Port Colborne - Canadian Corps

Location:  Niagara Region   N 42 52.883  W 79 14.978
70 West Street, Port Colborne, in front of the meeting hall.

The Canadian Corps was originally formed to partially help the veterans of the Battle of Hong Kong.  At one time there were hundreds of corps across Canada, but due to dwindling membership, there are now only seven remaining in Ontario.  Here in Port Colborne, Unit 43 is growing strong and membership is up.  Unit 43 is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, and this club is not only a social club for the old veterans, but welcomes new members and takes an active role in the community with several events.  Six years ago the membership was struggling, and in 1988 the original clubhouse burned down and all artifacts were lost.  The community group came back stronger than ever and is now flourishing.
Outside of their current meeting place, is a stone marker placed to recognize the major wars that Canada has participated in.  Unit 43 also works closely with the Port Colborne Legion, to place flags on all veterans graves in the city.

Marker text:
UNIT 43

CANADIAN
CORPS

WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II
KOREA
AFGHANISTAN

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

Cache Bay

Location:  Nipissing District   N 46 22.275  W 79 59.291
At the corner of Railway Street and Booth Street.
 

On the north shore of Lake Nipissing sits the small village of Cache Bay, along with their cobblestone cenotaph.  It was erected in 1950, and dedicated on November 11th of the same year.  This memorial is somewhat unique, with a built in lampost right into the stone cairn, which can still be lit to remember the men of this close knit community, who gave their lives in the wars.  Their names are forever remembered on a brass plaque.




Marker text:
Main plaque:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
CACHE BAY
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN
TWO WORLD WARS

1914 - 1918
EDWARD LACHANCE
JOHN McINNIS

HUGH McDONALD
MICHAEL WELSH

1939 - 1945
HERMAN DESROCHES
GORDON LENNON
BRUCE SOMERS

WILBERT EBERT
HAROLD NESBITT
LAWRENCE TRUDEL
BRIAN WILLIAMS

YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
DEDICATED THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1950
 

Second plaque:
KOREA
1950 - 1953

Clinton - Royal Canadian Legion

 

Location:  Huron County   N 43 36.758  W 081 32.186
On the outside wall of the Legion, at 95 Kirk Street.
 

This memorial on the wall outside the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 140, consists of two plaques, each dedicated to the First and Second World Wars.  The plaques list the names of the men of Clinton who gave their lives in each of the World Wars.
Once again as with many small town memorials, the long list of names far exceeds expectations given the size of the town.  Clinton also played a key role in the Second World War as home of the first training school for the new technology of Radar.



Marker text:
Plaque 1:
IN MEMORIAM
1914     1919

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF
CLINTON, ONTARIO
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR

KILLED
PTE BERT BLACKER
   "    S.H. BROWN
   "    HOMER CANTELON
   "    D.A. CANTELON  M.M.
   "    NEWMAN CLUFF
SGT M. DRAPER  M.M.
PTE FRANK FAIR
   "    A.L FISHER
   "    FRANK FORRESTER
   "    A.B. FURNESS
   "    F.C. GREALIS
   "    A.H. GRANT
   "    W.S. GRANT
LIEUT  WM. HALL

PTE H.O. HANNENT
   "    E.B. HILL
   "    J.C. LOCKWOOD
MAJOR  W.B. McTAGGART  D.S.O.
CAPT  J.K. MAIR
PTE Wm MANNING
   "    W.E. MORGAN
   "    AUSTIN NEDIGER
SGT G.B. SEWELL
PTE Wm SEWARD
   "    J. USHER
   "    Wm. WALKER
   "    RICH WALTON Jr

DIED
LIEUT RAY CANTELON
PTE JOHN HALL

PTE E. PATTISON
   "    H. TWYFORD

PTE GEO HICKS

FOR KING AND COUNTRY
 

Plaque 2:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
CLINTON AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II   1939 - 1945

BENJAMIN CHURCHILL
OWEN COMBE
ALVIN CORLESS
MURRAY CUDMORE

JAMES FRASER
JOHN HAWKINS
ROBERT HOPSON
ELWIN HUNKING

KEITH JENKS
DOUGLAS McKENZIE
ERNEST MITTELL
CHARLES MUTCH
 

Stirling

Location:  Hasting County   N 44 17.797 W 77 32.823
On the south side of Mill Street, just east of the main intersection.
 

This wonderful memorial was first commissioned in 1921, on the initiative of the Stirling Horticultural Society.  It was proudly unveiled in 1927 with great fanfare, by Brig. Gen. A.E.Ross CMG, and the band of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, along with the citizens and dignitaries of the region.
After the Second World War, it was re-furbished and re-dedicated once again.
A beautiful gardens and mural add to the grandeur and importance of this cenotaph.



Marker text:
Front:
THEY GAVE
THEIR
TO-DAY
FOR-OUR
TO-MORROW

1939-1945

COOLIDGE ASHLEY
STANLEY DAINARD
IVAN H. MARTIN
AUBREY RODGERS
DONALD STAPLEY
RALPH STAPLEY
ALVIN STONEBURG
JACK WOOD
IRVINE WOODBECK
MAURICE WOODBECK

KOREA
1950-1953

THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
 
 


 
Left side:
1918
1914

ST. JULIEN
YPRES
FESTUBERT
 


 
Rear:
LEST
WE
FORGET

OUR
GALLANT
DEAD

D.L. ANDERSON
ROY BEAN
ROY BISSONNETTE
NORMAN PAYNE
ARNOLD RUTHERFORD
ARTHUR CONLEY
GEORGE GILROY
VINCENT WHITTY
ALEXANDER CONLEY
ERNEST GOULD
FRED DALEY

VIMY RIDGE
LENS    HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE
 


 
Right side:
1918
1914

SOMME
ARRAS    AMIENS
COURCELETTE   MONS
 

Port McNicoll

 

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 44.877  W 79 48.536
In Veterans Park, at the corner of 4th Avenue and Davidson Street.
 

Erected by the Village Council, to honour the men of this village who died in the Great War, and later the Second World War.  Two plaques adorn the from of the stone column, on for each of the wars.



Marker text:
first plaque:
FREEDOM LOYALTY SACRIFICE

IN HONOR OF
THE MEN OF

PORT McNICOLL

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR

HONOR ALSO AND
GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO
DARING TO DIE
SURVIVED

1914-1918
S. SAUVE
R. FENTON
 

second plaque:
TO THE HONOUR AND MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM
THE VILLAGE OF PORT McNICOLL
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1939 - 1945

ROBERT J. CROOKE                  JOHN D. GALLAGHER
JAMES F. McCORMICK            SIDNEY C. PIBWORTH