Arthur

 
 

Location:  Wellington County   N 43 49.943  W 080 32.268
In Memorial Park, at 150 George Street, on the corner with Frederick Street West.
 

As you enter the Village of Arthur, a large welcomes you to to "Canada's Most Patriotic Village".  During the Second World War, the village had more than 14 percent of its citizens in uniform.  Of the 836 residents, 116 sons and daughters were in the fight for freedom.  It is believed this is the highest ratio of involvement of any village in the country.  The long list of names from the First World War is equally impressive. 
The residents of Arthur also raised over $250,000 in War Bonds, which was over 64% of the entire towns property value at the time.

The memorial is made up of several plaques and dedications.  In 1995 the current Wall of Honour was erected, with all plaques and names of the brave brought together in one place.  At the sides of the memorial are a pair of modern day guards, taking up position to protect those who served before them.  The list of names is long, but considering the size of Arthur, you will not find a more deserving town to be dubbed Canada's Most Patriotic.
 

Marker text:
Wall in front:
MOST PATRIOTIC VILLAGE
ON JUNE 6, 1944, WHICH WAS D-DAY IN EUROPE, THE VILLAGE
OF ARTHUR WITH A POPULATION OF 836, HAD 116 SONS AND
DAUGHTERS IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, MANY OF WHOM WERE
OVERSEAS, AWAITING THE EUROPEAN INVASION. THIS WAS THE
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF ENLISTMENT OF ANY COMMUNITY IN
CANADA – THUS THE DESCRIPTION OF ARTHUR AS CANADA’S “MOST
PATRIOTIC VILLAGE”.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS FINE RECORD AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE, THIS PLAQUE IS PROUDLY
DEDICATED TODAY.
AUGUST 6, 1995
ARTHUR & AREA HOMECOMING 1995
 
 

Front Top left:
 IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
ARTHUR, WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED OPPOSITE,
AND WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY.
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED SO THAT
AFTER GENERATIONS IN THIS PLACE MAY THE BETTER
KNOW THE COST TO US OF THIS PRESERVATION AND
CONTINUANCE OF BRITISH LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY
ARTHUR MEMORIAL WORKERS , AUGUST, 1923.
 

 
 Front Top right:
 1914 – 1918

EDWARD ARNOLD
ANDREW BATTLE
ALF. BOND
JOHN BOWMAN
WALTER BURTON
JAMES CANTLON
ROBERT CHAMBERS
ARNOLD COLE
ALEXANDER DUNBAR
HARRY FESSEY
NORMAN GALLOWAY
DONALD GIBSON
FRANK GLEESON

ALEXANDER GRAHAM
SAMUEL GREEN
WESLEY GREEN
LEO. GRIFFIN
ROY HALDANE
JAMES HANSON
IRA HATHAWAY
ELWOOD HEWITT
JOSEPH HOWSON
ROBERT MALETTE
GEORGE MILNE
HERBERT MCDOUGALL
GORDON MCTAGGART
STANLEY BROCKLEBANK, M.C.

ISSAC RITCHIE
PATRICK SCHOLES
IVOR SMALL
WALLACE SMALL
HARVEY SMALL
CONNER SMITH
HENRY TARNEY
LOUIS TUCKER
HOWARD TUCKER
HOWARD WASHBURN
MILTON WATERS
GEORGE WOODOCK
MICHAEL RIORDAN
 

Front bottom left:
 1939 – 1945
BELL W. NELSON
ELLIOTT JOHN A.
EPOCK JEROME
FLEWELLING CHARLES R.
GAFFNEY MICHAEL
HEFFERNAN AUSTIN
HILLIER RAYMOND S.
JAMIESON WALTER
LITTLE R. CALDER
MARTIN JOHN R.
MCCONNELL R. IRVINE
MCFARLANE R. LESLIE
PARK SAMUEL
 

Front centre left:
WWII HONOR ROLL

H. DOYLE
J. DOYLE
J. DOYLE
P. DOYLE
C. DRISCOLL
D. DRISCOLL
F. DRISCOLL
M. DRISCOLL
V. DRISCOLL
L. ECCLES
W. EDEN
A. EDWARDS
B. ELLIOTT
H. ELLIOTT
K. ELLIOTT
J, EPOCH
F. FARLEY
M. FARLEY
F. FARRELL
J. FARRELL
P. FARRELL
S. FARRELL
D. FINN
A. FITZPATRICK
A. FITZPATRICK
G. FITZPATRICK
J. FITZPATRICK
J. FOWLIE
G. FRANCIS
J. FRASER
J. GAFFNEY
C. GAINER
L. GAINER
M. GAINER

T. GAINER
A. GEAR
A. GIBSON
K.GILDER
R. GILDER
D. GIVENS
J. GIVENS
G. GODFREY
J. GOMPF
S. GOULDING
G. GOWLAND
J. GRAY
A. GREEN
K. GREEN
M. GREEN
S. GREEN
V. GREEN
W. GREEN
A. GRIFFITHS
F. HAILEY
F. HAILEY
S. HALLIDAY
A. HARDMAN
B. HARRIS
R. HASTIE
C. HAWLEY
A. HAYES
A. HAYES
F. HAYES
G. HAYES
J. HAYES
J. HAYES
L. HAYES
C. HEFFERNAN

C. HEFFERNAN
F. HEFFERNAN
J. HEFFERNAN
V. HEFFERNAN
G. HENDERSON
W. HENRY
M. HERRIOT
G. HOLLIS
R. HOLLIS
D. HOPKINS
P. KOPKINS
E. JACKSON
G. JACKSON
R. JACKSON
R. JAMES
F. JENNINGS
D. JORDAN
M. JORDAN
F. KELLY
P. KENNEDY
L. KERR
H. KIDNIE
W. KIDNIE
G. KNOWLES
E. LANGDON
H. LANGDON
W. LANGDON
H. LAWRENCE
A. LEIGHTON
C. LEIGHTON
J. LENNOX
D. LEWIS
E. LIVINGSTON
W. LIVINGSTON
 


 
 Front bottom right:
 1939 – 1945
POVEY EDWARD
PRINGLEMEIR LEO M.
PRIOR KENNETH
ROCHE THOMAS
SAMUEL ALLAN G.
SAMUEL ROSS L.
SCHMIDT FREDERICK J.
SCHMIDT LEO V.
SCHMIDT RAY J.
SHAW CLARENCE A.
TROUGHTON T. WHITNEY
WATERS MERVIN H
 

Front centre right:
WWII HONOR ROLL

I. LOWERY
J. LYNES
W. LYNETT
H. MACDERMOTT
C. MACDONALD
K. MACDONALD
R. MACDONALD
W. MACDONALD
H. MACDOUGALL
R. MACPHERSON
L. MAINLAND
A. MALONE
O. MARSHALL
W. MARSHALL
A. MARTIN
L. MCARTHUR
E. MCCABE
A. MCCULLOCH
R. MCCULLOCH
J. MCCURRY
J. MCDONOGH
G. MCEWEN
D. MCFADZEAN
B. MCFARLANE
A. MCGIVNEY
J. MCGIVNEY
P. MCGIVNEY
L. MCGOLDRICK
A. MCGRATH
A. MCGRATH
L. MCGRATH
L. MCGROREY
V. MCGROREY
N. MCINNIS
H. MCKERRACHER

P. MCNABB
D. MCNAMARA
F. MCNAMARA
L. MCNAMARA
A. MCWATERS
J. MCWATERS
T. MEYERS
A. MITCHELL
B. MITCHELL
G. MITCHELL
I. MITCHELL
N. MITCHELL
E. MORRISON
A. MORTLEY
C. MORTLEY
H. MORTLEY
J. MULLIN
J. MULLIN
K. MULLIN
G. MURCHISON
J. MURCHISON
S. OAKES
W. OAKES
J. O’DONNELL
J. O’DONNELL
M. O’DONNELL
P. O’DONNELL
W. O’DONNELL
K. O’NEIL
P. O’NEIL
P. PASSMORE
R. PASSMORE
A. PATTERSON
M. PATTERSON
R. PHILIP

H. PHILP
H. PICKETT
M. PICKETT
J. PINDER
N. PLUME
A. PRENTICE
G. PRENTICE
D. PRINGLEMEIR
F. PRINGLEMEIR
J. PRINGLEMEIR
P. PRINGLEMEIR
B. PRIOR
J. PRIOR
N. PRIOR
R. PRIOR
L. QUINLAN
M. QUINLAN
E. RAFTIS
F. RAFTIS
G. RAFTIS
J. RAFTIS
J. RAFTIS
L. RAFTIS
M. RAFTIS
P. RAFTIS
T. RAFTIS
W. RAFTIS
G. REEVES
R. RENDALL
J. RIORDON
H. RITCHIE
F. ROACH
H. ROBERTSON
G. ROBINSON
M. ROCHE
 

 
Right side top:
 HONOR ROLL

A. KEELEY
J. KELLEHER
W. KENNEDY
W. KIRK
L. LANDES
G. LANGDON
W. LANGDON
A. C. LENNOX
W. J. MAGWOOD
P. MAGWOOD
J. MILNE
T. MILNE
H. MITCHELL
J. MITCHELL
J. N. MITCHELL
J. J. MORROW
A. MURDOCK
G. MCDOUGALL
N. A. MCEACHERN
P. MCGARVEY
W. MCGAUGHEY
G. MCGINN
L. MCGINN
N. MCTAVISH
P. MCTAVISH
T. NEWELL
J. NORRIS
G, O’NEILL
J. O’REILLY
A. O’STRANDER
G. O’STRANDER
R. PARR
A. PATTERSON
G. PATTERSON

J. B. PAULIN
J, PENDERGAST
H. PHILP
J. PINDER
L. PINDER
G. PRENTICE
O. PRENTICE
R. PRIOR
E. J. RAFTER
C. SANDERSON
W. SAUNDERS
D. SCHMIDT
L. SCHMIDT
A. SHAW
H. SHAW
R. SHAW
H. SHORT
W. SHORT
P. SIM
M. SMALL
O. G. SMALL
K. SNIDER
E. E. SNIDER
L. STEPHENS
M. STORTZ
G. SCANLON
E. TERNAN
A. THOMSON
S. TINDALE
F. WATERS
D. WILKINS
R. WILKINS
J. WOODCOCK
W. WOODCOCK
H. WEST
 

Right side bottom:
 WWII HONOR ROLL

P. ROCHE
G. ROGERS
H. ROONEY
A. ROSS
W. RUTHERFORD
E. RYAN
A. SAMUEL
K. SAMUELS
H. SAUNDERS
A. SCHMIDT
B. SCHMIDT
F. SCHMIDT
L. SCHMIDT
L. SCHMIDT
E. SCHOLZ
G. SHANAHAN
H. SHANAHAN
S. SHAW
E. SHEEHY
J. SHEEHY
R. SIVELL
G. SMALL
J. SMALL
R. SMALL
D. SMELTZER
E. SMELTZER
G. SMELTZER
K. STEPHENS
N. STEWART
J. STORTZ
J. STORTZ
A. SUSSMAN
B. SWEENEY
S. SWIFT
F. SZABLOWSKI

O. TERNAN
A. THOMPSON
E. THOMPSON
E. TONE
F. TONE
H. TONE
H. TOWRISS
K. TOWRISS
A. TREMAIN
I. TREMAIN
M. TRUEMNER
R. TRUEMNER
R. TURNER
A. VANCE
R. VANCE
J. WALSH
K. WATERS
D. WATSON
N. WEADICK
L. WILLIAMS
G. WILSON
G. WILSON
J. WILSON
R. WINTERS
M. WOODS
R. WORTHINGTON
H. WRIGHT
J. WRIGHT
KOREA
C. COLE
L. RIDSDALE
W. RIDSDALE
 

 
Left side top:
 HONOR ROLL

W. ALLEN
J. R. ANDERSON
K. ANDERSON
W. ATTIE
H. BELL
T. BELL
J. BENNETT
W. BILLINGS
E. BINNS
L. BLACKWELL
J. BOYD
H. BRADLEY
P. BRADLEY
L. BROWNLEE
L. BUNNELL
C. BURT
H. BURTON
W. S. BUSCHLEN
R. BROCK
M. CAMPBELL
J. CAMPBELL
J. CANE
H. CARBIN
J. CARROLL
W. CARROLL
J. J. CASEY
A. COLE
A. CORBETT
C. H. COOPER
E. COOPER
W. DEANS
A. DENSMORE
J. DINGMAN
J. DODGE

A. DOWLING
J. DOWLING
M. DUNN
L. ELLIOTT
L. ELLIS
F. FAIR
P. FARLEY
L. FARLEY
B. FARRELL
M. I. FARRELL
T. FARRELLY
J. FITZPATRICK
C. FITZPATRICK
W. FLETCHER
C. FORD
E. FORD
C. FULLER
C. GIBSON
J. M. GIBSON
W. G. GILPIN
W. GILPIN
W. GRANT
W. HADLAND
R. HALDANE
W. HALDANE
M. HAMMILL
F. HAMILTON
F.R. HARVEY
J. HENDERSON
E. HELLYER
W. J. HOLLIS
A. HOWES
G. HOWSON
H. HOWSON
 

Right side bottom:
 WWII HONOR ROLL

J. ADAMS
L. ALEXANDER
M. ALEXANDER
M. ALLAN
M. ALLAN
L. ALLEN
J. ANDERSON
K. ANDERSON
L. ANDERSON
O. ANDREWS
B. ARMSTRONG
C. ARMSTRONG
H. BAILEY
N. BAILEY
A. BANKS
P. BARBER
W. BARLEY
K. BARRETT
B. BELL
F. BELL
J. BELL
A. BOLEN
J. BOLEN
R. BOYD
D. BRILLINGER
A. BROWN
G. BUNNELL
J. BUNYAN
A. BUSCHLEN
W. BUSCHLEN
J. CARLAW
J. CARROLL
J. CHAMBERS
A. CLEMENTS

W. COFFEY
B. COLE
G. COLE
B. COLWILL
C. COLWILL
H. COLWILL
I. COLWILL
M. COLWILL
R. COLWILL
C. CONNELL
P. CONNORS
J. COOPER
P. COUGHLIN
R. COULTER
D. CREWSON
L. CULP
H. CURTIS
A. CURTIS
W. DAVIS
B. DAY
E. DAY
P. DAY
W. DAY
W. DAY
A. DINEEN
D. DINEEN
K. DINEEN
E. DINGMAN
J. DINGMAN
L. DINGMAN
G. DODGE
M. DODGE
L. DOWLING
F. DOYLE