Exeter

 

Location: Huron County  N 43 20.857  W 081 28.843 
Located on the east side of Main Street, in front of the Town Hall and Library.

This memorial was unveiled on January 9th, 1920 during stormy weather.  Despite the inclement weather, the entire town showed up for the unveiling, as stores, businesses and schools were asked to close during the time of the ceremony.  Originally constructed with a dove of peace on top of the monument, this was later removed by the memorial's sculptor, as some questioned whether or not it truly resembled a dove of peace.
The memorial bears the names of men from the Village of Exeter, and the townships of Usborne and Stephen.  The two bronze lion faces at the sides form a fountain of water out from the memorial.

Marker text:
Front:
TO OUR FALLEN
HEROES
 1914-1918

THEIR NAMES
ENDURETH FOREVER

FROM THE VILLAGE
OF EXETER

THOMAS HAROLD BISSETT
THOMAS BRIMMICOMBE
JAMES O. BROWN
JOHN D. LAING
CLINTON STEPHEN HOGARTH
JOHN GORDON HOGARTH
JAMES MARSHALL
THOMAS W. PENHALE
CECIL PICKARD
WILBUR J. ROWE
VICTOR G. SANDERS
SIDNEY SMITH
SIDNEY WEST
ELMER THOMAS WILLIS
HARRY ERNEST WINDSOR
WILL J. KNIGHT
WILSON CULBERT
FRED TUCKER

Metal Plaque:
FROM THE VILLAGE OF EXETER

C. STEWART CANN
RALPH DELBRIDGE
HAROLD A. ELLIOT
ELMER L. HUNKIN
I. LAVERNE HARNESS
ORVILLE P. LAWSON

ALVIN E. LINDENFIELD
R. BARTLE MOTZ
N. HILTON SANDERS
JOHN A. SWEET
WILLIAM H. WILSON
FRANKLIN C. ZURBRIGG

FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE

HENRY C. ANDERSON
WILLIAM E. KESTLE
A. SIDNEY KING

A. JORDAN LAING
ALEX D. STRANG
DONALD S. WHITING

 THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY WELL
 1939-1945

Left:
FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE

EDWARD LINCOLN GARDENER
LOFTUS HERN
ERNEST PENRICE
JOSEPH LEIGH
GEORGE H. STURLEY
GLENN EDEN FLINTOFF

ROBERT PASSMORE
WM. ERNEST NEIL
REGINALD D. TURNBULL
BRUCE M. MATTHEWS
JAMES E. ROADHOUSE
EARL ALBERT GARDINER

Rear:
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
EVERETT F POLLEN

Brass Plaque:
FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN
DONALD G. HICKS
CLIFFORD W. HICKS
HAROLD L. BROWN
EDWARD C. TRIEBNER
ALLEN F. PENHALE
RAYMOND WEIBERG
KEN J. WHITE

W. GERALD SCHROEDER
DENNIS COLLINS
HAROLD L. MAIER
WARD PFAFF
ADDISON POLLOCK
THOMAS RYAN

THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY WELL
1939-1945

Right:
FROM THE TOWNSHIP
OF USBORNE

ALFRED COATES
ARTHUR HART
EDWARD G. KELLETT
EARL L. JOHNS
EDWARD WYGOLD
JOHN W. BEERE

THOMAS H. WILKINSON
JOHN C. STRANG
REGINALD JOHNSON
WILLIAM G. WALKER
ELMER MCFALLS
NORMAN W. JOHNS