Port Hope cannon

 

Location:  Northumberland County  N 43° 56.938 W 078° 17.580
In front of City Hall, 56 Queen Street.

This captured war prize from the Great War, now rests quietly in front of the Port Hope town hall, alongside other memorials honouring the brave men who fought so gallantly in the name of freedom.  The display was restored and donated by the local Rotary Club, as part of the millenium project.
 

Marker text:
THIS 77MM GERMAN FIELD GUN WAS CAPTURED BY
CANADIAN SOLDIERS ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING
THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918 AND WAS PRESENTED AS
A MEMORIAL TO THE TOWN OF PORT HOPE IN 1919.
DURING THE SERVICE OF DEDICATION ON THE 15TH DAY
OF JUNE, 1925, THE REVEREND CAPTAIN F.W. ANDERSON
SPOKE OF THE HEROIC DEEDS PERFORMED BY CANADIAN
SOLDIERS DURING THE VARIOUS BATTLES IN WHICH THEY
WERE ENGAGED AND FURTHER STATED "LET THIS GUN BE
PLACED HERE AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO CAPTURE IT, IN ORDER TO
SAVE THEIR COMRADES."

THE PORT HOPE ROTARY CLUB UNDERTOOK THE PROJECT
TO RESTORE THIS GUN AND IT WAS RETURNED TO THIS
LOCATION ON THE 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2000.

LEST WE FORGET
 

Port Hope

 
Location:  Northumberland County   N 43 56.541  W 78 17.568
On the corner of Queen Street and Augusta Street.
 

This tall and impressive granite cenotaph was originally erected in 1926 by the Col. Arthur Williams Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.).  On the front are inscribed the names of the local men who died in the Great War, and the names of the historic battles are carved in the shaft for all to remember.  Statues of peace adorn the memorial, looking out for the souls lost in the horrific battles.
The names of those lost in World War II were added later, as was a small bronze plaque to acknowledge the Korean War.
I was taken by the beauty of this cenotaph and the surrounding landscaping, creating a wonderful area of remembrance and honour.  This memorial would put to shame many of those found in much larger communities.  Several other small memorials can also be found nearby, honouring the Dieppe raid, the North-West Rebellion, and a captured German artillery piece.



Marker text:
Front:
THE UNFORGOTTEN DEAD

CAPT. GILBERT EDWARDS M.C.
LIEUT. HARRY D. MASON
LIEUT. THOMAS M. WALSH
LIEUT. CHARLES H. WHITE
ALBERT N. CLOYNE
GRANT T. CARMICHAEL
CHESTER J. HAM
LOUIS S. PEVERELLE
GEORGE T. HERON
JOHN W. BATCHELOR
JAMES T. HALLIDAY
RUEBEN C. BENNETT
GEORGE H. TUTTON
THOMAS KERR
WILLIAM G. LIGHTLE
GEORGE KERR
HAROLD A. GARBUTT
WILLIAM R. PETLEY
CLARENCE F. POWERS
CHARLES CLARK
FRANK ARKLESS
NORMAN CLARK
JOHN C. ASHMAN
VINCENT COLLETT
ALGER R. CURRIE
THOMAS CLARK
LEONARD T. GODWIN
FRANK CUNNINGHAM
DAVID J. HINTON
GEORGE ELDRIDGE
JOHN FAIRHURST
ALEXANDER JENKINS
WILLIAM MERCER
NORMAN B. SLEEMAN
RICHARD B. WILSON
THOMAS W. YOUDEN
SGT. ARTHUR H. REYNOLDS
SGT. PERCY H. NIXON
JAMES JOHNSTON
SGT. CHARLES T. FOX
EDWARD G. MILNE

CLARENCE CLARK
JAMES L. GREEN
ARTHUR G. RABY
WILLIAM L. YATES
WILLIAM WILSON
ROBERT A. MICKS
STANLEY J. STAPLES
EDGAR E. IRWIN
WILLIAM J. HAW
JACK TUTTON
ARTHUR FOX
LEONARD R. BARHAM
GORDON C. GIFFORD
GEORGE KEATING
FRED CLARK
VERNON S. DICKINSON
CHARLES H. STAPLES
LEO G. BURT
ALFRED T. PROUT
HAROLD G. FOGARTY
JOHN HOLDEN
HAROLD McELROY
DAVID B. BELL
CHARLES F. AISTHORPE
SAMUEL OLIVER
WAINWRIGHT W. SMITH
CARROL McCABE
WILBERT S. GIBBS
ALVA KERMAN
LEO J. McDERMOTT
LIONEL B. WILSON
NORMAN J. McMAHON
CHARLES W. BELL
JAMES TARRINGTON
J. GUY AMBROSE
WILLIAM E. POMERET
SGT. ALFRED ROSSER
GEORGE BELL
ROBERT COOK
JOHN HILTON
THOMAS MOUSER

"THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE"

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PORT HOPE AND HOPE TOWNSHIP WHO DIED
FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR





Left side:
ARRAS

SOMME

COURCELETTE

1939  IN MEMORIAM  1945

WILLIAM FOLEY
L.A.C. ARTHUR S. FRIAR
P.O. ROY GRAINGER R.C.N.
LESLIE GRIFFIN
CLIFTON HAMMILL
KENNETH JONES
LLOYD S. KOSTOFF
MELVILLE LAWRENCE
REGINALD LAWRENCE
A. KEITH LONG
L.CRL. FREDERICK J. LORD

HERBERT McPHERSON
DONALD MOORE
ROBERT G. PEARCE
L.CPL. THOMAS PEMBERTON
JOHN E. POTTS
CPL. DOUGLAS C. RUTTAN
L.SGT. JOHN STECHYSHYN
W.O.H. BRUCE THOMPSON
GEORGE S. WAKELY
THOMAS WATT
 


 
Rear:
VIMY

PASSCHENDAELE

AMIENS

ERECTED BY THE
COL. ARTHUR WILLIAMS CHAPTER
I.O.D.E.
A.D. 1926
 


 
Right side:
YPRES

CAMBRAI

MOUNT SORREL

1939  IN MEMORIAM  1945

MAJ. FRANCIS E. SOUTHBY  M.C.
CAPT. JASPER GRIEVES
CAPT. MORGAN C. HAWKINS
FT. LIEUT. HAROLD A. HANCOCK
F.O. WILLIAM E. MITTAY
F.O. MILTON MORTON
F.O. ELWIN S. QUANTRILL
F.O. W. KEITH RABY
P.O. NORMAN H.G. SNELGROVE
MARGARET MEDLER C.W.A.C.
V.K. SHORTREED - KOREA

JAMES BAILEY
WILLIAM J. BALL  M.N.
ALFRED G. BRETT
D. ELLWOOD BRISTOW
HARRY BROTT
WILLIAM BRUCE
ERNEST J. DAVIS
L.A.C. LOYD A. DUNBAR
SGT. J. STANLEY FAYLE
ELWOOD FENTON
M.W. HOLLAND

KOREA
1950 - 1953
 

Port Hope - Dieppe Memorial

Location:  Northumberland County  N 43° 56.938 W 078° 17.580
In front of City Hall, 56 Queen Street.
 


Erected by the Royal Canadian Legion, the Royal Regiment of Canada, and Ron Reynolds, in memory of the bloody disaster of the raid on Dieppe.  Hundreds of Canadian lives where lost on the raid, which recently unearthed history suggests was staged as a diversion to capture an Enigma code machine from a ship in the Dieppe harbour.  The capture of the code machine was key to intercepting German messages and orders in the Second World War, and would have given the Allies a huge advantage at the time, but the raid was unsuccessful not only in it's mission of capturing the Enigma, but also in the sacrifices of so many young lives.

The memorial is fashioned as a brick/stone wall with two stone plates containing the engraved words of remembrance.  A small plaque beside the wall pays tribute to the men who died on the beaches of Dieppe, August 19th, 1942.


Marker text:
DIEPPE
AUGUST 19, 1942

LEST WE FORGET
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM
NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

Collingwood - R.C.L. Branch 63

 

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 30.271  W 80 12.102
In front of the Legion, 490 Ontario Street.

 
It is hard to miss the vibrant Branch #63 of the Royal Canadian Legion.  In front of the Legion is F-96 Starfire fighter, a Sherman tank, and a large ship's anchor.  Closer to the building are two cannons from the War of 1812.  It is here, near the entrance, you will find a memorial plaque mounted on a large piece of granite.  Thank you to the Legion for erecting this memorial in 1995, and for carrying on the tradition of Remembrance of those who came before us.  Lest We Forget.



Marker text:
(Legion crest)

IN MEMORY OF ALL FALLEN COMRADES
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THOSE WHO
ARE LEFT.  TO ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED
HARD TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR ALL.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
 

Collingwood

Location:  Simcoe County   N 44 30.153  W 80 12.855
In front of the town museum at 45 St. Paul Street.
 


The Collingwood cenotaph is a beautiful example of the dedication of a small town to commemorate those who volunteered to serve their country and lay down their lives for the greater good.  The memorial rests in front of the Collingwood Museum/Chamber of Commerce.  Construction began in 1922, and the cenotaph was unveiled in a public dedication in August of 1923.  The Cenotaph was designed by local contractor Charles Henry Lawrence MacDonald, who used his brother Fred as a model for the soldier. A concrete slab supports a granite base and stations a 16 foot bronze figure of a First World War Canadian soldier in uniform looking west to St. Paul Street. The soldier holds a bugle to his lips with his right hand, left arm at his side, prepared to play "The Last Post", which is inscribed immediately below the figure.  In 1960 granite "wings" flanking the original Cenotaph were installed and commemorate 52 Collingwood men who died in the Second World War. It was in 1982, that the Korean War Veterans were acknowledged on the wings.
There is also a World War I artillery piece on the grounds of the park, as well as a plaque honouring the Merchant Marine service.
*notes from  http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5397.


Marker text:
Front:
(below statue)
THE LAST POST

(granite base)
THIS MEMORIAL WAS
ERECTED IN GRATEFUL
AND LOVING MEMORY OF
THE HEROES WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 -
1918 A.D. BY THE CITIZENS
OF COLLINGWOOD ONT.,
IN THE YEAR 1922 A.D.
 



Right side:
HONOR ROLL

ERNEST FREE
CHARLES FURLONG
ROBERT GILPIN
R.W. GLENN
WM. GARBUTT
ABRAM GIBSON
ALLAN GRAY
A.H. HALL
NORMAN HENRY
LAWRENCE HARTLEY
W.G. HEDGER
J.W. HABGOOD
R.C. HORTON
JACK HANLEY
OSCAR IRWIN
JOHN IRONSIDE
E. JOHNSTONE
WM. JACKMAN

EDWARD L. KNIGHT
JOSEPH LEGASSIE
A. LEGG
DAVID LOWERY
MAT LIGHTHEART
J.L. MATCHETT
F.S. MASON
ALEX McLEOD
ALEX McBRIDE
ANGUS McCOY
ALF McMILLAN
F. McKEE
STUART McNABB
ANGELO NEYLAN
J.R. ORR
FRANK OCCOMORE
W.C. OSTIC
HARRY PULMAN
 



Rear:
HONOR ROLL

ERNEST PODMORE
CECIL PRATT
ROY PERRY
THOMAS PAGE
ANTHONY RENTNER
FRED STEPHENS
GORDON SUTER
R.A. SCOBIE
FRANK SHANNON
L.E. STORK
ROBERT SOULSBY
THOMAS SHEPHERD
L.H. CARMICHAEL
GERTRUDE ANDREWS
BERT CORBET
ROYAL SHERRICK
R. SHEFFIELD
WM. WENSLEY Jr.
ERNEST WILDE

H.R. SHARPE
T.L. SHARPE
JAMES SCOTT
STEWART TELFER
HOWARD TELFER
HERBERT THOMAS
HAROLD VARLEY
ARTHUR WILLISON
GEORGE WHITING
C.S. WILKERSON
R. WHITE
H. YATES
J.V. GUILFOYLE
ALEX JARDINE
LLOYD TAYLOR
LORNE CARMICHAEL
 



Left side:
HONOR ROLL

MAY SAMPSON
NEIL ARBUTHNOT
A. BROCK
ROBERT BOYCE
CHARLES BROWN
K. BURGESS
JOSEPH BRANDON
JAMES BEAVEN
DALTON BAILEY
ERNEST BROWN
GORDON BANTTEN
C. BOWES
ALEX CONNELL
WM. CAPEL
SIDNEY CAMP
ARTHUR CAVILL
H.J. CLARK
GEORGE COOK

JOHN CRICHTON
E.J. CLEMENT
JOHN CARMICHAEL
JAMES  CARMICHAEL
COLIN  CARMICHAEL
ROY CAMPBELL
WILFRED COPELAND
GORDON CAMERON
KENNETH DAWSON
THOMAS DARE
C. DEWSBURY
R. DUNBAR
H.A. DUNCAN
H.C. EATON
F.C. EARY
L. ELSLEY
BRUCE FISHER
S. FLOYD
 


 
Right side wing:
TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
- IN WORLD WAR TWO -

HARRY HUNT
NEIL HURST
CECIL JONES
JOHN KAY
CHARLES LAVERY
KENNETH LESTER
JOHN McCORT
NEIL McEACHERN
JAMES McLURE
DAVID MELROSE Jr.
JOHN MONTGOMERY
JOHN MURPHY
MERVIN PELCH
CHAS. A. MacNICOL
FRED T. HAMILTON

NORMAN RING
MAURICE ROBERTS
J.D. RUSSELL
HOWARD SIMMONS
C.A. SMITH
J.H. STEVENS
JAMES VOSE
DALTON WALLACE
ENOS WYLIE
EDGAR WILSON
THOMAS WRIGHT
M. YORK
SIDNEY BROWN
NORRIS K. McMILLAN

LEST WE FORGET

KOREA
1950 - 1953



 
Left side wing:
TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
- IN WORLD WAR TWO -

DONALD G. BARNIE
DOUGLAS BERNHARDT
JOSEPH BOLT
NELSON BOYCE
JOHN F. BOYD
JACK BOYLE
DAVID BOYNTON
ALFRED BRETT
ROBERT CAMERON
CLARE CAMP
EDWARD CAPIN
WILLIAM DARLING
VICTORY DEAN
GEORGE E. McDONALD
JAMES E. BOLT

IRVINE I. DONOVAN
GORDON FOLEY
WILLIAM FOLEY
JOHN FRITH
JAMES GIBBONS
WILLIAM GIRVIN
COLIN GORDON
W. GRAHAM
D.B.F. HIGGINS
W.V. HIGGINS
IVAN HILTZ
ALBAN HOUGH
CHARLES N. MacNICOL
NORMAN REDPATH
HAROLD ARNOLD

LEST WE FORGET

KOREA
1950 - 1953