Lindsay Township

 

Location:  Bruce County   N 45 02.661  W 081 19.843
At the corner of Lindsay Road 5 and Cherry Hill Road.

Known as Monument Corners, this rural intersection is the home of the War Memorial for Lindsay Township.  This four part memorial features the names of those who died in the two World Wars, as well those who served and have died since.  Once again, the list of heroic names carved onto these stones is too long considering the small rural population of this township.  Their sacrifice was immense, their bravery and commitment to duty, never in doubt.

Marker text:
Centre top:
IN MEMORY OF
Wm. CALDWELL
ALEX GERMON
JOHN A. McCALLUM
JOHN McDONALD
WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR

THIER NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
 

Centre Wall:
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

WHOSE WHO DIED SINCE WORLD WAR II

KENNETH S. SMITH
GORDON McLAY
ADAM SMITH
NORMAN McLAY
JAMES WYONCH
HOWARD HOFSERAND
DANIEL WYONCH
CECIL HAYES
STERLING HAYES
JOHN WYONCH
ARCHIE McARTHUR

MALCOLM McDONALD

THOSE WHO DIED SINCE WORLD WAR I

JOHN M. McLAY

NORMAN McDONALD
DANIEL SMITH
RODERICK SMITH
DANIEL McLAY
ANGUS McLAY
JOHN ALLAN McLAY
JOHN T. ROUSE
HUGH McARTHUR
ANGUS D. McARTHUR
DONALD D.S. McLAY


Left Marker:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO DIED
SINCE 1914-1918

WILSON HAYES
CHAS. McARTHUR
ANGUS McARTHUR
Wm. McDONALD
CHAS. McLAY
DAN McLAY
NORMAN WORDROFF
LLOYD WEATHERHEAD
OSCAR WINCH
SAMUEL J. HAYES
HOWARD BOYLE
WILLIAM BURLEY
GEORGE LIVINGSTON
MURDOCK O.L. McLAY
CRYSTAL McARTHUR
DANIEL SMITH
MURDOCK SMITH
????? ROUSE
JAMES VICKERS
JAMES WARD
 

Right Marker:
IN MEMORY OF
OUR HONOURED DEAD
OF WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

KEN C. McARTHUR
MILTON McLAY
ERNEST NOBLE
JOHN PEDWELL
B. ISAAC PIKE
RALPH WARD
AND THOSE WHO DIED
SINCE 1939-1945
LINDSAY McDONALD
 

Forest Hill

Location:  City of Toronto   N 43 42.134  W 079 25.250
In front of Forest Hill Collegiate, 700 Eglinton Avenue West.

The Forest Hill memorial was erected in 1980, in memory of those from this community who gave their lives in World War II.   A part of the City of Toronto, Forest Hill was incorporated in 1923 as its own village.  This limestone memorial sits beside the public library, and in front of Forest Hill Collegiate.

Marker text:
Front:
(Seal of the Village of Forest Hill)

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
 

Left:
1939

THOMAS L. ALEXANDER
ROBERT WHITE ARMSTRONG
J. DOUGLAS BAIN
DAVID BAKER
GRAHAM M. BAKER
ROBERT E. BALLENTINE
GEORGE C.H. BIRCHALL
ALAN C. BONE
JAMES R. BRADLEY
ROBERT BRADLEY
WILLIAM R. BREITHAUPT
BARRIE P. CARDINAL
G. STEVENSON CARTWRIGHT
WILLIAM E. COPP
CHARLES MAURICE CRABTREE
ROY E. DURNFORD
W. STUART ECCLESTONE
JAMES D. FAIRHEAD
KENNTH O. FANCHER
EDWARD J. FARAH
GEORGE FARAH
JACK M. FIDGE
DOUGLAS G. FRASER
ROBERT H. GAMBLE
ALEXANDER GARALICK
HARRY E. GODWIN
JAMES D. HALL
ROBERT S. HARLING
ALFRED J. HENDERSON
JAMES A. HERTZ
HOWARD A. HUNT
CHARLES F. HUTTON
PERCY G. JOLLIFFE
HARLAN D. KEELY
HAROLD W. KERBY

1945
 


Right:
1939

J. ANTHONY LEACH
JAMES W. LEE
ALEXANDER C. LOGIE
FREDERICK C. LORD
WILLIAM H. MAGEE
ALBERT C. MANATON
ERIC G. MORE
J. FORBES MORLOCK
ROSS A. MacKAY
EDWARD M. MacLACHLAN
JOHN A. McINTOSH
JOHN J. McINTYRE
MICHAEL McPHARLANE
CHARLES NEWELL
RICHARD J. NEWMAN
HENRY GEORGE NORTHWAY
RICHARD E. NUTTER
PATRICK W. O'LEARY
JOHN D. PEARCE
THEODORE E. RISING
EDGAR A.G. RODGMAN
LIONEL ROHER
DUNCAN B. ROSS
GEORGE W. ROSS
ROBERT G. SLATER
ALEXANDER SMITH
JOHN H. SMITH
R. MARSHALL SMITH
ERNEST BUNTING STAPLEFORD
GORDON K. STEPHEN
LLOYD GEORGE STIFF
DENNISON H. THOMPSON
EDWARD THOMPSON
LEONARD E. TONERI
ALAN E.G. WAINWRIGHT
JAMES C. WHEELER

1945


 
 
 

Glengarry Cairn

 

Location:  The United Counties of  Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 
N 45.121809  W -74.489965
On Cairn Island off South Lancaster in the St. Lawrence River.

An abandoned National Historic Site, sits on an island a short distance from shore, in the St. Lawrence River, south of Lancaster.
The cairn was built in 1840, by the Glengarry Militia, to commemorate the services of Sir John Colborne, who distinguished himself on the battlefields of Europe, before coming to Upper Canada. Here he commanded the armed forces during the 1837 Rebellion, and later served as Lt. Governor and Governor General of Upper Canada.
The cairn itself is extremely large, with a walkway spiralling around the outside of the cairn, all the way to the top. A historical plaque was placed at the base of the walkway when the structure was first built, and then replaced in 1905 when the cairn was repaired.
This small island was a favourite for local boaters, a great place to picnic, fish and enjoy the view from high atop the cairn.

In 2009, this all came to an abrupt stop. A discovery of bones led to claims of a sacred Native burial ground, along with the accompanying land claim by the local Native bands. Research efforts to confirm the origin of the alleged bones have been hampered by Native certainty. Local rumours exist of chicken bones, unconfirmed. Since this incident, the island has been closed to the public, and Native patrol boats are a regular sight in these waters. Although some folks still attempt unauthorized landings, the local authorities tend to turn a blind eye to the aboriginal justice.

Any reference to this site has been virtually erased by Parks Canada. It is officially closed and signs on the island warn would-be trespassers. I want to get a boat and visit this place, to see for myself.


Plaque Text:
This cairn was erected under the supervision of Lieut-Col. Lewis Carmichael of the Imperial Army, then stationed in this district on particular service, by the Highland Militia of Glengarry which had aided in the suppression of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837-38, to commemorate the services of that distinguished soldier Sir John Colborne, who was declared by the historian Napier to have been, 'A man of singular talent for war' and who commanded her majesty's forces in Canada at that critical period. He had previously served with conspicuous merit throughout the Peninsular War and elsewhere and had greatly distinguished himself at Waterloo when in command of the 52nd regiment. He was Lieut. Governor of Upper Canada from November 1828 to January 1836, Governor General of Canada in 1839, and afterwards became Field Marshall Lord Seaton G.C.B. The cairn was repaired and this tablet erected in 1905.
  
*photo borrowed from http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_STU/Plaque_Stormont49.html

Brookville

 

Location:  Halton Region   N 43 31.476  W 080 02.201
On the southwest corner of Guelph Line and 15th Sideroad.

Erected by the Township of Nassagaweya in 1921, this beautiful memorial features a WWI infantry soldier standing at ease atop a granite shaft, with the names of those who died from this area, and the battles in which they perished.  The names of those lost in WWII and Korea were added later.
 

Marker text:
Front:
1914 - 1918
1939-1945

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF
OUR MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

PTE. STANLEY R. ADAMSON  91ST
PTE. ARTHUR HADLEY  5TH
PTE. EDWARD HARRISON  10TH
CAPT. CHARLES M. CARBERT, M.C.  20TH A.F.C.
PTE. ORVILLE FLETCHER  38TH
PTE. EDWARD HAMMAN  5TH
PTE. WILLIEM TREMBLETT  38TH
PTE. JAMES MILNE  34TH
PTE.  CLARENCE CARTON  74TH
CORP. JOHN H. BLAIR  P.P.C.L.I.
PTE. WILLIAM GRAHAME  76TH
PTE. WILLIAM POLLOCK  3RD
DVR. MARK McINTYRE  R.F.A.
PTE. L.J. KINGSBURY  164TH
PTE. HARVEY ELLIOT  164TH
PTE. WESLEY ROBERTS  164TH
PTE. H.C. ELSLEY  10TH A.M.C.
PTE. FRED HILSON  164TH
PTE. JOSEPH FRYER  1ST
PTE. ALLAN READING  159TH
PTE. HOWARD C. ROBINSON  159TH
PTE. WILLIAM ROBERTS  164TH
PTE. MELVIN DONAS

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

1939 - 1945

P.O. ELSLEY, CLARENCE  R.C.A.F.
FLT. SGT. McLAREN G. PETER  R.C.A.F.
SGT. PLT.  TAYLOR, CLAYTON  R.C.A.F
PTE. WILSON, CECIL R.   C.A.S.F.
SGT. WILSON, MARSHALL  C.A.S.F.

KOREA  1950-1953
 

Left:
1914 - 1918
1939-1945

YPRES

SANCTUARY WOOD

SOMME
 

Rear:
1914 - 1918
1939-1945

VIMY RIDGE

PASSCHENDAELE

AMIENS

ERECTED BY TOWNSHIP OF NASSAGAWEYA
1921
 
 

 Right:
1914 - 1918
1939-1945

BOURLON WOOD

CAMBRAI

MONS

Kitchener - C.W.A.C.

 
 
Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 26.892  W 080 28.185
In front of the Kitchener Armoury, at 350 East Avenue.

On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service. The monument has a 6'4" high bronze figure which depicts a young C.W.A.C. member as she might have looked when "stepping out" on a pass in town during her basic training course at the wartime Kitchener Training Centre. The unveiling was attended by some 1,500 C.W.A.C. veterans and relatives, the Mayor of Kitchener, the local Member of Parliament, Minister of National Defence representative, Chief of Defence Staff representative, the sculptor (André Gauthier of Orleans, Ontario) and the Artcast Inc. Foundry representatives.
*from  http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca
 

Marker text:
Front Right:
C.W.A.C.
1941-1945
 CENTRE D'ENTRAINMENT
DU SERVICE
FEMINEN DE L'ARMEE
CANADIENNE
ELLES SERVENT AVEC FIERTE

NAMED "STEPPING OUT"
BY
SCULPTOR/ARTIST COLONEL
ANDRE GAUTHIER
 

Front Left:
1941-1945
CANADIAN WOMEN'S
ARMY CORPS
TRAINING CENTRE
PROUDLY THEY SERVED

DEDICATION AND UNVEILING
MAY 5TH, 2001
BY
THE HONOURABLE HILARY WESTON
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ONTARIO AND
KAREN REDMAN, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
FOR KITCHENER CENTRE
 

Rear Left:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WOMEN WHO
DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY
1941-1946

W22255  PTE  ALEXANDER, SELENA P.
W5019    PTE  BEAUCHEMIN, LEONNE
W10290  PTE  BURNEY, DORIS
W13584  L/CPL  BUCHANAN, EMILY
W22914  PTE  BAKER, LAURA M.
W15189  PTE  BREWSTER, WINIFRED L.
W11145  PTE  COONEY, PATRICIA J.
W11688  PTE  CONNOR, EVELYN C.
W2109   A/SGT  FOWLER, FLORENCE M.
W4781   PTE  GRANT, JEAN
W4844   PTE  HARKANS, MARY E.
W130615  PTE  HENRY, ROSELLA B.
W15063  PTE  HART, MARGARET V.
 

Rear Right:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WOMEN WHO
DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY
1941-1946

W1333   PTE  HEAVENS, BEATRICE M.
W10965  PTE  MILLAR, MARY I.
W13800  PTE  MORE, PHYLLIS E.
W6453  PTE  MUISE, MARY M.
W3440  SGT  McBRIDE, MONA E.
W13603  PTE  PUGH, ROSEMARY E.
W20488  CPL  PASSANT, THELMA F.
W13822  PTE  RENNIE, BARBARA S.
W12377  PTE  RONEY, LILLIAN I.
W21002  PTE  STEWART, EDITH M.
W130290  PTE  TREBBLE, PHYLLIS M.
W3248  CPL  WALLACE, OLIVE M.

Parry Sound - RCL Br. #117

 

Location:  Parry Sound District   N 45 20.731  W 080 02.083
At the Legion, 36 Mary Street.

The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 117 in Parry Sound has a long history of community and veteran support.  On the front wall of the building, beside the entrance, are mounted four different plaques dedicated to those from this area who paid the supreme sacrifice.  The plaques were dedicated in May of 1986.
 

Marker text:
Plaque 1.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 117

DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
 

Plaque 2.
WORLD WAR I
1914-1918

ALLISON, JOHN OLIVER MC
ALVES, JOHN ALESANDER
ANSLEY, A.
ARISS, WILLIAM
ARSENEAULT, EDWARD
ASTLEY, DANIEL
ATKINS, ROBERT
BARTHOLOMEW, JOSEPH JOEL BOYCE
BATESON, W.
BELANGER, ALFRED
BORLAND, D'ARCY OLIVER MM
BOVAIR, H.
BRADLEY, WILLIAM JAMES
BUTTERWORTH, ALFRED FRANCIS
BYRNES, LOUIS THEODORE
CAMERON, MURDOCK ROSS
CARKNER, RUSSELL MCVEY
CHIDLEY, PHILIP FRED
CHRISTIAN, HOWARD TENNYSON
CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM JAMES
CLARY, G.
CLEGG, J.
COLLINS, PATRICK JAMES
COOK, EDGAR PRESTON
COOK, WILLIAM JOSEPH JAMES
CORMIER, PATRICK
CRAWFORD, ROBERT NELSON
CUNNINGHAM, LORNE EMERSON
CUNNINGHAM, WALTER JAMES
DEGRAY, LIONEL
DENT, JAMES WILLIAM
DETONKEY, O.
DOIGE, JOHN GEORGE
DOUGHTY, ALFRED H.
DRAPER, FRANK
DRAYCOTT, GEORGE VALENTINE

DUBIE, JOSEPH
DUNLOP, CHARLES
DWYER, R.
EVANS, ROBERT PILGRIM
FENTON, GEORGE
FENTON, J.B.
FERGUSON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
FISHER, JOHN
FLYNN, FRED CHARLES
FORTH, F.
FRANCIS, CLAUDE
FREDETTE, DWEENAY
FULLER, NORMAN WILLIAM
GARDINER, THOMAS GEORGE
GARRETT, AMOS
GEELAN, T.
GILPIN, WILLIAM HENRY
GOOCH, THOMAS
HADLEY, ARTHUR
HAILSTONE, HERBERT
HARDIMENT, SIDNEY FOSTER
HARDING, GEORGE BENJAMIN
HARRISON, WILLIAM THOMAS
HARVEY, CLARENCE OTTO
HAYES, R.
HENLEY, ROY JAMES
HESLIP, CHARLES EDWARD
HEWITT, WILLIAM TIMOTHY
HILL, ALBERT
HOGG, C.
HOLLINGWORTH, JOHN
HOWELL, WALTER
IRWIN, SHERMAN MEREDITH
JACKSON, F.
JACKSON, PERCY JOHN
KENNEDY, HARRY ALEXANDER

KOSTENKO, MICHAEL
LANDRY, PAUL
LAROCQUE, STEPHEN HENRY
LATOUR, ALBERT
LEVESQUE, WILFRID
LIGGETT, WILLIAM
LILLEY, WILLIAM HENRY
LONGMIRE, HAROLD ERNEST
LOUGHRIN, CORNELIUS
LYNCH, V.
MACFARLANE, JOHN
MAKI, MATTI
MCCOLL, GEORGE
MCDONALD, WILLIAM
MCGEE, ALBERT, WILLIAM
MCGOWAN, ROBERT JAMES
MCINERNEY,  CHARLES GEORGE
MCKELVEY, EDWIN ROBERT
MCNULTY, GEORGE HENRY
MILLARD, ALBERT
MILLER, OSCAR
MONTROY, GEORGE
MOORE, A
MOORE, MIDFORD HADWEN
MORGAN, FREDERICK
MORIN, GEORGE
MORTON, GEORGE
MOYER, PERCY
MURRAY, GEORGE
NAGLE, FRANK
NELSON, CHARLES
OAKLEY, GEORGE ALBERT
PARROTT, W.
PARTRIDGE, FRED
PAUL, WALTER
PEARCE, FREDERICK ALBERT

POPRAWKA, PETER
POWELL, JOHN
PUDDICOMBE, EDWARD JOHN
RAYMOND, CHARLES
REID, ANDREW
REID, JAMES WALLACE
RITCHIE, WILLIAM HART
ROBERTSON, JAMES HERBERT MM
ROWLINSON, ERNEST
S. PIERRE, ALEXANDER
SAUNDERS, JAMES
SAUVE, AZELLUS
SCULLY, HAROLD LEO
SHIELDS, RICHARD S.
SMELUK, PAUL
SPENCE, FRANCIS ROBERT
SPENCE, JOHN CLAUSON
STEVENSON, GEORGE
STEWART, VICTOR
SYNSKI, STEVIN
TAYLOR, CLARENCE
TENEYCKE, FRANKLIN LESLIE
THORNTON, AMOS
TUCKER, FREDERICK
ULLMAN, LUTHER
VIGRASS, L.
WALINCK, JAMES
WHITEFOOT, WALTER
WILDER, GORDON STANLEY
WOOD, JOHN ALEXANDER
WOOD, JOHN NELSON
WRIGGLESWORTH, JOHN THOMAS
YEATES, EDWIN LEE
YOUNG, IRA FREDERICK
YOUNG, JOHN A.
 

Plaque 3.
WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

ADAMS, MAXWELL GILBERT
ANDERSON, RANDALL
ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, REGINALD
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM HERBERT
BOTTRELL, GERARD ALPHONSE
BRINT, KENNETH JAMES
BROUND, ERL DOUGLAS
BURNETT, STUART AUBREY
CASCANETTE, RAYMOND JOSEPH
COPEGOG, ALLAN JOSEPH
DAVIDSON, DALTON CYRUS
DEPEW, GEORGE
DONNELLY, THOMAS EDWARD RAMSAY
DUBEAU, EDWARD DAVID
EMLAW, REG
FAWCETT, JAMES
FENTON, GORDON ORRIN
FISHER, FRANK
FLYNN, LESLIE
FOREMAN, WALTER WILLIAM
FORTH, ROY KITCHENER
GILCHRIST,  CHARLES WILLIAM
GUMMOW, CHARLES
HALE, RAYMOND WALLACE
HAMILTON, ERIC RALPH
HEALEY, WILBERT ARLEY DFC
HERDMAN, WALTER RIDLEY
HESLIP, DOUGLAS
JACKLIN, STANLEY AUSTIN
JACKS, HOWARD JOSEPH
JOHNSTON, THOMAS

JONES, NORMAN LIMBERT
KETCHESON, RAYMOND ELWOOD
KETCHESON, BEN
KING, MAXWELL WARREN
KLOSE, ERNEST
LAROSE, ALBERT
LAWSON, JOHN DAVID
LAIRD, DOUGLAS ROBERT
LITTLE, CHARLES ROGER
MACFARLANE, ROBERT S.
MACRAE, JAMIE DUNCAN
MACRAE, GEORGE DOUGLAS
MCAVANY, FREDERICK LEROY
MCCALLUM, A.R.
PAYIE, EVERETT G.
PEACHEY, DERRICK RICHARD
PEACHEY, KENNETH FREDERICK
ROBERTSON, ROSS
SCARR, GILBERT
SMITH, ROBERT GEORGE
SPENCE, MALCOLM BURGESS
TAIT, IVAN FRANCIS
TATE, DONALD ELGIN
TAYLOR, HAROLD ADAM
TAYLOR, VIVAN
THOMPSON, JAMES
TUCKER, WILLIAM JOSEPH
VAUGHAN, DONALD WENTWORTH
VINCE, JOSPEH RAYMOND
WATKINSON, JOHN
WOODROFFE, GORDON ELWOOD
 

Plaque 4.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

MEMORIAL PLAQUE DEDICATED MAY 31, 1986