Saturday 15 August 2015

Campbellford



Location:  Northumberland County   N 44 18.628  W 77 47.996
On the east side of Queen Street, north of Bridge Street.
 

On of the most impressive small-town cenotaphs I have seen.  The white stone shining in the bright sun, in a pretty setting alongside the river.  The memorial was first erected in 1926, by the local I.O.D.E., for a cost of $5,000.  Community fundraising efforts were tremendous in those days, in an effort to honour those lost in the Great War.
This glorious monument was restored and rededicated in 2009, with names being added that were omitted when it was first constructed.
The names of the those lost in the two World Wars and Korea are engraved in the massive stone, while two additional plaques list the names of those who served during the major conflicts.  For a full list of names of those who served and died, please refer to this website:  http://www.trenthills.ca/en/community/veterans.asp



Marker text:
Front:
YPRES
SOMME
FESTUBERT
PASSCHENDAELE
ARRAS
AMIENS

KOREA  1950 - 1953

1939 - 1945
ARMSTRONG, GEORGE
ATKINSON, MAC
BAKER, JOHN
BAKER, W.F.H.
BERTRAND, CHARLES
BLAKE, ROBERT
BUSCHNER, CHARLES
DONALD, ANGUS
DOUGLAS, ERIC
DUNN, CHARLES
FARRELL, JAMES
GOUDY, C.M.
GRIEVES, WILLIS
HAIG, AYLMER
HAY, RAYMOND

HERROLD, H.J.
INGRAM, ERIC
KERR, JAMES B.
LAMBERT, ARTHUR
McMULLEN, DOUGLAS
MILNE, DOUGLAS
OLIVER, FRANCIS
RIVARD, GERARD
ROWE, ARTHUR
RUNIONS, WILLIAM
SHAPTER, AUBREY
SMITH, GEORGE
TAYLOR, HAROLD
WILLIAMS, L.A.
McARTHUR, NEIL W.

IN HONOUR OF THOSE OF CAMPBELLFORD AND SEYMOUR WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR CANADA

ABERNETHY, MANSEL J.
ANDERSON, HARRY
BADGLEY, JOHN SAMUEL
BATESON, WILLIAM WALTER
BERRY, ALBERT EDWARD
BEA, ARTHUR
BATES, ALBERT
BREWER, HARRY
BIGHAM, WILLIS
COULTER, JAMES EVERETT
CROWE, GEORGE BENJAMIN
COWAIN, RICHARD O.
CROPLEY, SAMUEL
CAMPBELL, DUGALD
CARRUTHERS, WM. J.
CUTRIDGE, ERNEST WALTER
CRAWFORD, DANIEL
DOLMAN, GARNET

DONALD, ANGUS
DOXSEE, WILLIAM J.
DOXSEE, GEORGE ERNEST
ELLIS, ARCHIBALD VICTOR
ELLIS, J.F.T.
EMLAW, HAROLD
FREE, EDGAR
HEATH, DAVID
HICKS, SAMUEL
HANKINSON, JAMES
HORKINS, RICHARD E.  M.B.
HUTCHINGS, ALFRED
INNES, EDWARD ANGUS
JOHNSTON, FRANK JAMES
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM
LASHER, STEWART
LAWES, ERIC




 
Rear:
YPRES
SOMME
FESTUBERT
PASSCHENDAELE
ARRAS
AMIENS

KOREA  1950 - 1953

WORLD WAR I
1914-1918

ARMITAGE, ALBERT
BONNYCASTLE, RICHARD H.
COWIN, ALBERT HUGH
CUMMING, HERBERT
HARTLEY, WILLIAM JOHN
HINCHCLIFFE, ROY
INGRAM, THOMAS ANDREW
INNES, EDWARD A.
LAMB, WILLIAM A.
LEMON, MURNEY
MURRAY, WILLIAM ANDERSON
NADOO, ROY

IN HONOUR OF THOSE OF CAMPBELLFORD AND SEYMOUR WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR CANADA

LITTLE, ROBERT LESLIE
LAWRENCE, ALBERT
LONGMUIR, GEORGE EDMUND
McQUADE, WILLIAM
MASON, BERT
MAILLEY, JOHN
MADDOCKS, FRANK
MASSIE, JAMES REGINALD
McBRIDE, JAMES CAMPBELL
McARTHUR, FRED
MARRIOTT, HARRY
McARTHUR, HUGH NEILL
MILLS, JAMES
NACARROW, FREDERICK
NELSON, ANDREW EASTON
RICHARDSON, GEORGE
RUTHERFORD, NORMAN
REYNOLDS, JAMES ARTHUR

SAVILL, CHARLES
SMITH, JOSEPH
SALTER, WM. J.
SCOTT, ANDREW
SHARPE, SELBORNE
SIMPSON, ROY
STICKLES, ALFRED
STEWART, R. FERRIS
STEWART, CHARLES
STILLMAN, FRED
SMITH, ISAAC
VARCOE, ROY
WESTON, EDMUND
WILLIAMS, HARRY
WILLIAMS, HARRY JAMES
EVERLEIGH, FRANK
 








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