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