Walkerton Cemetery

 
Location:  Bruce County   N 44 06.875  W 081 08.669
In the cemetery, at the corner of Highways 9 and 4, at the south entrance into town.

This stone cairn was erected in the 1960's by the Royal Canadian Legion, to pay tribute to those who served in the two World Wars, buried here and in cemeteries around the world.  Markers surrounding the cairn give the names of those buried in the Walkerton Cemetery.




Marker text:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
KING AND COUNTRY
AND REST IN
FOREIGN FIELDS
OR AT HOME.
ERECTED BY COMRADES
CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L.

1914-18 1939-45

"TAKE UP THE TORCH
OR WE DIED IN VAIN."
 

Walkerton

 

Location:  Bruce County   N 44 07.783  W 081 08.985
At the corner of Jane Street and Colborne Street.

Another beautiful monument dedicated to the men who gave their lives in the Great War.  The seventeen foot high memorial was dedicated by the town of Walkerton in November 1921, with all the pomp and pageantry of worthy of the day.  All citizens young and old came out to pay tribute to the men who would not return, and to those battered souls who did.
The memorial built by the McIntosh Memorial Company of Toronto, featured a gray granite base with the names and dedications inscribed in the stone, and topped by a Canadian soldier standing at ease after a hard fought war.
Later a brass plaque honouring those lost in the Second World War was added to the back of the memorial, but as it covered some of the original inscription(you can still the the mounting holes), this now sits at ground level for all to see.
A stone walkway arches in front of the memorial, with the names of individual soldiers carved into the stones, and two large granite slabs with the names of those who fought and returned from the Great War, along with their brave nursing sisters.  A pair of more modern plaques also explain the memorial.
Walkerton should be proud of this wonderful memorial, with the impressive statue and well landscaped gardens and tributes, this is how all towns should honour their heroes.
 



Marker text:
Front:
SACRIFICE
(Town of Walkerton crest in brass)

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE BRAVE SONS OF
WALKERTON
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
FOR HOME AND EMPIRE
IN THE GREAT WAR
THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OF WALKERTON
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION.

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO THE EMPIRE
AND RECEIVED EACH A HOME IN THE
MINDS OF MEN WHERE THEIR GLORY
REMAINS FRESH TO STIR TO SPEECH
AND ACTION AS THE OCCASION COMES BY

THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT FADE

1914 - 1919
 
 


 
Left Side:
ENDURANCE

F.W. ROBINSON
RAY HYSLOP
JOSEPH BEST
WILLIAM HANLEY
E.G. OLDRIEVE
HERBERT JARVIS
ALVIN WILTON
EVERETT TRUAX
E. REICHEN BACH
MICHAEL J. McNAB
WILLIAM WOLFE
GABRIEL HAAS
WM. J. SWANSTON
C.A. CUNNINGHAM
MALCOLM McKECHNIE
J.C. AM MANN
URBAN ZETTEL
JOHN CROZIER
COURTNEY KNEPFLAR
WILLIAM CRAIG
WILBER HISLOP
J. ROY KAIN
FRED C. MOORE
P.K. SHANNON
 

WWII Plaque:
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
THE FOLLOWING MEN WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR

DAVID CROZIER
FLOYD FENNELL
LORNE GRAFF
CARL GRUBB
WALTER JONES
LLOYD KIRSTINE
ROBERT KRAMPP

WALTER LINES
JOHN O'BRIEN
WILFRED O'BRIEN
VERNON O'BRIGHT
JAMES RENNIE
JAMES ROSS
EARL ROYCE

THEIR MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, OURS BUT BEGUN
 


 
Right Side:
COURAGE

ROBERT EVANS
REGINALD McCARTER
GEORGE E. CLARKE
HAROLD WADE
S. LESLIE YOUNG
LEITH RUSSELL
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM
HENRY WILLIAMS
WILLIAM S. LINDSAY
C-ERIC ROBERTSON
JAMES CUNNINGHAM
G. McLEOD ROCK
FREDERICK HERD
W. CLARK OSTIC
L. HARRINGTON
HOWARD GRANSDEN
HARVEY HUFFMAN
HENRY VONHATTEN
D. GORDON HOGG
WALDRON W. WALLACE
FRANK SCHEFTER
FRED KENNY
FRANK MOORE
DAN McPHAIL
H.S. HICKLING
 


 
Rear:
HUMANITY

PASSCHENDAELE
HOOGE   ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS    ST. ELOI
MONS    VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY    LENS
YPRES    FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD    DOUAI
SOMME    CAMBRAI
 

 

Norwood Cemetery

 

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 23.091  W 077 58.895
On the north side of town, west side of County Road 40 (Colborne Street).

This memorial was erected in Norwood-Asphodel Cemetery by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 300 of Norwood.  It is dedicated to all ex-service members resting in peace in all cemeteries.
One of the unique features I noticed in this cemetery, in addition to the beautiful Legion memorial, is that every grave of an ex-serviceman/woman had a custom made metal maple leaf with their names inscribed.  A very nice touch which gives thanks to all those who served.
 
 

Marker text:
Front:
LEST WE FORGET

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF ALL
EX-SERVICE MEMBERS
AND THEIR DEPENDENTS
RESTING AT PEACE IN
ALL CEMETERIES

DEDICATED THIS
DAY OF OUR LORD

JULY 1ST NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE

VALOUR IS COURAGE

PRESENTED BY
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
BRANCH 300

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND THEIR COUNTRY
THEY SERVED WITH HONOUR AND PRIDE.

 
 

Rear:
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
 

  

 

Norwood

 

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 22.974  W 077 58.863
At the junction of Colborne Street and Ridge Street, on the hill below the water tower.
 

The wonderful cenotaph in the village of Norwood was unveiled to the largest service ever held in the village, on the day of July 6, 1924.  The memorial was spearheaded by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), who organized the fundraising and the elegant ceremony which included an invitation to all veterans of all wars. Uniforms where provided to any men that did not have their own.
For some time after the unveiling ceremony, a large captured mortar stood at the face of cenotaph, now since removed.  The steps where donated by the I.O.D.E. in 1967.

A second memorial can be found adjacent to the main cenotaph.   The lot directly to the west was purchased in 1927 by a wealthy Toronto hotel owner, Mrs. J.W. Davidson, for the purpose of a Memorial Park, in memory of Lieut. Walter T. Robus who enlisted at Norwood at the outbreak of the Great War and after a most distinguished career, returned to Canada and was a valued employee of Mrs. Davidson at her Toronto hotel for some years prior to his death. The Council on July 26, 1927 approved the placing of the proposed plaques on the two cobblestone cairns at the memorial park and assumed the expense of looking after the caretaking of the memorial lot.

 
Marker text:
Cenotaph Front:
THROUGH
SACRIFICE
THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY
FOR OUR TO MORROW
OUR
HONOURED DEAD

1939-1945
 HOWARD D. CHAMBERLAIN
ERIC INNES
AINSLEE M. McNEELY
FREDERICK INNES
HERBERT OSBORNE
ARNOLD STARKE
ELMER STEVENSON
FREDERICK C. BITTEN

PERPETUATING THEIR MEMORY
AND IN HONOUR OF
ALL THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN THE GREAT WARS
FROM THE VILLAGE OF NORWOOD

YPRES
ST. ELOI

1950  KOREA  1953
 



Left:
OUR
HONOURED DEAD

WILLIAM STARKEY
SIDNEY WHITE
RUSSELL PEARCE
ERIC ALLEY
HENRY MURPHY
HERBERT J. STUART
WALTER BRETT
THOMAS E. CROSS
LOUIS G. BECKETT
JOHN F. RATHWELL
T. ARTHUR SEARIGHT
ELIAS CROSS
ROBERT A. LEEPER

THE SOMME
VIMY RIDGE
 


 Rear:
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918

PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
 


 
Right:
OUR
HONOURED DEAD

GEO TOWNSEND
ROBERT CHAMBERLAIN
RUSSELL SCRIVER
EZERIC ABOUD
KARN HENDREN
A. THEODORE BURGESS
DAVID BROOKS
JOSEPH KELLY
ARTHUR PARCELS
WILLIAM J. WHYTE
EDWARD GROUT
MICHAEL NOYES
JACOB QUACKENBUSH

CAMBRAI
MONS
 


 
Memorial Park:
Left cairn:
THIS
PARK IS DEDICATED
IN
HONOURED MEMORY OF
LT. WALTER T. ROBUS
1927
 

Right cairn:
LT. WALTER T. ROBUS
SERVED WITH THE 2nd BATT.
FROM 1914-1919
DIED IN TORONTO IN
HIS 32nd YEAR 1926
 

 

Malton

 

Location:  Peel Region   N 43 42.702  W 079 38.022
Found in Wildwood Park, 3430 Derry Road East.
 

The village of Malton is now part of the City Of Mississauga, and played a key role in aircraft production and development for several years.
This memorial is featured in two parts.  First is the traditional cenotaph, second is a static aircraft displayed in the same park.
The aircraft is a CF-100, which was produced nearby in Malton, from 1951 to 1958.  It bears the markings of the 414 Squadron from CFB North Bay.  A plaque on the cement pedestal gives thanks to the local production of this all-weather fighter from the cold war era.  The CF-100 monument was erected on this site in 1974 by the Malton branch 528 of the Royal Canadian Legion.

The Malton Legion was also a driving force behind the 1978 unveiling of the cenotaph which pays homage to the war dead of Malton and surrounding regions.


Marker Text:
Cenotaph:
LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY
OF OUR COMRADES
WHO PAID THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
SO THAT WE MAY
LIVE IN PEACE

1914--1918    1939--1945
1950--1953
 




CF-100 Plaque:
THE CF-100 ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER
POWERED BY ORENDA ENGINES, WAS
DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN
MALTON.  IT WAS THE FIRST ALL-
CANADIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

692 CF-100'S AND OVER 2000 ENGINES
TO POWER THEM WERE PRODUCED
IN MALTON BETWEEN 1951 AND 1958.

THIS HISTORICAL MOMENTO WAS ERECTED
BY MALTON BRANCH 528, ROYAL
CANADIAN LEGION, IN CO-OPERATION
WITH THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA.
A.D. 1974