CFB North Bay - CF-100

Location:  Nipissing District   N 46 21.546  W 079 25.025
Inside CFB North Bay, on Manston Crescent, near the museum.

This aircraft and memorial was erected by 422 Wing Air Force Association, in recognition of all who flew and worked on the CF-100 Canuck.  The CF-100 was the only Canadian designed fighter to ever enter mass production.  It served the RCAF and Belgian Air Forces during the 1950's and 60's, and was used here in North Bay by the 414 Black Knight squadron for electronic warfare until 1981.  The aircraft was a reliable all-weather interceptor during the days of the cold war, and proved suitable for many roles during its lifetime.
The memorial here consists of a CF-100 on a cement pedestal, with two plaques mounted on the base to commemorate those who lost their lives flying the Canuck, and to those who flew and worked on her.


Marker text:
Metal plaque:
In memory of those who lost
their lives flying the CF100
while serving at RCAF Station/CFB North Bay

Cpl. P.J. Ardley
F/O R.C. Bedard
F/O E.N. Bilton
F/O J.A.F.G. Boutin
F/O/ L.J.E. Buckman
Capt. T.M. Campbell
F/O/ E.A.Charles
F/O J.G.G.G. Dallaire
F/O/ J.M. Dawson
F/O G.A. Donald
F/O R.R. Fletcher
F/O D.J. Freckerton
W/C C.E.L. Hare DFC/AFC

F/O K.G. Heather
F/O R.F. Holland
Capt. G.J. Hunt
F/O B.I. Luck
S/L A. MacMillan DFC
F/L K.P. McNulty
F/L H.W. Mitchell DFC
F/O G.R. Ormiston
F/O D.A. Sheffield
F/O L.E.V. Sparrow
F/O L.A. Strasser
P/O J.M.Y. Turpin
F/O J.W. Wilding

F/O D.G. Bates and F/O A.N. Leaf, who both
perished on deployment from Cold Lake AB
to North Bay ON with 433 Sqn

Dedicated to their memory by
422 Wing Air Force Association of Canada
 

Marble plaque:
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE
CF 100'S 31 YEARS OF SERVICE
AND TO ALL WHO FLEW
OR WORKED ON HER
 

Apsley

 

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 45.306  W 078 05.188
In front of the Legion, 150 Burleigh Street.
 

This memorial was erected by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 381, in memory of fallen heroes from the World Wars.  It is found in front of the Legion, the names of her lost men carved forever in the red granite.


 
Marker text:
Front:
THO`S COONES
SER. ROY L. COONES
HUGH B. JONES
SER. Wm.I JONES 2478
FRANK BOLTON
LIONEL R. WHITE
WILBERT A. LEAN
GEO. McCOLL 1628
JOHN GIFFORD
ROY McCAULEY

IN MEMORY OF OUR
FALLEN HEROES
1914 - 1918
 



Left:
WILLIAM BRONSON
CECIL BOLLIED
HAROLD DINGMAN
GERALD FORBES
RAYMOND LEAN
EDWIN SMITH
MORRIS WOODBECK
ERVIN WOODBECK

1939 - 1945




Right:
FRED TANNER
ERNEST PETERS
WARREN POST
NICHOLAS SCOTT
GORDON McCAULEY
FRANK SIMPSON
ERNEST W. BENTLEY
GEORGE WINTERS
MILFORD W. WOODBECK
--------------------
STRATHCONA HORSE
J.J. LANG THOMPSON

Port Colborne

Location:  Niagara Region   N 42 57.841  W 079 15.377
At the top of the hill in H.H. Knoll Lakeside Park, 160 Sugarloaf Street.

This tall granite cenotaph was re-dedicated in 1952, by Major G. Smith Macdonald, and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 56.  Originally the memorial was erected as a monument to those killed in World War I, but at the 1952 ceremony a new brass plaque was unveiled to include the names of those lost subsequently in World War II.  Since that time, further smaller plaques have been added to acknowledge the sacrifices of Korea and Afghanistan.  On the front of the memorial is also a plaque to acknowledge that during the time of the World Wars, a portion of the present town was originally known as Humberstone.  A beautiful and serene memorial that overlooks Port Colborne's largest park and Lake Erie waterfront.
 


 
Marker text:
Front:
IN
HONOURED
MEMORY
OF OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD

THE STRIFE IS O'ER
THEIR DUTY DONE
DEEP BURIED LIES
THE SWORD
 

(plaque)
IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM
THE VILLAGE OF HUMBERSTONE
AND HUMBERSTONE TOWNSHIP
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND COUNTRY IN
WORLD WAR I AND
WORLD WAR II.

ERECTED BY BRANCH 56
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
 

Left and Right sides:
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
 



Back:
OUR
GLORIOUS
DEAD

(plaque)
1914 - 1918
L.B. ADAMS
WILLIAM J. ALKINS
LORNE J. ARMSTRONG
RUSSELL BOYLE
MAHLON BOYLE
W. PALMER BOYLE
JOHN E. COLE
NEWMAN DALE
WILLIAM DeYOUNG
PERCY FISHER
H.R. FRENCH
EDWIN GAMM
WILLIAM GILMORE
PERCY GOODWIN
A. HANNIGAN
W.T. HAWKINS
JOSEPH HILL
BERNARD HINCH

ERNEST HORNE
LESLIE HUGHES
RAYBURN KINGSTON
H.E. KNOWLES
SIDNEY LOCKYER
LORNE McLEOD
G. MALCOLM
WILLIAM B. MILLIKEN
WILLIAM NORTON
KENNETH PARKER
EDWARD S. PESKETT
LEONARD PORTER
CHARLES RAE
RICHARD ROOTH
DANIAL SAUL
ARTHUR SLOW
WILLIAM SMYTH
J.F. WHITING

1939 - 1945
JOHN ANDREW ALLEN
CECIL ANDERSON
JAMES J. ANDERSON
DONALD AUGUSTINE
CHARLES T. BAKER
JOHN BECJETT
LLOYD BIEDERMAN
RALPH BRENNAN
CHARLES BROWN
ROSILYN BANFORD
ALFRED BALCOMB
HUGH CLEMENT
EARL DAUBNEY
ARTHUR DIWELL
A.G. DENAULT
WILLIAM DOWNER
LOUIS ELLIOTT
GORDON ELLSWORTH
DAVID FEHRMAN
ARCHIE FERGUSON
JACK FORBES
HARVEY FUNKHOUSER
WILLIAM GORDON
WILLIAM GRIST
VICTOR HUFFMAN
HERBERT JASMIN

LESLIE KRAMER
THOMAS LANNAN
WILFRED MAHAGAN
J. MARKOVITCH
FREDERICK MARTYN
ALLAN MATHESON
WILLIAM MEINERS
DAVID MILLER
MAURICE McLEAR
VINCENT PAGETTO
RALPH PASQUATINO
SIDNEY PAYNE
ALEX PHILLIPPS
KENNETH PIETZ
ROBERT ROACH
ALFRED RIEDELL
FRANK E. ROGERS
FREDERICK L. ROGERS
ALEX ROY
LEONARD SAVILLE
HENRY SPONDER
DAVID SCOTT
WILLIAM VERGETTE
JAMES A. WILSON
WILLIAM J. WILSON
DONALD WINCOTT

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

(3 plaques)
T. CROOKS
2009
AFGHANISTAN

Lest We Forget


KOREA
1950 TO 1953

Lakeview

 

Location:  Peel Region   N 43 34.394  W 079 34.021
On 3rd Street, east of Cawthra Road, in front of the A.N.A.F. Club.
 

The village of Lakeview was once a quiet yet vital settlement along the shores of Lake Ontario, but as of a mass amalgamation in 1968, it is now a small part of the City of Mississauga.
Lakeview played a key part in both World Wars.  In the First World War it was home to the Long Branch Aerodrome, a flight training ground for the Royal Flying Corps.  After the war the aerodrome was closed, only to be used once again in the Second World War as a Militia Training Grounds.  Today, no trace remains but for an Ontario Historic Plaque.
During World War II, a large munitions factory was established in Lakeview, producing Lee-Enfield rifles and Sten machine-guns.  The factory closed in 1976 and has since been demolished.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeview,_Mississauga

The memorial featured today is found in front of the Army Navy & Air Force Veterans Club Branch 262, which hosts a community group of veterans and local citizens.  Resting beside the memorial is a pair of WWII anti-aircraft guns, proudly displayed and cherished by the A.N.A.F.
More information on this group can be found at:  http://www.anaf262.org/
 


Marker text:
Front:
(A.N.A.F. Crest)
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

DEDICATED IN 1971

BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD
MAY ALL WHO PASS THIS WAY
HOLD SACRED IN THEIR HEARTS
THE MEMORIES OF THOSE
GALLANT COMRADES WHO HAVE
PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
 

Left:
KOREAN WAR
1953
 

Right:
WORLD WAR I
1914-1918
 

Wingham

Location:  Huron County   N 43 53.160  W 081 18.770
On the east side of London Road, on the corner of John Street and Diagonal Road.
 

This has to be one of my favourite memorials I have found during my travels around Ontario.  The statue at the top of the cenotaph is different than any other I have seen, very unique and attractive in the distinguished bronze form of a Great War soldier.
The memorial was unveiled in August 1924, by none other than retired General Sir Arthur Currie, one of the greatest military leaders Canada has ever produced.  The memorial is dedicated the the dead of the First World War, the names engraved in stone for all to remember.  Plaques were later added to represent those lost in World War II, Korea and Afghanistan.
The town of Wingham has become much more famous since the talented author and local resident Alice Munro was graciously awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her beautiful stories of this area.

A more detailed list of the names is available at the Canadian Forces website, which details what happened to each person whose name appears on this memorial and whose life was lost in service of our country.
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=4757
http://www.honourthem.ca/masterDetail.cfm?ID=45


Marker test:
Front:
(Town of Wingham Crest)

ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
WINGHAM

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914--1918

NURSING SISTER MAUD HANNA
GORDON ADAIR
LAUGHLAN D. AITCHESON
WALLACE AITCHESON
HARRY BARKER
HERBERT BOND
LEONARD BROCK
WILLIAM P. BUCHANAN
ROBERT CHITTLEBURCH
HERBERT CLARK
WILLIAM DARNELL
ARTHUR DOVEY
GRANT FETTERLEY
ROSS FORSYTH
HERBERT FRENCH
PAUL E. GILLESPIE
GEORGE HAYLES
ALEX HENRY

W. EDWARD HELPS
JOSEPH HOLLAND
RICHARD C. HOWSON
FRANK JOHNSON
WILBUR JOHNSTON
JACK MITCHELL
GEORGE MONK
EDWARD J. MURCH
THOMAS T. McDONALD
THEO McDONALD
CHESLEY McLEAN
OLIVER PENDER
HARRY M. PHILCOX
ALFRED PULLEN
PERCY SYDER
PERCY W. VANNER
HARVEY F. WILLIS

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
IN CHRIST SHALL BE MADE ALIVE
 


Left:
MONS
GIVENCHY
YPRES
BOURLON WOOD
VIMY RIDGE
LENS
FESTUBERT
DOUAI
LANGEMARK

KOREA
1950-1953
 


Back:
SINCE DIED
FRED ALDINGTON
NORMAN E. NICHOLLS
ARTHUR SHROPSHALL

AFGHANISTAN
MATTHEW DINNING
 


Right:
CAMBRAI
PASSCHENDAEL
ARRAS
COURCELETTE
SOMME
HOOGE
SANCTUARY WOOD
AMIENS
ST. ELOI

1939 - 1945
IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM

LESLIE J. ADAIR
F. PERCIVAL BIGGS
T. WILLIAM GROVES
R. MacKENZIE HABKIRK
WILLIAM E. KEW
GEORGE T. KING

PRESTON LEDIETT
GEORGE H. LLOYD
JAMES M. McKAGUE
WILLIAM H. PYM
CLIFFORD A. TAMAN
GEORGE WHEELER

"WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM"