Seaforth

 
 
Location:  Huron County  N 43 33.067  W 081 23.592
In Victoria Park, at 60 Victoria Street and Gouinlock Street.

A beautiful memorial erected in 1921, features a statue with a young soldier huddled over a cross, engraved with the words "In Flanders Fields".   The names of those lost in the two Great Wars and Korea are engraved in the Soldier's Memorial, a fitting tribute to the men of Seaforth and surrounding farmland.
 

Market text:
Front:
TO OUR FALLEN HEROES

FRANCIS N. CLUFF
JAMES J. HUTCHINSON
J. SCOTT HAYS
WILLIAM HART
W. STANLEY HAYES
GEORGE MULHOLLAND
ARTHUR McLEAN
ARTHUR C. NEELY
JOHN J. PURCELL
R.E. RIVERS
J. LESLIE REID
MANSON REEVES
CHARLES ROLPH

FREDERICK WEIR
CLARENCE WESTCOTT
DOUGLAS CALDER
HERBERT CHAPMAN
ROLLO E. COOK
THOMAS EDGAR
SAMUEL H. DORRANCE
A.W. ARCHIBALD
BERNARD BROWN
JOHN E. BULLARD
THOMAS E. GOVENLOCK
WILLIAM H. HALL
CLARENCE S. GARDEN
GEORGE WEILAND

FRANCIS WEILAND
JOHN McLEOD
CLIFFORD W. RUFFELL
A.T. PARKE
E. CECIL DILLING
ALBERT BATES
JAMES HORAN
JAMES SPEARPOINT
PERCY VANNER
ROBERT I. WEST
CHARLES McNAMARA
JAMES JAMIESON
RUSSELL G. SCOTT

YPRES
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
ST. ELOI

SANCTUARY WOOD
THE SOMME
COURCELETTE
VIMY RIDGE

1950  KOREA  1953
 

Left:
1939  1945
ARNOLD ARCHIBALD
VAN R. BELL
JAMES BROADFOOT
HAROLD CHESNEY
FRANK CASSON
FRANK DEVEREAUX
ARTHUR FRAISER
WILLIAM GREIG
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
HECTOR LAMONT

JOHN MILLER
HOWARD McTAVISH
HARRY McIVER
JOHN McSPADDEN
ROBERT McCALLUM
NORMAN McQUAID
CLARENCE O'REILLY
FREDERICK O'LEARY
ROBERT PAPPLE
C. MELVILLE SHANNON
 

Rear:
TO OUR FALLEN HEROES

ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918

"THEIR NAME SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE"

HILL 70
LENS
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
ARRAS

BOURLON WOOD
CAMBRAI
LE CATEAU
VALENCIENNES
MONS

Trenton - Freedom Fighter

 

Location:  Hastings County   N 44° 07.853 W 077° 35.000
Easily seen from Highway 401, at the southwest corner of the Glen Miller Road/Sidney Street exit.  Behind the Holiday Inn off Sidney Street.

Dedicated in 1995, by the RCAF Memorial Museum, which is located nearby at CFB Trenton.  The aircraft is a sleek CF-116A/F5 Freedom Fighter.  A beautiful piece of equipment, almost like a sculpture against the blue skies.
 

Marker text:
THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED HERE BY THE 
RCAF MEMORIAL MUSEUM
AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL THOSE AIRMEN AND
AIRWOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE AIR FORCES
OF CANADA.  IT IS ESPECIALLY DEDICATED
TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
WHILE IN THAT SERVICE.
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

DEDICATED 6 MAY, 1995

 

Stouffville Cemetery

 

Location:  York Region  N 43 58.286  W 079 13.908
Found in the cemetery, west of Reesor Road, opposite the Memorial Chapel.

The flags of Canada and Great Britain fly high over the crosses below.  This quaint Legion cemetery honours those who served and died in the fight for freedom.  Each cross bears the name of a local hero, and the central stone marker gives thanks to those who we will remember.
 

Marker text:
(Legion Crest)
LEST WE FORGET

BY THE GRACE OF
ALMIGHTY GOD, MAY
ALL WHO PASS THIS
WAY, HOLD SACRED
IN THEIR HEARTS
THE MEMORIES OF
THOSE WHO FOUGHT
AND DIED, THAT ALL
MIGHT LIVE IN
FREEDOM

 

Morrisburg

 
 

Location:  County of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry  
N 44 53.934  W 075 11.140
Found on Fifth Street, in front of the South Dundas Justice Building.

This beautiful monument stands nineteen feet tall, with a ten foot high bronze statue of a soldier celebrating the declaration of peace.  This main monument is dedicated solely to the First World War, and flanked by two cannons of the period.  Erected in September of 1923, by The Morrisburg Soldiers' Monument Association, to a crowd of over 5,000 people.
A second stone, across the walkway to the courthouse, is in honour of those who died in World War Two.  This stone was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 48, and the Ladies Auxiliary.
 

Marker text:
WWI Monument:
Front:
IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF MORRISBURG
AND VICINITY
WHO SERVED
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-18
 

Left:
GNR. DONALD BRADFIELD
C.O., G.M.S., C.H. GILLESPIE
SIGNR. GARNET E. LEWIS
SERGT. GERALD MEIKLE
CORP. ORLIN MERKLEY
N. SISTER F. MUNROE
SIGNR. DONALD PRUNER
LANCE CORP. E.R. STEEN
LIEUT. IVAN TINKESS
LIEUT. HUME WINGARD
 

Rear:
THEIR BODIES
ARE BURIED IN PEACE,
BUT THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOREVERMORE
 

Right:
PTE. JOHN FROATS
PTE. CHAS. LEWIS
PTE. FREEN RICE
PTE. KARL STATA
PTE. HARRY WELLS
PTE. OLIVER WOODS
PTE. JOHN WYATT
PTE. F. QUICKFALL
PTE. D. ROBERTSON
 

WWII Memorial:
THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
AND LADIES AUXILIARY OF
BRANCH 48 MORRISBURG, COMMEMORATES
THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II

1939 - 1945

DONALD CASSELMAN  W.O. II  AIR FORCE
WILLIS COONS  P.O.  AIR FORCE
REX CUMMINGS  PTE.  ARMY
J. ALEX JOHNSTON   F/SGT.  AIR FORCE
EDMUND JARVIS  P.O.  NAVY
FRED MASON  F.SGT.  AIR FORCE
JOHN McKOY  L/CPL.  ARMY
BEV. McGOUN  P.O.  AIR FORCE
LAWRENCE PRUNNER  PTE. ARMY
JIM NEILD  PTE.  ARMY
JOHN RITCHIE  MERCHANT NAVY
JACK ROBERTSON  P.O.  AIR FORCE
CARMAN REDDICK  PTE.  ARMY
ALEX SHAVER  TPR. ARMY
ARTHUR TINDAL  PTE. ARMY
KEITH UTMAN  F.SGT. AIR FORCE
DWIGHT VANALLEN  PTE.  ARMY

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN
THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

THEY SERVED TILL DEATH WHY NOT WE
 
 

Tobermory

 
 Location:  Bruce Peninsula  N 45 15.263  W 081 39.860
On the north side of Bay Street, overlooking the harbour.

A very scenic location overlooking the Tobermory harbour, is home to this attractive memorial.
It consists of three shafts, the centre shaft being the original memorial, dedicated to those who served and died in the First World War.  The two outside shafts list the names of the brave souls who fought and died in the Second World War and Korea.  Oddly, the Korean War is listed as 1949-1953.


Marker text:
Front Centre:

KILLED IN ACTION
JOHN McLEOD
ANGUS SMITH
HARRY WILLAUGHAN
FRED J. MILLWOOD
STEWART CAMPBELL
NORMAN CAMPBELL

ERECTED IN HONOR
OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT
IN DEFENCE OF HOME AND
COUNTRY.

WOUNDED
JOHN McARTNEY
WHITMORE HOPKINS
T.A. GOLDEN
ROBT. J. MARTIN
RAY DEAN
SAMUEL CRAIGIE
ALEXANDER YOUNG
NEIL CURRIE
Wm. ADAMS
LEROY GRAHAM
JAS. BELROSE
T.J. SPEARS

1914-1918

Front Right:
REMEMBERED FOR SERVICES TO
THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND, SEA & AIR
WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

KILLED IN ACTION
BELROSE G.E.
MASTERSON S.

SERVED
ADAMS A.R.
ADAMS C.
ADAMS E.H.
ADAMS J.H.S.
ADAMS J.J.
ADAMS J.T.
ADAMS T.J
ADAMS W.P.
BARBER JACK JR.
BARBER JOHN
BARTLEY B.
BELROSE B.
BELROSE K.C.
BELROSE W.A.
BRAVENER V.
CHISHOLM H.G.
CONNOR I.
COULTIS A.C.
CRAIGIE J.B.
CRAIGIE G.A.

Front Left:
REMEMBERED FOR SERVICES TO
THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND, SEA & AIR
CROSS J.
CURRIE A.
CURRIE W.
DAVIS H.C.
DAVIS J.
DAVIS N.R.
DAVIS W.W.
DESJARDINE J.R.
DESJARDINE J.S.
EAGLES C.E.
EDMONSTONE E.W.
GIBBONS D.
GOLDEN C.E.
HOPKINS A.
HOPKINS B.H.A.
HOPKINS C.S.
HOPKINS G.
HOPKINS G.B.
HOPKINS H.A.
HOPKINS J.
HOPKINS R.
HOPKINS T.A.(M.M.)
HOPKINS W.S.
HYDE D.
KNIGHT T.

 
Rear Centre:
SERVED DURING WAR

CHAS. GOLDEN
HOWARD BELROSE
ANDREW HOPKINS
MARTIN HOPKINS
JOHN A. MARTIN
JOHN McPHAIL
ROBT. J. HOPKINS
CHAS ADAIR
JAS. HOPKINS
C.A. HOPKINS

THOS. SPEARS
EARNEST MARTIN
ARTHUR MARTIN
WILLARD CURRIE
LINDSAY SIMPSON
WESLEY BELROSE
Wm. R. HOPKINS
HIRAM MUNN
JOHN D. CURRIE

Rear Left:
LENARD P.
LENARD W.V.
LESLIE N.
MARTIN A.
MARTIN A.E.
MARTIN G.H.
MARTIN L.J.
MARTIN R.A.
MARTIN R.C.
McARTHUR R.M.
McIVOR W.
MUNN T.H.
PEACOCK S.C.
RAE J.
RANSBURY J.W.
RANSBURY W.E.
ROBINSON E.
RUMLEY J.
SIMPSON A.T.M.
SIMPSON G.B.
SIMPSON H.C.
SMITH E.M.
SMITH E.M.
SMITH L.H.
SMITH R.V.
SMITH W.M.
SPEARS M.
SPEARS P.
McARTHUR C.

Rear Right:
SPEARS W.A.
WATSON E.C.
WATSON E.W.
WATSON F.M.
WATSON S.R.
WHITE J.
WIPP F.
WOODS C.(O.B.E.)
WRIGHT F.
WYONCH D.
WYONCH J.S.
YOUNG C.
YOUNG E.E.
YOUNG H.
YOUNG M.E.
ADAMS G.W.

LADIES WHO SERVED
ADAMS EDNA
DAVIS GLADYS
DAVIS IONA
WYONCH EVA
WYONCH MYRTLE

SERVED DURING KOREAN WAR
1949-1953
BELROSE C.
RANSBURY W.M.

Guelph RCL #234

 
Location:  Wellington County  N 43 33.643  W 080 12.467
In front of the Legion, at 57 Watson Parkway South.

A simple yet very nice memorial, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion John McCrae Memorial Branch #234.  The Legion building and the memorial both seem to be a fairly recent construction (2004), both are well-kept and continuing a proud tradition of serving the community and remembering those who served and gave their lives.
 

Marker text:
LEST WE FORGET

(Legion crest)

TO HONOUR THOSE
WHO HAVE SERVED
ON SEA
BY LAND
IN THE AIR

DEDICATED
6TH JUNE, 2004

60TH ANIVERSARY
OF D-DAY

Warkworth

 
Location:  Northumberland County  N 44 12.118  W 077 53.217
In front of the Memorial Community Hall, on the north side of Church Street, just east of Dominion Street.

A single granite shaft, with the names of the dead of the two World Wars.  Represents the people of Percy Township, who erected this memorial.  The memorial sits in front of the Memorial Community Hall, which also house the Township of Percy Library and the Warkworth Percy Historical Society.  A beautiful area with benches, flowers and trees, surrounds the memorial.

Marker text:
TO THE MEMORY
OF OUR SONS
WHO GAVE THEIR ALL

1914 – 1918     1939 – 1945

I
ANDERSON J.S.
ARMOUR S.
BAILEY A.
BAKER C.
BARRY J.
CAMPBELL C.F.
COBBLEDICK G.
COLLETT F.
DOHERTY J.
DURRAN G.W.
GARBUTT E.
GRANT A.
HARDY A.
LAVER W.A.
MERRIAM A.
MERRIAM C.
MOWAT J.L.
PETERS A.
POWELL E.

I
RICHARDSON J.
RICHARDSON W.J.
SARSON N.C.
SEENEY W.
VANSICKLIN L.
WATERSON W.
WHITE R.
WILSON W.W.
WINTERS J.
YULE J.A.

II
DUDLEY J.W.
FITZPATRICK C.
GREENLY A.J.
MASSEY C.
POOLE J.
RICHARDSON G.
RICHARDSON K.
STEWART J.

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
PERCY TOWNSHIP

”The torch to us is flung
be ours to hold it high.”

Parry Sound

 

Location:  Parry Sound District  N 45 20.759  W 080 02.119
On the north side of Mary Street, in Market Square Park, in front of the public library.

A beautiful memorial to the men of and women of Parry Sound.  This three piece cenotaph features a centre shaft of white marble from the original memorial, and two black granite shafts at either side with the names of the dead from the World Wars.  Erected by the Women's Institute of Parry Sound, now cared for by the town and the legion, which is directly across the road.  A fountain can also be found at the head of the walkway leading to the memorial.
 

Marker text:
Main shaft:
Front:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
PARRY SOUND
WHO FELL AND IN
HONOUR OF THOSE WHO
SERVED IN THE
GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

ERECTED BY THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
OF PARRY SOUND

RESTORATION 2008
BY LEGION BRANCH 117
 

Left:
AMIENS
ARRAS
CAMBRAI
VALENCIENNES
MONS

KOREA
1950-1953
 

Right:
YPRES
FESTUBERT
SANCTUARY WOOD
MT. SORREL
SOMME

1939-1945
 

Back:
VIMY

HILL 70

PASSCHENDAELE

THEY SHALL NOT GROW AS WE
THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR
THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

DIEPPE
 


LEFT SHAFT:
ADAMS, MAXWELL
ANDERSON, RANDALL
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM
ARTHURS, RALPH
BOTTRELL, GERARD A.
BRINT, KENNETH J.
BROUND, EARL D.
BURNETT, STUART A.
CASCANETTE, RAYMOND J.
COPEGOG, ALLAN J.
DAVIDSON, DALTON C.
DEPEW, GEORGE
DONNELLY, THOMAS E.
DUBEAU, EDWARD D.
FAWCETT, JAMES
FENTON, GORDON O.
FISHER, FRANK
FLYNN, LESLIE
FOREMAN, WALTER W.
FORTH, ROY K.
GILCHRIST, CHARLES W.
GUMMOW, CHARLES
HALE, RAYMOND W.
HAMILTON, ERIC R.
HAWKE, WILLIAM
HEALEY, WILBERT A.
HERDMAN, WALTER R.
HESLIP, DOUGLAS
HURD, K.E.
JACKLIN, STANLEY A.
JACKS, HOWARD J.
JOHNSTON, THOMAS
JONES, MORMAN L.
KETCHESON, RAYMOND
KETCHESON, BEN
KING, MAXWELL W.
KLOSE, ERNEST
LAROSE, ALBERT
LAWSON, JOHN D.
LAIRD, DOUGLAS R.
LITTLE, CHARLES R.
MACFARLANE, ROBERT
MACRAE, JAMIE D.
MACRAE, DOUGALD G.
MCAVANY, FREDERICK L.
MCCALLUM, A.R.
NANIBUSH, CHARLES
O'CALLAGHAN, LARRY
PAYIE, EVERETT
PEACHEY, DERRICK R.
PEACHEY, KENNETH F.
ROBERTSON, ROSS
SAUDER, LORNE
SAUNDERS, C.H.
SCARR, GILBERT
SMITH, ROBERT G.
SPENCE, MALCOLM B.
TAIT, IVAN F.
TATE, DONALD E.
TAYLOR, HAROLD A.
TAYLOR, VIVIAN
THOMPSON, JAMES
TUCKER, WILLIAM J.
VAUGHAN, DONALD W.
VINCE, JOSEPH R.
WATKINSON, JOHN
WOODROFFE, GORDON E.

AND OTHER KNOWN TO GOD

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

KILLED IN ACTION
 

RIGHT SHAFT:
ALLISON, JOHN O.
ALVES, JOHN A.
ANSLEY, A.
ARISS, WILLIAM
ARSENEAULT, EDWARD
ASTLEY, DANIEL
ATKINS, ROBERT
BOYCE, JOEL
BARTHOLOMEW, JOSEPH
BATESON, W.
BELANGER, ALFRED
BORLAND, D'ARCY O.
BOVAIR, H.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM J.
BUTTERWORTH, ALFRED
BYRNES, LOUIS T.
CAMERON, MURDOCH R.
CARKNER, RUSSELL M.
CHIDLEY, PHILIP F.
CHRISTIAN, HOWARD
CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM J.
CLARY, G.
CLEGG, J.
COLLINS, PATRICK J.
COOK, EDGAR P.
COOK, WILLIAM J.
CORMIER, PATRICK
CRAWFORD, ROBERT N.
CUNNINGHAM, LORNE E.
CUNNINGHAM, WALTER J.
DEGRAY, LIONEL
DENT, JAMES W.
DETONKEY, O.
DOIGE, JOHN G.
DOUGHTY, ALFRED
DRAPER, FRANK
DRAYCOTT, GEORGE V.
DUBIE, JOSEPH
DUNLOP, CHARLES
DWYER, R.
EVANS, ROBERT P.
FENTON, GEORGE
FENTON, J.B.
FERGUSON, WILLIAM A.
FISHER, JOHN
FLYNN, FRED C.
FORTH, F.
FRANCIS, CLAUDE
FREDETTE, DWEENAY
FULLER, NORMAN W.
GARDINER, THOMAS G.
GARRETT, AMOS
GEELAND, T.
GILPIN, WILLIAM H.
GOOCH, THOMAS
HADLEY, ARTHUR
HAILSTONE, HERBERT
HARDIMENT, SIDNEY F.
HARDING, GEORGE B.
HARRISON, WILLIAM T.
HARVEY, CLARENCE
HAYES, R.
HENSLEY, ROY J.
HESLIP, CHARLES E.
HEWITT, WILLIAM T.
HILL, ALBERT
HOGG, C.
HOLLINGSWORTH, JOHN
HOWELL, WALTER
IRWIN, SHERMAN M.
JACKSON, F.

JACKSON, PERCY J.
KENNEDY, HARRY A.
KOSTENKO, MICHAEL
LANDRY, PAUL
LAROCQUE, STEPHEN H.
LATOUR, ALBERT
LEVESQUE, WILFRID
LIGGETT, WILLIAM
LILLEY, WILLIAM M.
LONGMIRE, HAROLD E.
LOUGHRIN, CORNELIUS
LYNCH, V.
MACFARLANE, JOHN
MAKI, MATTI
MCCOLL, GEORGE
MCDONALD, WILLIAM
MCGEE, ALBERT W.
MCGOWAN, ROBERT J.
MCINERNEY, CHARLES G.
MCKELVEY, EDWIN R.
MCNULTY, GEORGE H.
MILLARD, ALBERT
MILLER, OSCAR
MONTROY, GEORGE
MOORE, A.
MOORE, MIDFORD H.
MORGAN, FREDERICK
MORIN, GEORGE
MORTON, GEORGE
MOYER, PERCY
MURRAY, GEORGE
NAGLE, FRANK
NELSON, CHARLES
OAKLEY, GEORGE A.
PARROTT, W.
PARTRIDGE, FRED
PAUL, WALTER
PEARCE, FREDERICK A.
POPRAWKA, PETER
POWELL, JOHN
PUDDICOMBE, EDWARD
RAYMOND, CHARLES
REID, ANDREW
REID, JAMES W.
RITCHIE, WILLIAM H.
ROBERTSON, JAMES H.
ROWLINSON, ERNEST
ST. PIERRE, ALEXANDER
SAUNDERS, JAMES
SAUVE, AZELLUS
SCULLY, HAROLD L.
SHIELDS, RICHARD S.
SMELUK, PAUL
SPENCE, FRANCIS R.
SPENCE, JOHN C.
STEVENSON, GEORGE
STEWART, VICTOR
SYNSKI, STEVIN
TAYLOR, CLARENCE
TENEYCKE, FRANKLIN L.
THORNTON, AMOS
TUCKER, FREDERICK
ULLMAN, LUTHER
VIGRASS, L.
WALINCK, JAMES
WHITEFOOT, WALTER
WILDER, GORDON S.
WOOD, JOHN A.
WOOD, JOHN N.
WRIGGESWORTH, JOHN T.
YEATES, EDWIN L.
YOUNG, IRA F.
YOUNG, JOHN A.

AND OTHERS KNOWN TO GOD

WORLD WAR I

1914 - 1918