Hespeler

Location:   Waterloo Region   N 43 25.880  W 80 18.580
In front of the old Hespeler City Hall, near the corner of Queen Street E and Tannery Street.


The village of Hespeler, now part of the city of Cambridge erected a beautiful memorial to honour its lost sons.  Built in 1948, this tall granite shaft is engraved with the names of the major battles of the World Wars.  It has undergone recent refurbishing, and there continues to be concern over the possibility of damage to the cenotaph from local skateboarders and vandals. 
The legion continues to maintain and watch over this gallant piece of history.  A fitting tribute to the many men of the Hespeler region who laid down their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today, even the damaging and disrespectful ones. 


Marker text:
Front:
TO OUR
GLORIOUS DEAD
 


Left side:
1914-1918

YPRES
VIMY
SOMME
ARRAS

1950-1952
KOREAN
WAR
 


Right side:
1939-1945

DIEPPE
ORTONA
CAEN
HOCHWALD

Cayuga - Memorial Arena

 

Location:  Haldimand County   N 42° 56.800 W 079° 51.110
In front of the arena on Thorburn Street and Chippawa Street E.



The original arena, built in this spot in 1921-22, was dedicated to the memory of those who fought in the Great War.  When this new arena was built in 2011, the town continued the theme of a Memorial Arena.  This large stone sits outside the main entrance of the facility, as a reminder to all who enter, of the sacrifices made by those who came before.

Marker text:
CAYUGA
MEMORIAL
ARENA

THE ORIGINAL CAYUGA ARENA, BUILT
IN 1921-22, WAS DEDICATED AS A
MEMORIAL IN HONOUR OF THE MILITARY
PERSONNEL WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE FOR CANADA IN WORLD WAR I.

THIS ARENA, ERECTED IN 2011,
PERPETUATES THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT
AND SERVES AS AN ONGOING MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE
SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN
SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS.

LEST WE FORGET.

Trenton - Fraser Park

 

Location:   Hastings County   N 44° 06.024 W 077° 34.513
At the entrance to Fraser Park, just off Fraser Park Drive, near the Legion.

The gate at the entrance to Fraser Park was the original Great War memorial for Trenton.  These beautiful gates sit across the road from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110, and beside the much larger, more impressive and newer cenotaph which was built in 1968.
These gates were built after the First World War, and list the names of those lost during that terrible conflict of 1914 to 1918.  The names of those lost in the Second World War were later on the back of the gates.  The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire were the group responsible for creating this monument, as they did in many small towns across the nation.  The gates acted as the main cenotaph for the town for many decades.


Marker text:
Front left:
IN MEMORIAM

PRIVATES
C. CONKRIGHT
J. ENTWHISTLE
T.C. MC WILLIAMS
J.W. MC MULLEN
C.W. MILLIGEN
C.F. QUACKENBUSH
M. WANNAMAKER
J.W. WOODACRE

H.H. BARNHAM
E.A. BISSELL
J.T. CARROLL
W.O. DISELEST
F.J. KEELER
J.W. HIBBERT
P.W. LAPOINTE
C. MOUNTEMAY
R.J. PEARSON
H.W. REDDICK
W. ROCHLEAU
W.J. SMITH
F. SPAFFORD
H.E. TAYLOR
T.E. ALLORE
J.E. BLAKLEY
B.P. CRONK
T. GUNYON
K. HICKS
W.A. MEATH
W. RYAL
R. WRIGHT

A.C. BILLINGS
C.A. BILLINGS
J.W. CLOONEY
L.J. FURNIER
J.A. KELLAR
R. MORRISON
B.A.R. LEACH
J.B. NEWTON
C.R. POTTER
J.F. REDDICK
F.J. SHONIKER
A.H. SNIDER
N.B. SPURLES
K. WILKINS
E. BARRAM
FF.J. BURTT
J. CALNA
C. HICKS
A. KELLY
P. VALIERE
W. WELLER
G.D. FRIEND
J.L. YOUNG
 


Front right:
1914 - 1919

CAPT. R.A. IRELAND C.A.M.D.
CAPT. H.H. LITTLE C.A.M.D.
FLT-LT. R.A. PHILLIPS R.A.F.
FLT-LT. K.V. TUNNEY R.A.F.
LIEUT. F.T.P. COND R.Y.N.R.
LIEUT. J.A. COLLINS
LIEUT. J.D. COLLINS
LIEUT. H. HAYES
SERGT. K. DELISLE
SERGT. A. PATCH
LANC-CORP. D. FULFORD
BDR. J.H. GALLAGHER
BDR. A. RUSSELL

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS."

ERECTED BY "THE GOVERNOR
SIMCOE CHAPTER" IMPERIAL
ORDER DAUGHTERS OF THE
EMPIRE.

TEALLIE WHITE
REGENT
 


Rear left:
IN MEMORIAM

CHARLES ALLISON
GERALD ANDERSON
ARTHUR BILLINGS
ARCHIE BOWEN
JOHN CLARKE
ERIC COLP
PAUL COLTMAN
SIDNEY COTTRELL
MURRAY DIXON
RAYMOND DOLAN
ROY DRAKE
CLARENCE FRAUTTS
JOHN GENEREAUX
RALPH GONYEA
WILLIAM HAZELTON
FARLEY HILL
ACHIE HUNTER
CLARKE JACKSON
ARTHUR JOHNSON
RAY JOHNSON
A.H. JOHNSON
EDRIC S. NEIL
ROY NORTHROP
 







Rear right:
1938-1945

ARTHUR KEMP
JAMES KERR
GERALD LEVERIDGE
KENNETH MARTIN
CECIL MC CORMICK
J.F. MC DONALD
HARRY MC KENZIE
WALTER MORAN
CLARKE MC MURRAY
LESLIE MENZIE
ALLAN MYLES
BRIAN ORCHARD
EARL POTTS
ERNEST RUTTAN
CHESTER SHEPPARD
ELMER SILVERTHORNE
GERALD SIMPSON
ROSS SUCCEE
BRUCE SUTCLIFFE
REGINALD WEEKS
BRUCE WILSON
EARL D. PHILLIPS

Queenston

 
 


Location:  Niagara Region   N 43 10.204  W 79 03.441
At the intersection of Niagara Parkway and Queenston Street.
 

A beautiful memorial in one of the most historic towns in Ontario.  This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the World Wars and Korea.  Featuring a statue of a young WWI soldier atop a granite shaft, with the names of those who died in the conflicts, and the names of the major battles they fought in during the 1914-1918 Great War.



Marker text:
Front:
LEST WE FORGET

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF NIAGARA TOWNSHIP WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN THE
GREAT WAR

1914 - 1918

AND IN WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED AND IN
HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

KOREA
1950 - 1953

TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW THE TORCH
BE YOURS TO LIFT IT HIGH

TOWNSHIP OF NIAGARA
 



Left side:
1914 - 1918
LIEUT. NORMAN C. NELLES
JOHN M. KELSON
WILLIAM ARCHER
JAMES RENNIE
ADELBURT S. GREEN
WRIGHT LOWREY
CHARLES S. McCOY

JAMES WILMOTT
LLOYD GRIFFITHS
FREDERICK LEGATT
HAROLD BUDD
ERNEST HOUGHTON
JOHN McKAY
JAMES HATT

ARTHUR McLEOD
EDWARD PETERS
WILLIAM McLEOD
HENRY COWL
ALBERT COWL
LESLIE GUDNEY

TOWNSHIP OF NIAGARA
 



Rear:
2nd BATTLE YPRES
ST. JULIEN
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
SANCTUARY WOOD
ZILLIBECK

HOODGE
THE SOMME
COURCELETTE
VIMY
FRESNOY
HILL 70

PASSCHENDAELE
CAMBRAI
AMIENS
ARRAS
MONS

TOWNSHIP OF NIAGARA
 



Right side:
1939 - 1945
R.C. ADAM
W. BROWN
D. COOPER
F.C. DUGGAN

J. FAST
C. HOLLINGSWORTH
J.A. HUTCHISON
N.H. MANLEY
F. WARD

R.E. WING
D.F. PARR
J.L. HUTCHISON
A.H. GRANGE

TOWNSHIP OF NIAGARA
 

Chesley

Location:  Bruce County   N 44 17.812  W 81 05.689
On the east side of 1st Avenue S., across the road from the Post Office.
 

A very impressive memorial from the citizens of Chesley and vicinity, dedicated to the men who gave their lives in the First World War.  The Roll of Honour is forever remembered on a brass plaque, while the names of the great battles are listed on the each of the tall sides. 
A plaque honouring the names of the dead from the Second World War was later added.  It is the small town memorials like this, with their long lists of names, which really brings home the sacrifice and brutality of the World Wars.  That such a peaceful and pleasant town suffered the wrath and destruction of a far off war resounds greatly as a remembrance of the peace we share today.



Marker text:
Front brass plaque:
ROLL OF HONOUR

DAVID SCOBIE
HAROLD GARDNER  -  JOSEPH HAROLD McNEEL
GORDON CRUIKSHANK McKELVIE  -  JOHN YOUNG
SIDNEY HOOEY  -  EDWARD BURDEN
ERNEST PARSONS  -  JOHN MALCOLM STEWART
HAROLD HARRISON  -  JOHN MILLER DOUGLAS
JAMES M. SMALL  -  DOUGLAS JAYE
HERBERT A. JOHNSTON  -  WILLIAM ANSTEAD
DAVID HETHERINGTON  -  JAMES AGNEW
WILLIAM McLAGGAN  -  WM. EARL FOSTER
ERNEST WRIGHT  -  THOMAS PERCY JOHNSTON
DANIEL COCKLIN  -  ARTHUR LINGE
ROBERT WELLINGTON FOSTER  -  JOHN WOODS
JOHN A. POUND  -  ROBERT JOHN GRAY
JOHN KINCAID  -  HERBERT WHITMAN
ALBERT KNAPP  -  WILLIAM W. HAMMOND
JOHN HERMAN BECKER  -  JOHN R. BLACKBURN
SAMUEL BALDWIN WOODBRIDGE
GEORGE GREEN  -  JAMES DOWNING STEWART
HERBERT STEWART FINN  -  SAMUEL MELVILLE DAVISON
 


In stone:
TO THE IMMORTAL HONOUR OF
THE MEN OF CHESLEY AND
VICINITY WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR.  THIS MEMORIAL
IS DEDICATED IN PROUD AND
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.

PRO PATRIA
1914 - 1918
 

Second brass plaque:
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
CHESLEY AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR II  1939 - 1945

DUNCAN ANDERSON
WILBERT BOLTZ
CECIL B.P. BRUEGEMAN
WILLIAM DOYLE
W.A. FOSTER
HARRY HUGHES

RAY JACKSON
KENNETH W. LIEBECK
MILLARD LIEBECK
EDWARD G. McCORRY
DONALD McKILLOP
PETER McRORIE

GEORGE NICHOL
GORDON POWELL
GRAHAM SHOULDICE
THOMAS SUTCLIFFE
LORNE STODDART
CLARENCE STODDART

W. NORMAN STEEDS
LESLIE THOMSON
 


Left side:
PASSCHENDAELE

YPRES 

SANCTUARY
WOOD

AMIENS

FESTUBERT

TO PERPETUATE
IN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE
IDEALS OF JUSTICE, FREEDOM
SACRIFICE AND PEACE
 


 
Rear:
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
   AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WITHER THEM
   NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
   AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
  



 
Right side:
VIMY RIDGE

MONS

THE SOMME

CAMBRAI

ARRAS

TO COMMEMORATE
THE UNCONQUERABLE VALOUR
OF THE CANADIANS WHO FOUGHT
IN THE GREAT WAR