Claremont

 
 


Location:  Durham Region  N 43° 58.186 W 079° 07.740
At the entrance to the town park, on the east side of  Old Brock Road.  Beside the fire station.

This gateway to the Claremont Town Park, features two bronze plaques mounted on either side of the gates.  Dedicated to those who died and those who served in the Great War.  The plaques themselves appear to be much older than the stone masonry of the gates.  This was the first time I had seen the names of nurses included on the long list of heroes.  A nice tribute to the dedicated men and women from this small community.

Marker text:
Left side:
HONOUR ROLL
CLAREMONT AND DISTRICT
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

THOSE WHO DIED
Walter Anderson, Frederick Brown, Roswell Carson, John Dafoe, Ross Derusha, Albert V. Emme, Thomas Foster, Harold Graham, George Hannett

THOSE WHO SERVED
Maitland Anderson, Charles Baird, Alex Ball, Albert Baynard, William Barkley, Cecil Bate, William G. Bingham, William Bird, Randall Birkett, Earl Boyer, James Briscoe, Earnest Bryan, Harvey Bunker, Errol R. Carson, James Carter Sr, James Carter Jr, Alexander Cassie, William Chesher, William Chilcott, Fred Clinkenbroomer, John Cochrane, Russel D. Cowie, Arthur Cracknall, Jonas Davis, Kenneth E. Devitt, Leslie K. Devitt, Harold Dickenson, Arthur Doten, Harvey Elson, James Feasby, J. Archie Fleming, Herbert Forsythe, Roy Forsythe, Frank Gostick, Richard Graham, Walter Hackney, John Hale, Lenord Hannett, Charles Hanson, William Hardy

NURSES
Miss Jean Bennett, Miss Sophrona Gleason, Miss Meda Hogue


Right side:
HONOUR ROLL
CLAREMONT AND DISTRICT
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

THOSE WHO DIED
Archie Hopkins, Arthur Littlejohn, Percy Lyrm, Rolph Madill, William McLean, Albert Peters, William Sheperdson, Clarence Stokes, Richard Underhill

THOSE WHO SERVED
Frank Harvey, Harold Haw, Morgan S. Hill, D.V. Hoskins, Alonzo Hurlbert, Harry Hutchins, Alonzo Keast, Bertram Lewis, William Lewis, William Linton, Dr B.L. Love, J. Archie Mair, Frank Malcom, John McClellan, Archie Mechin, Frederick Mechin, Frederick C. Middleton, James Middleton, Percy Middleton, James Murray, Fred Nutt, George Paddenton, William Palmer, Milton Pegg, Edwin E. Perryman, Peter Philip, Clifford Pilkey, Melville Pilkey, C.R. Rumhor, Milton Russell, Lewis Sanderson, Nelson Sanderson, Thomas Scott, William Scott, Stanley J. Slack, Joseph Stell, Archie Thompson, Ambrose Tomlinson, W.C. Trimble, George Turner, Clifford Wannop, Rolph White, Edward J. Wilson, Ronald Wilson, Arthur Wood, Ray Yake