Peaches

 

Location:  York Region   N 43 55.290  W 079 17.900
At the northwest corner of Elgin Mills Road and McCowan road, in the Town of Markham.

I found this wonderful memorial completely by accident.  This busy intersection is now part of an expanding Town of Markham, but at one time would have been a very small and very rural farming village.  The area was first settled in the early 1800's by United Empire Loyalists, as well as immigrants of German descent, who came by way of Pennsylvania.  The United Church and cemetery was established in 1847, and the men from this congregation who served during the World Wars are remembered by stone plaques embedded into the sides of the church, and some are buried in the cemetery.  This as such an amazing contribution from such a tiny community, one that no longer exists except within the confines of the churchyard.  I am not sure if the church is still in use, however the grounds are well kept and tidy.
 

Marker text:
Centre:
TO HONOUR THOSE
WHO SERVED
FROM PEACH'S
 

Left:
1914-1918
J. EARLE GOWLAND
RUEBEN H. MEYER
GORDON G. MILLER
WARREN J. MORRIS
F. DELOSS PIPHER
G. AVINER THOMPSON
MEDFORD R. THOMPSON
WILMOT J. VAGUE
CLARENCE C. WALKER
LESLIE H. WILLIAMSON
 

Right:
1939-1945
HOWARD G. BANKS
DOUGLAS R. CLEVERDON
DOUGLAS R. FERGUSON
S. GEORGE SALE
CLARENCE J. WIDEMAN

Bridgeport

 

Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 28.900  W 080 28.386
Found at the back of the small cemetery at 76 Bloomingdale Road North.

This memorial, found in Bridgeport Cemetery is dedicated to those of the village who died in the First and Second World Wars.  It was made possible by a group of local residents and the Bridgeport Women's Institute, who unveiled this unique Book of Remembrance on June 29th, 1947.  A pleasant walk around the cemetery will also reveal gravestones of other veterans of the wars.  The village of Bridgeport, on the east shore of the Grand River,  is now part of the larger city of Kitchener-Waterloo.
 

Marker text:
Top:
WORLD WAR I
PTE. C.E. UNDERWOOD

WORLD WAR II
F/O. C.E. PAIGE
F/O. J.W. PAIGE
L/SGT. H.E. SPAETZEL
CPL. P.H. BARLEY
PTE. F. CLUTTERBUCK
 

Base:
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."
JOHN 15.18
 

Stone on walkway:
BOOK
OF
REMEMBRANCE
 

Pickering

 

Location: Durham Region   N 43 50.267  W 079 04.975
On the north side of The Esplanade S, beside the Pickering Library/City Hall.

This memorial consists of two parts, a mix of old and new, standing side by side. The old is dedicated to the memory of those from a school section, presumably one nearby.  The new is represented by a modern looking granite obelisk, with a metal plaque on the front.  Located conveniently beside the City Hall, in Esplanade Park.
 


Marker text:
Old memorial:
SEMPER FIDELIS
TO THE MEMORY
OF THOSE FROM THIS
SCHOOL SECTION WHO
SERVED IN THE ARMED
FORCES - 1939-1945
AND TO HONOUR
THE FALLEN
 

Sides:
Left:
1914-1918
 

Right:
1950-53
KOREA
 


New memorial:
LEST WE FORGET

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE
FIRST WORLD WAR
1914-1918
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945
AND
THE KOREAN WAR
1950-1953

FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF PEACE WE WILL
REMEMBER THEM

THEY SERVED TILL DEATH
WHY NOT WE?

Brussels

 

Location:  Huron County   N 43 44.530  W 081 15.093
On the west side of Turnberry Street, near the south end of town, beside the Legion.

The very nice memorial sits beside the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #218, and is dedicated to the men of Brussels, Morris and Grey.  This is a small farming community, which was celebrating its 140th anniversary at the time of my visit.
The memorial consists of three granite shafts, the centre shaft in honour of those who died in World War I, the two outer shafts dedicated to World War II.  I believe the memorial was erected at first after the Great War, and the second shafts added after the Second War.
 

Marker text:
Centre front:
HONOUR ROLL
A. BARON
M. BUNSTON
G. CAMERON
H. CAMPBELL
P. CRAMPSEY
R. CUNNINGHAM
G. DAVIS
C. DENBOW
W. DENMAN
L.E. DOBSON
B.E. ELLIOT
R. EVANS
R. FAY
W. FORBES
C. FORREST
F. GERRY
S. HEMSWORTH
F. HOGAN
C. JACKSON
A. KERR
R. LAWSON
W. LOTT
R. LUCAS

W. MAYBERRY
J. McCALLUM
L. McCRACKEN
B. McDONALD
C. McDONALD
M. McGUIRE
N. McGUIRE
L. McKINNIE
J.R. McKINNON
A. McLEAN
A. McLEOD
E. McLEOD
C.I. McMILLAN
W. NOBLE
J. PASSMORE
E. RAYMOND
J. RICHARDSON
J. ROWLAND
W.F. SCOTT
L. STRACHAN
J. STRICK
T. SULLIVAN
G. THAMER
R. THOMPSON

IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF
BRUSSELS, MORRIS AND GREY

1914 - 1918
 

Centre Left:
YPRES
SOMME
BOURLON WOOD
AMIENS
ARRAS
 

Centre Right:
MONS
ST. ELOI
PASSCHENDAELE
VIMY RIDGE
CAMBRAI
 

Right Shaft:
1939 - 1945
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

PETER BAKER
RUSSELL BARNARD
MONTY BROTHERS
FRED BURCHELL
LYLE EVANS
KING HASTINGS
LLOYD HOOD
HAROLD HUETHER
WILLIS MACHAN
ROSS MACHAN
ARTHUR McLEAN

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
BRUSSELS, MORRIS AND GREY
 


Left Shaft:
1939 - 1945
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

ALLAN McKAY
GORDON NICHOL
JOSEPH NICHOLSON
ROY PIERCE
ROBERT PREST
LEWIS RUSSELL
JACK SPEIR
ROSS WHITTARD
RUSSELL WILSON
CHESTER WINTLE
ARCHIE YOUNG

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
BRUSSELS, MORRIS AND GREY

Millbrook

 

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 09.009  W 078 26.919
On the south side of King Street, in front of the Nextcom Building, across the road from the Post Office.

A beautiful statue on top of a black granite shaft, this memorial rests in one my favourite small town locations.  A visit to Millbrook's downtown area is like a step back in time, with wonderful small town charm.  The memorial was erected soon after the Great War, by the municipalities of Millbrook and Cavan.  Later the Second World War and Korea were acknowledged.
 

Marker text:
Front:
THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

TO HONOUR THE
COURAGE & DEVOTION OF
OUR HEROES WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

ERECTED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES
OF CAVAN AND MILLBROOK
 

Left:
CAVAN

C. BENNETT
A. BALL
T. DEE
W.B. ELLIOTT
N.M. FAIR
B. FISHER
W. GRIST
E. GUEST
A. HAWKINS
E.R. HODGES
A. HANN
J. HARDY
G. JENDIN
A. JARDINE
D. JAMES
G.F. McKNIGHT
F.A. NEWTON
J.A. SISSON
A.E. SHAW
T. WHALLEY

1939-1945
J. PARK
C. TURNER
M. McBAIN
K. HARKER
M. PERRIN
C. VEALS
 

Back:
KOREA
R.L. GARDINER
 

Right:
MILLBROOK

T.W. ALLEN
H.E. BENNEWITH
W.L. CARVETH
R.J. COCHRANE
J.C. CAMPBELL
R.J. HUFFMAN
E.J. HOGAN
T.G. McCORRY
J.R. McBRIDE
W.H. ORR
J.P. SLOAN

1939-1945
A.T. ARMSTRONG
J.S. ARUNDEL
W.D. KERR
W.H. HOWSON
J.H. WHITTINGTON
E.O. MITCHELL
 

Ravenna

 
Location:  Grey County  N 44 28.209  W 080 25.010
In a small park at the northeast corner of Grey Road 2 and Grey Road 119.

Ravenna is a very small farming community, formerly Collingwood Township, in the hills of Grey County, however its contribution to the war effort in the Great Wars was not so small.  A long list of names of the dead appear on the front of this memorial, and a larger list of names of those who served is engraved on the back.  It is the small rural communities like this all across Canada which provided the brave men needed to defend our freedom.  A statue of a soldier standing at attention graces the top of this memorial.

Marker text:
Front:
ALL HONOR GIVE TO THOSE WHO NOBLY STRIVING NOBLY FELL, THAT WE MAY LIVE.

1914 - KILLED - 1918
ARBUTHNOT NEIL
CARMICHAEL JOHN
CLEMENT EDWARD
CLENDENAN HARVEY
HOY JAMES
LEE ALBERT CHARLES
MACKEY ARTHUR
McQUEEN NEIL

McCOY ANGUS
McLEOD ROGER
PETHER RICHARD
RABY JAMES G.
ROLLING DAWSON
TAYLOR GEORGE
WRIGHT STENHOUSE
MACHIN E. LEONARD

1939-1945
BOYNTON DAVID
CAMPBELL KEITH
CAMPBELL ALVIN
GRAHAM HAROLD

HOGGARD LESTER
LAWRENCE ALLAN
McATEER HILLIARD
WRIGHT THOMAS

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

BROWN ELWOOD
 

Left side:
ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS
OF COLLINGWOOD TP.
TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT WAR
WHICH WAGED FROM AUG. 4th 1914
TILL NOV. 11th 1918;
AND THE WORLD WAR
 

Rear:
"THOSE WHO RETURNED"

BOYLE PERCY
BALL G. WESLEY
BOYD JAMES
BOWINS FRED
BOUGHS GEORGE
BROWN D.M.
BROWNLEE NORMAN
BROUGHTON ALBERT
BUTCHER STANLEY
BUCHANAN ROY
CARMICHAEL DOUGALD
CAMPBELL JOHN
CLARKE FRED
CURRIE NEIL
DOBSON SANFORD
FERGUSON R.G.
FERGUSON R.E.

FERGUSON CECIL
FAWCETT JOHN D.
FERRIS ROY
FERRIS RUSSELL
FLEMING R.
FRENCH F.C.R.
FRENCH R.H.
FRENCH W.A.G.
FROST ALFRED
FULFORD D.
GARDNER G.J.T.
GREY PETER
GRAHAM H.
GOULD THOMAS
HERON ALEX
HERON JAMES
HEWGILL CLIFF W.

HOGG SILAS
HOLDEN ANGUS
IDLE FRANK
JOHNSTON A.H.
KENNEDY CHARLES
KENNEDY WILLIAM
LATTER WILLIAM
LEE JOSEPH
LEE BENJAMIN
LEGATE E.R.
LOUGHEED HAROLD J.
LOUGHEED LESLIE R.
MATTHEWS HARVEY O.
MAY EGBERT
MILLER GORDON
McFAYDEN DONALD
McFAYDEN HUGH
DOBSON KENNETH

McFAYDEN WILFRED
McILLFATRIC THOMAS
McEACHERN A.R.
McINTYRE DUNCAN
McMULLER W.D.
REAR WILLIAM
REID W. VIRGIL
RITCHIE J.E.
SHAW EMIL
SHERIDAN JOHN
SIMPSON G.W.
SIMPSON C.F.
SKELTON FRANK
SMALL J.H.
SPARLING HERB
SPAUL WIBERT H.
STEELE JOHN

TAYLOR THOMAS
TURNER JOHN
TYSON GARFIELD
ANGUS LOUGHEED
REEKIE DAVID L.
WAGG FRANK
WEST G.
WHITEHEAD JOSEPH