Cardinal

 

Location:  Leeds and Grenville County  N 44 47.341  W 075 22.920
In a courtyard, on the south-west corner of Highway 2 and Bridge Street.

This pleasant memorial consists of a single stone shaft in the centre of a small courtyard.  Along the wall, behind the shaft, is a plaque with the names of those lost in the World Wars, and also an Ontario Historical Plaque about the history of the founding of Cardinal.  A time capsule can also be found beside the wall, along with the flags of all Canadian provinces.


Marker text:
Shaft:
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF THOSE OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
AND
TO HONOUR ALL THOSE
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WARS
1914-1918
1939-1945
KOREA

TO YOU FROM FALLING HANDS
WE THROW THE TORCH
BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH
 

Wall Plaque:
(Royal Canadian Legion crest)
 IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

WORLD WAR ONE
GEORGE LEO AMELL
PERCY AMER
WM. ARMSTRONG
PERCY BARTON
CLINTON BICCUM
CAMERON COYLE
CHARLES HANOPHY
JOHN HUGHES
WM. HUGHES
DAVID INGRAM
GORDON LEVERE
JAMES LEVERE
NEIL MONROE
PAUL REID
WALTER SCOTT
JOHN TYO
CHARLES WATTS

WORLD WAR TWO
R.B. AITKEN
F.J. CASAUBON
R.N. CASAUBON
A. HALLIDAY
J.G. KAVANAUGH
H.M. McKEON
C.A. SAYEAU
D.T. SERVISS
W.M. WALLACE
C.H. WILSON
H.J. WILSON
O. BASS

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.