Trout Creek

Location:  Parry Sound District   N 45 59.197  W 79 21.679
Beside the firehall, at the corner of Main Street and McEachern Street.



This classic memorial was erected in August 1920, by the Women's Institute of Trout Creek.  Constructed of Scotch Granite, the monument stands seven feet tall and features intricate stonework engravings of the names of those who gave their lives in the Great War, and later World War II.  The cost of the memorial in 1920 was priced at $250, but the loss of young men was so much greater to this small community.



Marker text:
South side:
PTE. M. McDONALD
1886-1916

CPL. W. McFADDEN
1887-1918

PTE. H. MULLIN
1892-1916

F.L.P. P. MOGRIDGE
1924-1945

ERECTED BY THE
WOMENS' INSTITUTE OF TROUT CREEK
IN MEMORY OF OUR BOYS
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
 
 


East side:
PTE. F. MONNO
1889-1917

PTE E. TURNBULL
1888-1917

CPL. J. KELLY
1908-1944

SGT. H. BROTT
1918-1945
 


North side:
PTE. A. BUTTOZZONI
1895-1917

PTE. S. DESTAFANA
1896-1917

PTE. A. EVERS
1895-1918

PTE. J. FISCHER
1907-1945
 


West side:
SGT. H. GOUGEON
1894-1918

CPL. C. GRASSER
1894-1918

PTE. H. LINKLATER
1898-1917

IN MEMORY OF
1939 - 1945

Hanover

 

Location:  Grey County   N 44 09.130  W 81 01.578
In front of the library, at 341 10th Street.
 

Erected in 1922, to honour those who fell in the Great War.  This memorial was sponsored by the International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.), who worked in co-operation with the town and the library board to oversee the construction.  The names of those brave men from Hanover that died in the Great War are engraved in stone, on the sides of the memorial.
After the Second World War, a plaque was added to the back of the memorial, to honour the dead from WWII, and yet later, the Korean War was recognized as well.
The statue of a soldier at the top of the memorial, the landscaping, colourful flags and downtown location make this a stunning small-town cenotaph, certainly one which the town and citizens are proud of.



Marker text:
Front:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS

TO COMMEMORATE THE
SACRIFICE OF OUR HONOURED DEAD
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

??...SAUGEEN CHAPTER I.O.D.E.




Left side:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

FRASER ROBERT MILLER
GEORGE HENRY MUSGROVE  D.S.O.
EDWARD LOBSINGER
HERMAN HOLLER
EDGAR STANLEY GEORGE
WILBUR JAMES FLYNN
WILLIAM PERKINS
DOUGLAS BATES
CHARLES ROBERT ADAIR
WILLIAM HENRY TURNER
GORDON ALEXANDER GLAUSER
ANDREW BLACK
JAMES DAVID MacKENZIE
 



Right side:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

STANLEY PREWETT JAMES
THOMAS HENRY McGEAGH
FREDERICK GEORGE HAWKES
JAMES SELKIRK WILSON
HOWARD JAMES SCALES
NORMAN BINKLEY
RICHARD HARVEY TINDALE
ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN
COLEMAN BOYD ADAMS
JOHN WELBON
EARL LEWIS DEVLIN
ANDREW ALBERT MORDT
 


 
Rear:
KOREA
1950-1953

1939 - 1945
OUR HONOURED DEAD

ROSCOE D. BRUBAKER
RAYMOND G. BRUEGEMAN
JOHN A. CASKANETTE
VINCENT CRAWFORD
CLEMENT J. ESBAUGH
RAYMOND A. GARDINER  D.S.C.
GRAHAM S. BLAKE
LEO J. BOHNERT
JACK E. BAILEY
HUGH A. COONEY
HENRY J. HAHN
JOHN F. HARVEY
MORRIS C. JONES
EDWARD L. KUTZ
JOHN B. LANCASTER
GRANT A. LORENZ
JOHN D. MILLER
WILLIAM W. REEVE
NELSON H. WAGNER
JOHN I. WALLNER
MAURICE F. HUNSPERGER
GERALD R. MACHESNEY
ROBERT G. PICKERING
KENNETH G. SCHAEFER
ROBERT H. SCHAEFER
STEWART WHITEHEAD

Hespeler RCL#272

 

Location:  Waterloo Region   N 43 25.647  W 80 18.906
26 Schofield Street, south of Queen Street.
 

Erected in 2005, by the Royal Canadian Legion Hespeler Branch #272.  A lovely brick wall, featuring remembrance of all major conflicts and those who fought in them.  Plaques at each side of the memorial list the conrtibutors who helped fund the memorial, while the front and back feature stone plaques which actually give thanks to those who served.



Marker text:
Front:
(on cross) LEST WE FORGET

WORLD WAR I
1914-1918

WORLD WAR II
1939-1945

KOREA
1950-1953

UNITED
NATIONS

(legion crest)
HESPELER
BRANCH 272

DEDICATED TO THE BRANCH 272 MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVED IN WARTIME AND
THOSE WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
NEVER FORGETTING OUR COMRADES
AND LADIES AUXILIARY WHO HAVE
PASSED ON BEFORE US.
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN
THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
 




Back:
(legion crest)

IN MEMORY OF BRANCH MEMBERS
WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WARS.
AND ALL OUR COMRADES WHO
PASSED ON BEFORE US
LEST WE FORGET
 

Trent River

Location:  Nothumberland County   N 44 23.595  W 77 52.425
On the east side of County Road 30, south of Havelock, along the south side of the Trent River.
 

This is a very striking and impressive memorial dedicated to the local men who served and died for their country.  Originally dedicated to one soldier in 1928, who died in the Great War, later plaques were added to honour other names of local heroes.  It has been restored and rededicated at least twice since its first unveiling.  Oddly, the first name on the memorial is changed from Cowain to Cowan in later dedications.  Two small plaques at the front of the memorial, on each side of the 1914-1918 gates, give homage to those responsible for the creation of this stunning memorial.    Fitting with the theme of the river, at the top of the cenotaph is a statue of a common gull.
 



Marker text:
Top plaque:
IN MEMORY OF
PTE. RICHARD OLIVER COWAIN
No. 195538  93RD. BATT. C.E.F.
KILLED IN ACTION VIMY RIDGE
APRIL 9TH, 1917
AGED 25 YEARS
 


Middle plaque:
REDEDICATED TO
RICHARD OLIVER COWAN
AND
ALL WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
FROM THIS COMMUNITY

WWI 1914-1918
WWII 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953

AUG. 26th, 1988

Bottom plaque:
REDEDICATED TO
RICHARD OLIVER COWAN
GEORGE EDMUND LONGMUIR
AND
ALL WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
FROM THIS COMMUNITY
JUNE 13, 2010