topped by the white marble statue of a World War I soldier.  Nicely placed in a well-kept courtyard, surrounded by a single-strand fence with a gate.


Marker text:
Front:
ELMA
MEMORIAL
ERECTED
BY THE CITIZENS OF
ELMA TOWNSHIP
1924
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
AND
THE SECOND
GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

Left:
FRANK WILSON
JOHN SAWTELL
W. AMBROSE MOORE
Wm. J. FEATHERSTONE
ANDREW E. McKEEVER
HARRY J. JOHNSON
JOSEPH HANNA
JAMES C. McKEEVER
ROY A. SCHOTTS
LAWRENCE MARSHALL
LLOYD SHAEFER
W. EDWARD HUCK
WALTER W. SAYWELL
WILLIAM DANBY
OSCAR MOUSLEY
CHARLES HALES
ARTHUR SPENDLEY
FRED WAKEFIELD
JACK E. SMALES
ERNEST METHERALL
WILLIAM PERKINS
FRANK FUNNEL
ARNOLD W. NEVILL

Rear:
EMERSON ACHESON
CLAUDE BELLSMITH
MURRAY BELL
ELMER DOUGLAS
LYLE EVANS
W.R. HAROLD HEWITT
CARL H. HOWALD
RUSSEL HAYES
HERBERT L. HUSTON
JOHN A. McKAY
ALEX McMILLAN
LAWRENCE PARTRIDGE
JOHN REIBELINC
ELWOOD J. SMITH
CHRIS W. THEDORF
L. GEORGE VALLANCE
PERCY WILLIS

1939 - 1945

Right:
C. EDWARD FERG
JOHN C. KEILLOR
JOHN D. SCOTT
W.H. LLOYD SMITH
ALB't T.A. HAMMOND
WALDRON DEWAR
Wm. J. ANTICKNAP
MELVYN H. STRUTHERS
WILLIAM RICHMOND
CLEMENT D. HONE
J. LINDSAY MORRISON
ALEX M. SIMPSON
WALTER JOS. ROE
J. WALLACE SIMPSON
J. MAXWELL PARK
ERNEST R. GILMER
J. STANLEY DANBROOK
J. BASIL JOLLY
SAMUEL M. HENRY
J. CARMAN HUSSER
St. CLAIR DUNN
WALTER PRINCE