Sharon

 

Location:  Region of York, East Gwillimbury  N 44 06.152  W 079 26.520                                       Found on the west side of Leslie Street, at Mount Albert road, in front of the East Gwillimbury Town Offices, beside the Sharon Temple.

This memorial symbolizes a grieving mother with a child in her arms. It is intended to be a peace memorial rather than a war memorial. Colonel F.A. Tilston, V.C., C.D., LLD. unveiled the memorial on September 16, 1990, with numerous dignitaries in attendance from the Armed Forces, veterans, representatives of federal and provincial governments as well as regional mayors and other dignitaries. The statue was created by a man from Holland, symbolizing all the suffering of a country at war, but it also symbolizes our hope for peace in the future. It is placed prominently in front of the Civic Centre to remind citizens of the supreme sacrifice made by those whose names appear on the memorial.                                                                                   Source: www.town.eastgwillimbury.on.ca/tourism/rememday.htm

Marker text:
Front:
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS
John 15 V.13

Left:
WORLD WAR I

Pte. SHERMAN BROCK  27 AUG 1918
Pte. ROBERT BUCKLES  9 APR 1917
Pte. ARTHUR A. CASE  10 OCT 1918
Pte. ERNEST COUSINS   8 AUG 1918
Pte. MELVILLE R. DOANE  2 SEPT 1918
Pte. WALTER ENGLISH  3 JUN 1916
Lieut. F.W. GLOVER  29 MAR 1919
Pte. CHESTER C. HAMETT  9 APRIL 1917
Pte. ROY HOLLINGSHEAD  9 APR 1917
Hon. Capt. OSCAR D. IRWIN  28 APR 1915

Pte. ANDREW KNOWLES   28 SEPT 1917
Pte. RADFORD S. LANE  30 SEPT 1918
Pte. WELLINGTON M. LANE  11 AUG 1918
Pte. LEONARD MAHON  11 APR 1916
Pte. EDWARD MORGAN  8 MAY 1915
Pte. SIDNEY G. OWENS  29 MAY 1917
Sgt. FREDERICK PEARSON  9 APR 1917
Spr. LYALL A. STOKES  3 FEB 1919
Pte. FREDERICK TAYLOR  8 OCT 1916
Pte. WILLIAM THOROGOOD 9 APR 1917

Rear:
THIS MEMORIAL
WAS UNVEILED
ON
SEPTEMBER 16TH 1990
BY
COLONEL F.A. TILSTON V.C.  C.D., LLD.

Right:
WORLD WAR II

Lieut. CHARLES E. BONNELL  8 JAN 1943
Pte. CLIFFORD T. BOSWORTH  20 SEPT 1944
L/Cpl. DONALD F. CLARK  29 NOV 1944
Gnr. CLIFFORD E. FAIRBARN  14 DEC 1943
L/Cpl. JAMES W. FOUNTAIN  20 DEC 1944
Corp. WILLIAM F. KAVANAGH  11 JUN 1941

F/Sgt. CLIFFORD T. JOHNSON  22 MAR 1945
Corp. KENNETH JOHN MASON  23 JAN 1945
Pte. IVAN G. POLLOCK  9 OCT 1944
Trooper GEORGE A. RILEY  2 OCT 1944
F.O. DONALD B. STEWART  4 OCT 1943
W.O. II JACK V. WILLBEE  25 FEB 1943