New National LAV III Monument Program in Canada

I received this e-mail and would like to pass it on to anyone who may be interested in this program for your community.  This may be a great opportunity to add to your town's cenotaph and to honour those who fought in Afghanistan.  I have no connection with this organization, I'm just passing it on to anyone who may wish to find out more:

I have just discovered your blog page and I found it to be both intriguing and well connected to the new War Monument program now underway in Canada led by employer Canada Company. Therefore, I thought that I would introduce you to the program as it may be of interest to you in your future travels.

 

Our program goal seeks to place up to 250 replica Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) III’s as monuments across Canada. The LAV III was used extensively in Afghanistan and has been selected to commemorate our Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) who participate in the 12 year long Afghanistan mission. Furthermore, these monuments will especially memorialize the 158 Fallen Soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice during this conflict.

 

The program is supported by the Government of Canada and the CAF. It was officially launched on November 5, 2014 at the National War Museum, in Ottawa, and will be re-launched in early May 2015  when we expect to also announce the name of the first community to receive delivery.

 

Community applications are currently being submitted on our website which is attached below for your reference.

 

Feel free to share this news during your travels to any community who may wish to bring one of these monument to their communities.

 

If you have any question then please don’t hesitate to ask.

 

Sincerely,

Shawn Deane

Project Manager, LAV III Monument Program

Canada Company

 

Toronto-Dominion Centre, TD Bank Tower | 66 Wellington Street West, PO Box 314 Suite 3100 | Toronto, ON | M5K 1K2

T: 416-869-8456 | M: 647-924-2934| E: shawn.deane@canadacompany.ca | W: www.lavmonument.ca

Merritton

Location:  Niagara Region   N 43 08.416  W 79 12.850
On the west side of Merritt Street, at the corner of Walnut Street, beside the old Town Hall.

The former village of Merritton is now encompassed within the St. Catherines city limits.  The village has a vast and proud history, including sending men from this area into the fight of the Great Wars.
The memorial here is found beside the beautiful Town Hall.  The attractive cenotaph consists of a statue of a WWI soldier resting between two granite columns with the names of those who died for King and country.  The Korean War has also been acknowledged, although no names are listed from that conflict.  The memorial was originally erected and dedicated on July 31st, 1921.
 


Marker text:
Front centre:
1914-1918
1939-1945
1950-1953
 

Front Left:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

LOUIS O'NEILL
GEORGE J. DOYLE
EDWARD McGRATH
ARTHUR HOGAN
JOSEPH GILROY
FRANK PULLAR
MICHAEL HOPKINS
ADAM GRAY
JOHN HANLEY
JOHN STEWART
ROLAND J. PICKWORTH
ALEXANDER McKAY

ROBERT EDNIE
WILLIAM BROWN
LEONARD BOARDMAN
CLIFFORD AUGERMAN
ADOLPH RICCI
GEORGE PEW
JOHN BOYUK
JAMES DAVIDSON
JACK ALEXANDER

JOHN F. GILL
 
 



Front Right:
OUR HONOURED DEAD

THOMAS McCULLOUGH
LOUIS GERALDI
CHARLES FLORENCE
RICHARD SPAVIN
ROBERT McCANN
MICHAEL NEWCOMBE
WILLIAM MITCHELL
MORGAN ANDREWS
JOHN OWEN MITCHELL
GUSTION OLSEN
GEORGE SNYDER
JOHN McKECHNIE

ARNOLD MILLS
KENNETH BOUCOCK
EVAN NELSON
DONALD HAMMOND
HARVEY R. LAFFERTY
JOSEPH POPILUK
ARCHIE GRAY
WILLIAM NIXON
GEORGE DOWNES
 



Left side:
BOURLON-WOOD
CAMBRAI
LE CATEAU
VALENCIENNES
MONS
 

Right side:
YPRES
FESTUBERT
GIVENCHY
ST-ELOI
SANCTUARY-WOOD
 


 
Rear Centre:
ERECTED
BY THE TOWN OF
MERRITTON
IN
GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
HER HONOURED DEAD
AND
THOSE WHO CARRIED ON
IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
AND WORLD WAR II
1939-1945
KOREAN CONFLICT
1950-1953

Rear Left:
LENS
PASSCHENDAELE
AMIENS
ARRAS

Rear Right:
THE SOMME
COURCELETTE
VIMY RIDGE
HILL 70
 

 

Fordwich

 

Location:  Huron County   N 43 52.193  W 81 01.864
On the west side of Patrick Street, just north of Water Street.
 

This one of many small towns in Ontario I had never heard of before tackling this project, and one of the many pleasant surprises I have found in my journey.  The memorial here in Fordwich represents the Township of Howich, and the men from this area who died in the Great War.  It was the sacrifices made by thousands of men from similar small villages across the country that gave Canada it great victories in the Great War.  The grateful citizens that remained, honoured these brave souls with beautiful statues and cenotaphs, carving their names in the stone to be remembered for ever more.  Brass plaques where later added to remember the names of those lost in the Second World War.  A WWI German trench mortar rests behind the memorial.
This cenotaph, so typical of those found in many small villages throughout Ontario, stands proudly today as a stark reminder of the sacrifices made by so many.


Marker text:
Front.
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF
HOWICK
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE
TOWNSHIP WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

T. WILFRID MONTGOMERY
Wm. A. HOOD
NORMAN SHARPIN
J. ROY CATTANAGH
Wm. A. UNDERWOOD
OGAL McLEOD
DOUGLAS BATES
ARCHIE McCULLOUGH
FRANCIS M. RENWICK
ALEX J.G. GRAHAM
WILBERT S. SUTTON
Wm. WHITTINGTON
MARSHALL MUSGROVE
JOHN C. RINGLER
ROBERT C. WATTERS
FRED J. BRITTAIN
JOHN LAIRD
AUSTIN ROWE
JOHN I. EARLS

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
 


 
Right side:
PASSCHENDAELE
HOOGE   ARRAS
SANCTUARY WOOD
COURCELETTE
AMIENS   ST. ELOI

IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE
1939 - 1945

MONTY H. BROTHERS
WILLIAM COWAN
HARVEY A. DUNN
MILTON E. EVERS
WILLIAM HABERELE
JOHN HORSBURGH

JACK NEWTON
ARNOLD STINSON
GORDON TOPHAM
JOHN WEIR
J. FRANK WARRELL
KEITH WILLIAMSON
WILMONT A. WALLACE

"WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM"
 
 


 
Left side:
MONS   VIMY RIDGE
GIVENCHY   LENS
YPRES   FESTUBERT
BOURLON WOOD   DOUAI
CAMBRAI   SOMME

1939-1945
BATTLE OF BRITAIN,
HONG KONG, DIEPPE,
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN,
NORTH WEST EUROPE
 

Westwood

 

Location:  Peterborough County   N 44 19.364  W 79 03.680
On Centre Line Road, east of County Road 38, beside the library.
 

Westwood is a small community within the township of Asphodel-Norwood.  The memorial is found beside the former Town Hall, now the library.  It consists of a single stone shaft, engraved with the names of the men from the former Asphodel Township, who served and died in the Great Wars.  The memorial was first erected by the township in 1920, making it one of the oldest memorials in Ontario.


Marker text:
Front main shaft:
TO BURY DEEP THE SWORD
THEY DIED

BRACKENRIDGE, MAX
BROOKS, W. DAVID
CAMPBELL, THOMAS
CLAPPER, Wm. A.
CHAMBERLAIN, ROBERT
DONALD, EDGAR
DUNLOP, ARTHUR
DOUGLAS, TRUMAN
DEVINE, JOHN
DOHERTY, JOHN
EAGLES, HERBERT
HEFFERNAN, FRANK
HENDREN, KARN
LEEPER, ARTHRU
NOYES, MICHAEL
PARKER, THOMAS
PARCELS, ARTHUR
RICHARDSON, ROY
RATHWELL, JOHN
TUCKER, PATRICK
TURNER, ROBERT
WARNER, JAMES

1939-1945
KIDD, D. EARL
RICHARDSON, ROY
STARKE, ARNOLD
STEVENSON, ELMER
STINSON, OLIVER
 

Front foot stone:
ERECTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF ASPHODEL
TO COMMEMORATE THE DEEDS OF OUR
SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN THE
1914  GREAT WAR  1918
 



Right side:
THOSE
WHO CARRIED ON

BASKIN, MAUDE
BASKIN, ANNIE E.
REID, GERTRUDE
KELLY, LORETTA
ANDREWS, PERCY
BASKIN, JAS. R.
BIRDSALL, EVERETT
BAGNAL, FRED
BAXTER, BEN
BRACKENRIDGE, CHARLIE
BRACKENRIDGE, FRANK
BETTIS, ED R.
COOK, GEORGE
CHAPMAN, WALTER
CUMMISKEY, VICTOR
DIGBY, GEORGE
DRUMMOND, HARRY,
DRUMMOND, THOMAS
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM
DICKSON, RANDAL
DEVINE, ALFRED
FLETCHER, FRED
GOOLEY, DANIEL
GOOLEY, JOSEPH
GOOLEY, WILLIAM
HILTON, CHARLES
HARRIS, CHARLES
HARRIS, GEORGE
HUYCKE, FRANK
KETTRIDGE, ARTHUR
KNOX, RUSSELL

YPRES
 




 
Left side:
THOSE
WHO CARRIED ON

KIRK, THOMAS
KELLY, JAS. H.
LOWE, THOMAS
LONG, THOMAS
LAWSON, ANDREW
LANCASTER, BERT
LYNCH, PHIL
McNAUGHTON, MAX
MARTIN, GEORGE
McMILLAN, HERMAN
MANLY, GORDON
NORRIS, LOUIS
NICHOLSON, ALEX
NEILSON, HILLIARD
PATTERSON, OTTO
PARKER, JOHN
PARCELS, WILLIAM
ROBUS, WALTER T.
RICHARDSON, MAX
RING, JOHN
RYAN, ANTHONY
RAHAL, ROBERT
STEVENSON, WESLEY
SCRIVER, PERCY
STARK, DAVID
SCOTT, ARNOLD
WALSH, JOHN
WILSON, SAMUEL
WEEKES, ERNEST
WILSON, WILLIAM
STACEY-BUSH, GEORGE

MONS

Harriston

Location:  Wellington County   N 43 54.705  W 80 52.132
At the corner of Elora Street S. and Mill Street, in front of the public library.
 

A beautiful small town memorial with statue, erected in June 1921.  The memorial features the names of the men from the town of Harriston and Minto Township, who died during the World Wars.  The small parkette also features an Ontario Historical Plaque to tell the story of the founding of Harriston.  The names listed feature no ranks, as all men are equal in death.  So nice to see the memorial so well maintained, and the names still readable after so many years.



Marker text:
Front:
HUMANITY

ERECTED BY THE
CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF HARRISTON
AND THE TOWNSHIP OF MINTO,
IN MEMORY OF
OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 1918
AND THE SECOND
GREAT WAR
1939 1945
 



Left side:
ENDURANCE

HARRISTON

THOMAS BROWN
JAMES CORCORAN
J. GARFIELD CLEAVE
GORDON COBURN
NEIL CAMPBELL
GERALD D. EEDY
ROY HENRY
ROBT. ALEX. HOOD
ROBERT D. JORDAN
THOMAS P. JOHNSON
IRWIN KETT
FRANK NEIL
RAYMOND P. PRITCHARD
HUGH M. SMITH
THOMAS SUTHERLAND
FRED ZIEGLER
 


 
Right side:
SACRIFICE
MINTO

DOUGLAS BATES
JOSEPH BROUGHTON
LLOYD BRAMHILL
JAMES BACON
GEORGE CARTER
HAROLD CHILTON
HENRY CHILTON
ARCHIBALD ELLIS
DAVID E. HOWES M.D.
CLIFFORD HARRISON
BERNARD KENNEDY
LEONARD KIRK
ELGIN LEE
S. LAWRENCE
MURRAY MATTHEWS
CARLYLE MATTHEWS
CRAWFORD NEWTON
WILLIAM C. REEVES
MILTON SEILER
BYRON SMALL
FLOYD SMALL
JAMES SLINGER
ROBERT THOMSON
 


 
Back:
1939 COURAGE 1945
MINTO

JAMES BELL
MILTON EVERS
JAMES GORDON
HAROLD GILKINSON
JOHN MOCK
ARNOLD STINSON
WILMOT WALLACE
VICTOR INNANEN

HARRISTON

KENNETH ARMSTRONG
HAROLD BUTLER
WALLACE CRAIGMILL
RUSSELL HALL
KENNETH PRIOR
DONALD SCHMIDT
EDWARD TOMLIN