Buckhorn

 

Location:  Peterborough County  N 44 33.214  W 078 21.681
In front of the Buckhorn Community Centre, on Lakehurst Road (Regional Road 37).

Constructed circa 1945-46 in memory of those who gave their lives in the two World Wars. The Buckhorn Cenotaph was erected in 1946 by the local Women's Institute. It was first located on property in the hamlet occupied by the local Presbyterian Church at the corner of Main and John Street. The Presbyterian church was vacated in the 1970's and the building became a flea market. The local people felt this was not a proper location for a war memorial and, eventually, Lakefield Royal Canadian Legion Branch 77 members and veterans of the Second World War, Mel Swan and Harry Monks, arranged to have the monument moved to its present site at the Buckhorn Community Centre. Mel and Harry supervised the move and prepared the present site. Local aggregate operator, Buckhorn Sand & Gravel supplied a machine and operator to do all the actual moving of the monument. Mel Swan advises the date for the move was September 15, no record of the original dedication when it was first erected and no service had ever been held involving this monument prior to this time. The Lakefield Legion members, members of Buckhorn area community and led by Rev. Gordon Porter accorded the Buckhorn War Memorial full honours at a rededication ceremony on Sunday, November 8, 1981, at 12:00 noon. Since the move to the Community Centre location, the people of the Buckhorn area have continued to hold Remembrance Services with the assistance and co-operation of the Lakefield Legion Br. 77. 
**taken from http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4636

Marker Text:
Top plaque:
A REDEDICATION SERVICE WAS HELD
AT THIS SITE ON NOV. 9 1980 BY
REV. G. PORTER AND FELLOW MEMBERS
OF
BRANCH 77, ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION,
LAKEFIELD

Lower Plaque:
1914-1918
ALDRED J.
COONES G.O.
DIXON W.E.
IRELAND H.R.
MORRIS J.
MONTGOMERY O.
SIMPSON H.L.
WINDOVER W.A.
YOUNG A.
1939-1945
CHASE JOHN EARLE
LYTLE D.
MARIOS W.H.
WATSON F.

To one side:
Cpl. Nicholas Ashley Bulger  July 3, 2009   Afghanistan
 

Main memorial:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE FROM BUCKHORN
AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
WHO SERVED
AND THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE TWO WORLD WARS