Picton

Location:  Prince Edward County  N 44 00.331  W 077 08.707
On the south-west corner of Main Street (Highway 33) and Ferguson Street (Chapel Street).
 

The first steps to provide a memorial to the dead of the First World War were taken by the Prince Edward Old Boys Association. This association had been formed in 1901 by County men who had moved away, especially to Toronto, and wanted to maintain their links to the County. They got other patriotic groups, especially the Great War Veterans Association, involved in March of 1920 and proposed the erection of Memorial Gates at the Fairgrounds, but could not get agreement. In May, 1920, a Prince Edward County Memorial Committee was formed consisting of representatives from the Great War Veterans Association, the Prince Edward County Old Boys Association, The Prince Edward County Agricultural Society, and others. This committee was to make a recommendation to the County Council. Eventually, after a proposal to build a memorial hall was turned down, it was agreed to have a monument erected. In the meantime, the Old Boys apparently went ahead and erected War Memorial Gates and a fence on their own on the Prince Edward Agricultural Society Grounds before the monument was built. These gates and the fence were removed only a few short years ago and replaced with a chain link fence. The pedestrian gate and the ticket office with the Old Boys sign is still there. The work of erecting the monument was completed on Monday, September 20, 1920. The monument was unveiled the next day, Tuesday, September 21, 1920. The Picton War Memorial was dedicated to the memory of the veterans who died in the First World War. In November 1956 it was re-dedicated to honour the veterans who died in the Second World War with the addition of an alter. Later a tribute to the Veterans of the Korean War was added to the Memorial.
***Source: Picton Gazette, September 23, 1920 and November 7, 1956.

Marker Text:
Main Shaft
Front:
1914-1919

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PRINCE EDWARD
COUNTY
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR

PICTON
A.G. ABBOTT
FRED ALLEN
S. BALDWIN
PRECY L. BARBER
D. JELLETT-BARKER
H.H. BARNUM
Wm. A. BEASLEY
WILLET V. BEDELL
H. BESON
W. BUCHANAN
G.S.W. CANN
RAYMOND S. CARTER
HARRY E. COTTRELL
E. BRUCE DAINARD
JOSEPH W. DAY
FRERE DAYTON
A.C. DENIKE
WALLACE S. EARLE
CHAS. A. EDWARDS
COLIN FARRINGTON
O. FULFORD
MALCOLM L. FRENCH
JOHN A. GROOMS
Wm.E. HEAD
G.W. HICKS
C. HINEMAN
L. WALTER HOGG
STUART HOUGH
C. HOWARD
FRANK HUFF
EARL IRVIN
CARTER IRWIN
C.C. TODD
FRED HAYLOCK

GEO. L. JOHNSON
CHAS. W. JONES
HARRY E. JONES
E.T.S. KELLY
JACK LANEY
RALPH LEAVITT
ART LEDGWORTH
DONALD Y. LESLIE
DONALD LIGHTHALL
ARTHUR W. LUCAS
SIDNEY A. MARTIN
RALPH MESSETT
FRED G. MOORE
J.J. MURPHY
JOHN R. McCOID
JOHN D. McLEAN
RALPH E. RANGER
AARON RUBEN
LOU SEDGWICK
WALTER C. SCOTT
JOHN A. SMITH
SHERMAN J. SNYDER
ROBERT M. STIRLING
J.E. STORMS
THOS. THOMPSON
JAMES T. WADDLE
M. WANNAMAKER
S. WANNAMAKER
ERNEST WEAVER
EDWARD WILKINS
ROSS WRIGHT
JOHN W. YOUNG
CALVIN WEIDMARK

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
 

Left:
HILLIER
A. BISHOP
JOHN H. CAMPBELL
THOS. DEREMO
G. ROSS FOSTER
C.H. HARVEY
J.H. HARVEY
BURWELL HICKS
THOS. H. PARKS
GEO T. RAYNOR
JOSEPH SIMONDS

LORNE SPENCER
LAWRENCE SPENCER
KENNETH SPENCER
HERBERT ST. PETER
W. TERWILLIGAR
T. VANCE
PERCY WAY
HARRY WINTERS
RUSSELL J. YOUNG

NORTH MARYSBURGH
ALBERT GUAY
JOSEPH HENDRY
CHAS. W. SCOTT

W.N. STORMS
MAC VANVLACK
HAROLD WRIGHT

SOUTH MARYSBURGH
EARL BROWN
FRANK BROWN
H. FARRINGTON
PERCY V. BROOKS

E. HUME LOVE
REXFORD REID
FRANK STRIKER

WELLINGTON
B.F. BAMSEY
GEO. COVERT
GEO. H. GIBSON
GRANT HAIGHT
PERCY M. RORKE

FRED V. SPAFFORD
ALEX G. STUART
ALBERT TURNER
H.E. WALKER

SOPHIASBURGH
H. BESONDAY
JOHN S. HOLMES
JAMES JACKSON
G.C. BROWN

SIDNEY J. KENT
W.P. MANSFIELD
JAMES E. POLLARD

KOREA
1950 - 1953
 

Rear:
PASSCHENDAELE
HOOGE - ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS - ST. ELOI
MONS - VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY - LENS
YPRES - FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD - DOUAI
CAMBRAI - SOMME

ERECTED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL
1920
 

Right:
AMELIASBURGH
G. CLINTON ADAMS
W.J. ANDERSON
CHAS. AYRHART
CHAS. BAWDEN
CLAYTON BELNAP
EDWARD BOYCE
ADELBERT R. BUSH
W.B. FERGUSON M.C.

L. M. FREDERICK
T.G. HALL
BEN JUBY
H.E. PARLIAMENT
P.C. REDDICK
W.W. WELLER
LESLIE YOUNG
ERNEST M. YOUNG

ATHOL
JOHN DODDS
HUBERT DULMAGE

HARRY D. EAMES
ARTHUR YOUNG

BLOOMFIELD
A.A. BRANT
STANLEY CAMPBELL
H.A. GODWIN
DAVID GREEN
ALEX JOHNS

MOSES JOHNS
HENRY PARKINS
HAROLD McGRAYNE
JOSEPH TUCK

HALLOWELL
EARLE JAMES
BRUCE H. COLE
W. FRANK HILL
THOMAS HOOK
ALBERT LINEKER
CHRIS R. LOCKYER
BELA C. MARKLAND
BENJAMIN MERRY

ESLI MERRY
SIDNEY J. TAYLOR
ERNEST G. TUTTLE
W. FRED YARDLEY
ROBT. G. YARDLEY
CLIFFORD WILSON
Wm. WOODROW
W.J. BEATTY
 

Altar
Front:
1939-1945
PICTON
BREAKENRIDGE, BRUCE
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM
CAREY, WILLIAM
COLE, PAUL J.
CROSS, GEORGE
EVANS, KEITH
GIBSON, MAURICE
GILROY, NORMAN
GRIFFIN, JACK DOUGLAS
GRINDROD, BERT
HYDERMAN, HOWARD

LAWSON, HAROLD W.
LLOYD, CHARLES
MAHOOD, ALEX
NUTLEY, CHARLES
PETTET, DOUGLAS
RICHARDSON, FREDERICK
RORABECK, BASIL
SPENCER, COREY
WEIDMARK, EDWARD H.
WHITTARD, FREDERICK
WILSON, IRWIN

WELLINGTON
BURD, WILSON
FITCH, JOHN WILLIAM
FOSTER, MILTON
GRANT DONALD
RAYNOR, WALLACE
TAYLER, MELVIN

BLOOMFIELD
BRANT, HURON (M.M.)
PHILLIPS, GEORGE
VANCOTT, HOWARD
 

Left:
HALLOWELL
CARR, HARRIS BRIAN
CHRISTY, ELMO
FIELD, WILLIAM E.
HINEMAN, GERALD
LEAVITT, GORDON
McKENZIE, HARRY
SEXSMITH, R.

N. MARYSBURGH
BELLWOOD, THOMAS
LIGHTHALL, A.
WHITTAKER, CHARLES
WILKINSON, RUSSELL

S. MARYSBURGH
FENTON, ELWOOD
GRIMMON, CALVIN
McKENNA, GERALD
 

Right:
AMELIASBURGH
LOUGH, ROSS
SOBLE, RUSSELL
YOUNG, C.R.
YOUNG, E.R.

ATHOL
BEDBOROUGH, C.
COWAN, HAROLD

HILLIER
CROWTHER, R.
FILLINGHAM, T.
KEECH, LEE

SOPHIASBURGH
D'APERNG, HANS
JUBY, CLAUDE
READ, CHARLES
ZACHARIAH, W.