Cornwall - Glengarry Fencibles

 

Location:  County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry   
N 45° 01.485 W 074° 43.136
In front of the armoury on the north side of 4th Street between Marborough Street and Baldwin Avenue.

Raised in December of 1811, the Glengarry Light Infantry was to help the meager British Defense of the Canada's, in the impending war with the United States. Chiefly made up from Scots, from the Glengarry County, the unit was classified as "Fencibles," meaning they wouldn't fight outside their province or on foreign soil (both of which they did).
As a Light Infantry Regiment, the "Glens" wore Black cross-belt equipment and adopted the uniform of Britain's 95th Rifles. The green tunic and grey trousers proved most effective in campaigning in Canada,  due to their improved stealth in bush warfare, which earned the regiment name "Black Stump Brigade" from their Indian allies.
Light Infantry is used on the flank of a battalion to test the enemies strength, harass the enemy lines and cover any necessary retreat. During the "War of 1812," the Glengarries "Distinguished" themselves in actions at Ogdensburg, York, Fort George, Fort Oswego, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane, Cooks Mills, and earned the Battle Honour "Niagara."            
**taken from www.iaw.on.ca
 Also see:   http://glengarrylightinfantry.ca
 

The Cornwall Armoury was built in 1938 and served as a training ground for thousands of soldiers during the Second World War and today.  Home of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, a Reserve Force light infantry unit of 33 Canadian Brigade Group.

The memorial is an Ontario Historical Plaque.  Also a tank and artillery piece rest in front of the armoury.

Marker text:
THE GLENGARRY FENCIBLES                                                                                                          The regiment of Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles was
raised in 1811-12 largely from among the Highland settlers of
this region, many of whom had served previously in Europe
with the Glengarry (British Highland) Fencibles. The
Canadian corps was recruited through the efforts of Major
George Richard John Macdonell ("Red George") assisted by
the Rev. Alexander Macdonell (later Upper Canada's first
Roman Catholic Bishop) who served as its chaplain. The
regiment was taken on the regular British army establishment
in 1812, and disbanded at Kingston in 1816. Detachments of
the Fencibles distinguished themselves in many hard fought
engagements including: Salmon River, 1812; Ogdensburg, 1813;
Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie, and
Mackinac, 1814.
 

Bancroft

Location:  Hastings County  N 45 03.541  W 077 51.402
Found just south of Station Street, in a park along the east shore of the York River.

This memorial was constructed in 1956, by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 181 Bancroft.  The base is constructed of local fieldstone and contains a marble insert from the original memorial, erected by the Girls Club of the Allies, which shows the names of the dead from The Great War.  The main part of the memorial lists the names of those lost in both World Wars and Korea.
The legion can be found across the road, on the other side of Station Street, and displays a beautiful mural dedicated to those who served across the country.  There is so much detail on this wonderful painting, this is definitely one of my favourites.
 

Marker text:
Main memorial:
IN MEMORIAM

1914-1918

ANDERSON, JOHN WESLEY
ARMSTRONG, ALEC
BEAUDRIE, RICHARD
BLACK, ROBERT
BIRD, HIRAM
BOWEN, JAMES H.
BROWN S.
BULLIED, BILL
BURNETTE, CHARLES
BURNELL, BURT
BURNELL, CHARLES
BURNELL, FENTON
CARD, THOMAS
CLARKE, RICHARD
COLLINS, A.
COLLINS, D.
CONLIN, C.P.
CURRIE, A.
DALY, F.
DANFORD, CHARLES
DAVY, WILLIAM
DONALDSON, CHARLES
DONALDSON, GEORGE
GANNON, THOMAS
HENNESSY, GEORGE
HEWTON, JOHN
HOOVER, ROBERT
JARMAN, HARRY
LAIRD, JACK
LAKE, DENNIS
LAKE, JOHN
LAUNDRY, W.
LETTS, HUGH
KELCH, NELSON
MAXWELL, HERBERT E.
MAXWELL, M.
McCUTCHEON, ERWIN
McLEAN, W.
MEAGHER, L.
MITCHILL, BILL
MOORE, LLOYD
PALMATEER, EVERETT
PEEVER, G.
POWERS, WESLEY A.
REID, BEN
ROBBINS, J.
ROBBINS, LESLIE
ROBBINS, LORNE
ROBINSON, ROLAND
ROBINSON, S.
ROSEBUSH, TED
SINE, ERNEST
SPRACKETT, FRANK
STIMEARS, MALCOLM L.
STOUGHTON, WILLIAM
SWEET, FRANK
THORNTON, JAMES R.
TURRIFF, JACK
WALKER, ALFRED
WATSON, DAVID T.
WHITEFOOT, EDWIN W.
WILCOX, GEORGE
WILSON, JAMES
WOODCOCK, MELVILLE
WOODCOCK, WILLIAM W.

1939-1945

ANDERSON, WILLIAM R.
BOWERS, WILLIAM H.
BROAD, LESLIE
BULLIED, CECIL
CARROL, JOHN
CHURCHER, ALMER E.
COGLAN, CLARENCE
CROSBY, GORDON
DUPUIS, WALTER J.
GOODKEY, LEONARD E.
HARYETT, WILLIAM H.
HAWKIN, E.E.
JACKSON, ERWIN
KEECH, VICTOR
KENNEDY, WILLIAM C.
LINKIE, WALLACE H.
MAHOOD, ALEC
McALPINE, WILLIAM
McCAW, FRANCIS
McCORMICK, CECIL E.
McINTYRE, JOHN J.
McMURRAY, EDWARD
MOFFAT, EDWARD
NEIL, ELVIN
PALMATEER, DONALD
POPPIE, HUBERT
PRENTICE, MELVILLE
SHANNICK, CLARENCE A.
SHIELDS, M.V.
STOUGHTON, BERKLEY
THOMAS, DONALD F.
TOWNS, RAYMOND
VARDY, ALBERT E.
WEIMER, CLIFFORD
WHITMORE, LLOYD
WOODCOCK, JOHN H.

KOREAN WAR

ROBBINS, WILLIAM


THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Original stone:
IN HONOUR OF OUR FALLEN HEROES
IN WAR 1914-1918

BANCROFT
CAPT. H. JARMAN  R.A.M.C.
GNR. W. DAVY
PTE. HERB MAXWELL
PTE. J. ROBBINS
PTE. A. RUSSELL
PTE. M. STIMERS
PTE. W. STORMS
PTE. E. WHITEFOOT

DUNGANNON
SGT. J. TURRIFF
L.SGT. A.W. POWER
PTE. J. ANDERSON
PTE. R. BLACK
SNPR. H. LETTS
PTE. J. WILSON
PTE. R. HOOVER
PTE. G. HENNESSEY
PTE. S. BROWN

FARADAY
PTE. A. CURRIE
PTE. D. LAKE
PTE. J. LAKE
PTE. L. MOORE
PTE. D. WATSON
PTE. A. WALKER

MONTEAGLE & HERSCHEL
PTE. J. BOWEN
PTE. G. PEEVER
PTE. H. REISE
PTE. R. ROBINSON
PTE. R. THORNTON
PTE. W. WOODCOX

Dorset

 

Location:  Muskoka District  N 45 14.853  W 078 53.531
Found in a small park, on the east side of Highway 35, great place to stop for a picnic.

This memorial consists of a metal plaque, mounted on a large piece of local Canadian Shield stone.  The setting is in a pretty park beside the lake, great spot to relax and remember.

Marker text:
WE THANK AND REMEMBER
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AND THEREFORE US
IN WARS PAST
FOR THE RESTORATION OF PEACE
OVERSEAS ON THE BATTLEFIELDS
AND AT HOME
EVERY SPRING THE TULIPS BLOOM
EACH TULIPS REPRESENTS ONE OF THOSE
VALIANT MEN AND WOMEN
IN THE SAME MANNER THEY ARE REMEMBERED IN THE TULIP TRIBUTE
NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN AT
DOWS LAKE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL

Out of disc space

**Sadly, I have apparently used up more than my allowable space for photographs on this blog site.  Not sure what my next option will be, perhaps either closing it down, or moving to a different location.

UPDATE AS OF 11/22/12:   **Thanks to Nathan Ng for showing me a way to continue, using Photobucket.  A little more labour intensive, but it works, so I shall carry on.

Clinton - Radar School

Location:  Huron County  N 43° 36.976 W 081° 32.374  
Found in a triangular park at the convergence of Victoria Street, King Street and Ontario Street.

 This memorial, which incorporates a FPS-20 search radar antenna, was donated by Canadian Forces Base Clinton in 1967 for Canada's Centennial celebration.  Canada's first radar school was located in the nearby former CFB Clinton.  It opened in August 1941, consisting mostly of RAF and RCAF instructors.  The first course started in September 1941 and consisted of United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps students taught by Royal Air Force instructors. Even before the Americans had entered the war Britain was assisting them to develop radar and other technologies in a form of reverse "lend-lease". By war's end 2,345 Americans and 6,500 Canadians had graduated from Clinton.

Marker text:
FPS 20 RADAR ANTENNA
PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF CLINTON
BY PERSONNEL OF
CANADIAN FORCES BASE CLINTON
ON OCCASION OF
CANADA'S CENTENNIAL
1867 - 1967
TO COMMEMORATE ESTABLISHMENT
AT CLINTON OF
THE FIRST RADAR TRAINING SCHOOL
IN NORTH AMERICA.

THIS LONG RANGE SURVEILLANCE
FPS 20 RADAR
WAS FORMERLY IN OPERATION
ACROSS CANADA AS PART OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

Killaloe

 

Location:  Renfrew County  N 45 33.383  W 077 25.081
In front of the Municipal Office at 1 John Street, just west of Queen Street.

The memorial proudly sits in front of the Township Municipal Office for Killaloe, Hagarty, Richards Township.  Consists of a metal plaque mounted on a large quartz stone.

Marker text:
IN PROUD MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO SERVED
FOR VICTORY, FREEDOM
AND PEACE.

WWI 1914-1918
WWII 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953
TO THE PRESENT

Meaford

 

Location:  Grey County  N 44 36.497  W 080 35.540
On the north-east corner of North Sykes Street (Highway 26) and Nelson Street.

A beautiful memorial featuring a statue of a soldier in action, and the names of those who gave their lives in the World Wars.  Originally built shortly after the Great War, the plaques for World War II and Korea were later added.
The memorial is located on the main thoroughfare through town, in front of the Town Hall.  It is dedicated to the men of Meaford and St. Vincent Township.  The main base of the memorial lists the names of famous battles from the First World War.
 

Marker text:
Front:
(Crest of the Town of Meaford)
HONOUR ROLL
D. BERRY
R. BELL
V. BOYD
J. CANN
J. COOK
F. COOK
J. COVENTRY
G. CLARKE
R. DILLON
C.A. FINLEY
E. FALLS
W.I. FULFORD
V. GOWER
H. JOHNSON
E. JOHNSON
A. JUCKSCH
C. KEARNS
A. LATORNELL
B. MUNNS
E. MOBSBY
W. McCARTNEY
R.J. McCARTNEY
E. McMILLAN
C. MILLER
C. PICOTT
A. QUINTON
M. REID
A. RIBBONS
H. SILCOX
D. SAUNDERS
H. SCOTT
I. SCOTT
H. SHUTE
G. SPENCER
F. THOMPSON
F. VERNON
A. WARD
V. WELLER
A. WHITE
F. WHITELAW
E. WILSON
H. WATSON
A. WEAVER

THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE

1914 - 1918
IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
THE TOWN OF MEAFORD AND
ST. VINCENT TOWNSHIP WHO
DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR

(small plaque)
1914-1918  1939-1945  1950-1953
KNOW ALL YE WHO PASS BY
THAT FOR YOUR TOMORROW
WE GAVE OUR TODAY
1984

Right:
FESTHUBERT

SANCTUARY WOOD

VIMY RIDGE

YPRES

(brass plaque)
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE HEROES OF THE TOWN OF MEAFORD
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ST. VINCENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
1939 - 1945
MURRAY GLEN ALLAN
ALBERT E. BROWN
EDWIN W. BURROWS
Wm. LEWIS BREWER
NORMAN G. BAILEY
E.A. BALDWIN
SHELDON F. CAREFOOT
KENNETH L. CHAPMAN
MERTON CHAPMAN
S. ARTHUR DOHERTY
JAMES DOUGHERTY
WALTER A. DIXON
NORMAN M. EMPTAGE
TOMMY FILLINGHAM
J.D. GIBBONS
GORDON H. GIBSON
WILLIAM GIFFEN
ROBERT BROWN GOODMAN

Left:
PASSCHENDAELE

COURCELETTE

AMIENS

ARRAS

(brass plaque)
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF THE HEROES OF THE TOWN OF MEAFORD
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF ST. VINCENT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF
CANADA AND THE EMPIRE
1939 - 1945
WILLIAM HACKETT
JAMES HILLIS Jr.
J. ALVIN HUTCHINSON
R. BRUCE LAYCOCK
MARTIN S. LITTLE
CLARENCE R. LONG
W.R. McKIM
R. CAMERON McRAE
KENNETH MORRIS
J. RUSSELL MARTIN
MELBOURNE MARTIN
HAROLD MILLS
GORDON RANDLE
GEORGE STEVENSON
ROBERT I. ORDE STEWART
G. WHEELER
MacELROY WEAVER

Sandy Cove Acres

 

Location:  Innisfil, Simcoe County  N 44 21.046  W 079 33.472
In front of the Community Centre, on Weeping Willow Drive, south of Lockhart Road.

Sandy Cove acres is a retirement community, and as such is residence to several veterans of World War II and Korea.  Beginning in 1982, a group of these veterans began assembling the memorial we see now.  A vintage field gun from the First World War was acquired, and two stone markers were erected along with a beautifully landscaped garden.

Marker text:
W. W. I
1914 - 1918
W. W. II
1939 - 1945
KOREA
1950 - 1953
LEST WE FORGET



IN THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO
DIED IN THE SERVICE
OF THEIR COUNTRY
 

Guelph - Lt. Col. John McCrae

Location:  Wellington County  N 43 32.171  W 080 14.697
At the corner of Water Street and McCrae Boulevard.

This is Remembrance Day.  Around the country and the world, people will take time to remember and honour those brave souls who ever served, fought and died, to ensure our freedom.  At most memorial services, there will be a reading of the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, written during the horror of World War I, by Lt. Colonel John McCrae, a military doctor serving near the front.
This memorial is at the birthplace of Dr. McCrae, which features a beautiful garden, stone fencing, a large memorial with his famous words inscribed, and a museum in the home of his childhood.  Born here in November 1982, he died of pneumonia in January 1918 while in command of No. 3 Canadian General Hospital near Boulonge, France.  He was buried a short distance from his post, at Wimereaux Cemetery, with full military honours.  McCrae's gravestone is placed flat, as are all the others in the section of the cemetery, because of the unstable sandy soil.

The house is now a National Historic Site, and he is also considered a National Historic Person, and as such, two National plaques grace the grounds, as well as a well-decorated memorial.

Marker text:
Memorial:
ERECTED
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JOHN MCCRAE
PHYSICIAN, AUTHOR, SOLDIER
BORN GUELPH, ONTARIO
30TH NOV. 1872
DIED
ON ACTIVE SERVICE
28TH JAN. 1918
BURIED IN
WIMEREAUX CEMETERY
FRANCE

LEST WE FORGET
 

National Historic Person Plaque:
LT COL JOHN McCRAE
Canadian poet, physician and soldier, McCrae was born in this house November 30, 1872. He died at Wimereux, France, January 28, 1918. While Medical Officer to the 1st Artillery Brigade, he wrote his famous poem "In Flanders Fields" in a dugout near Ypres in April, 1915.
 


National Historic Site Plaque:
McCRAE HOUSE

This limestone cottage was the birthplace of John McCrae, author of In Flanders Fields, the famous poem written in May 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres. Built in 1858, the house is a typical mid-nineteenth-century Ontario cottage with its trellised verandah and cedar shingle roof. The exterior has been carefully restored to its appearance in the 1870s, when it was the McCrae family home.

 

IN FLANDERS FIELDS