Tamworth

 

Location:  Lennox and Addington County     N 44° 29.212 W 076° 59.656
At the corner of Concession Street South and Ottawa Street, beside the library.
 


This memorial was originally erected to honour those from this community who served in the Great War.  The names of the dead are engraved on the front of the granite stele, and the names of the men and one Nursing Sister who returned are found on the sides.
On the back of the memorial are engraved the names of those lost in World War II, and the Korean War is also acknowledged, although no one from Tamworth was lost in Korea.
The memorial is placed in a place of honour beside the beautiful library, near the main intersection in town.  The Union Jack flag can be found decorating the cenotaph.  A very nice memorial for a small town, well kept and well supported by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 458.



Marker text:
Front:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE
POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES
ROW ON ROW

THEIR NAME ENDURETH
FOR EVERMORE

1914     1918
OUR HONOURED DEAD

TOM ADAIR
EDWARD BAKER
VINCENT HARRISON
FRED HUGHES
SAM HICKS
JACK KELLAR
BILL LAWLOR
BERT LOTT
ERNIE WOOD
JOSEPH SWITZER
BRITTON WOODCOCK
WILLIE PRUE
 
 





Left side:
THOSE
WHO CARRIED ON

LAWRENCE COXALL
GEO. CHALK
GEO. DOYLE
GEO. HICKS
HARVEY HICKS
JAMES HARRISON
WILLIAM HAGGERTY
HARRY LETCH
HENRY LOTT
DON LOTT
WILLIAM LOTT
ALBERT MARLIN
JOHN McDONALD
JOHN McADAMS
 





Right side:
THOSE
WHO CARRIED ON

BERNARD O'NEILL
FRED PARKS
JOHN PRUE
SIDNEY PRUE
ARTHUR RORKE
JAMES ROBERTSON
KENNETH STINSON
CALVIN SELEMAN
SAM SWITZER
SCHUYLER  THOMPSON
JACK THOMPSON
CLARENCE THOMPSON
ELTON THORNTON
CHARLIE WOOD

NURSING SISTER
NETA CARSCALLAN
 





Rear:
1939     1945
OUR HONOURED DEAD

LORNE KIRK
LORNE YORK
REGGIE RICHMOND
GEORGE MURPHY


KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
 

Whitney

 

Location:  Nipissing District     N 45 29.678   W 78 14.426
On the west side of Highway 60, at Galeairy Lake Road.
 

A beautiful setting along the shores of Galeairy Lake, sits a small veteran's park with a stone cairn and an artillery piece.
The stone cairn recognizes the local men lost in World War II.  Six names appear on the plaque, forever remembered in this small village near the east gate of Algonquin Park.
The artillery piece is a 155mm, made in Sorel, Quebec in 1955.

This memorial is a fine tribute to the memory the men from Whitney, and holds a prominent position in the small village, easily visible to the hundreds of tourists that pass by here on a warm summer day.



Marker text:
THEIR NAMES
LIVETH FOREVER

1939 - 1945

Jack Heintzman

Edelore McGuey

Kenneth Shields

Earl Lynch

Cyril Coghlan

Felix Shalla
 

St. Williams

 

Location:   Norfolk County     N 42 40.040   W 80 24.886
At the corner of Townline Street and Queen Street, which is the main intersection in town.
 

This is one of those memorials that took my by complete surprise.  I was passing through this small village on my way to another town, when I spotted this cairn in the setting sun.  I was pleasantly surprised that such a small community had taken the initiative to create a memorial to honour the memory of those who had served and died in the First World War.
This old memorial, erected by the Royal Legion in 1930, has never been updated to include any subsequent wars or conflicts, and holds a very prominent spot at the main crossroads in town.
The cairn is made of fieldstone, with a golden coloured plaque engraved with the names of the heroes of the past. 



Marker text:
Plaque:
1914     11918
HONOUR AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE
TO THOSE WHO DIED - HONOUR ALSO
AND GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO,
DARING TO DIE, SURVIVED.

In Memory Of:
JOHN T. CARNAHAN
LEONARD GARLAND
EDGAR MARTIN
HARRY MASTERS

DAVID MORRIS
GEORGE MORRIS
GEORGE SHERLOCK
HUGH W. SMITH


Roll Of Honour
CHESTER BENNETT
EDWARD BRAY
MAURICE J. BROWN
JAMES B. DAWES
FRANK DEDRICK
FRED GRIFFIN
LORNE HARRISON
CYRIL D. HAYFIELD
CHARLES E. JOHNSON
ROBERT JOHNSON
WALTER JOHNSON

G. BAILEY KELLY
LESLIE K. KNOWLES
LOUIS A. LANCASTER
G. RITCHIE LANE
JAMES A. MABEE
LAWRENCE MARTIN
ROBERT MARTIN
FRANCIS E. MASON
WILLIAM J. MORRIS
GEORGE METRIE ??
C. BRUCE McCALL

CLAYTON McCALL
FRANK S. NEWMAN
CHARLES PRICE
WILLIAM H. PROPER
HARRY QUICK
ROY QUICK
BRUCE SECORD
ARCHIE SMITH
ARCHIE STARLING
DELBERT UNGER
H. WILLIAM WOODY

LEST WE FORGET

Stone:
ERECTED BY POST 161
CANADIAN LEGION
1930
 

 

Paris

Location:   Brant County   N 43 11.529  W 80 23.029
At the corner of Grand River Street and Mechanic Street, immediately north of the river.
 

This memorial is in a busy and honoured spot along the main street through the pretty town of Paris.
Originally the memorial was erected to honour the men and women lost in the First World War.  The names of the major battles of that conflict are engraved in the monument.  No names of those lost appear anywhere in this memorial.
After the Second World War, two stone shafts were added to recognize the battles of the second major war.  Again, no names can be found anywhere.  The list of names is likely long, as Paris is a fairly large community, so as with most towns of any size, only the battles are listed.
At the entrance of this lovely parkette, there is also an elegant Verdin post clock with the words "Lest We Foget" painted in gold, also to honour the many men and women who served and sacrificed.


Marker text:
Front:
1914 - 1918

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN
OF PARIS
WHO FELL
AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE
WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR

VIMY-LENS-HILL 70

"LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
AND OUR FATHERS THAT BEGAT US
...ALL THESE WERE HONOURED IN
THEIR GENERATIONS AND WERE
THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES."

GIVENCHY

SANCTUARY WOOD

SOMME

PASSCHENDAELE-AMIENS

"TAKE THESE MEN FOR YOUR EXAMPLE
LIKE THEM, REMEMBER THAT PROSPERITY
CAN ONLY BE FOR THE FREE, THAT
FREEDOM IS THE SURE POSSESSION OF THOSE
ALONE, WHO HAVE COURAGE TO DEFEND IT."

ARRAS

DROCQUORT - QUEANT

CANAL-DU-NORD
 
 

Plaque:
TO THE
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II
IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY

THE TOWN OF PARIS EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION TO THE
CITIZENS WHO SERVED CANADA DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR.  WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOUR
THEIR SELFLESS CONTRIBUTIONS.

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE END OF THE WAR.

"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."

NOVEMBER 11TH, 1995
 


Right end:
CAMBRAI

VALENCIENNES

MONS
 

Left end:
YPRES

ST. JULIEN

FESTUBERT
 




Left shaft:
1939

SICILY

ITALY

ATLANTIC

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY
FAR CALLED OUR NAVIES MELT AWAY
LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET

CASSINO

GOTHIC LINE

RAVENNA

HONG KONG

CAMPOBASSO

ORTONA

LIRI

NORMANDY
 




Right shaft:
1945

N.W. EUROPE

RHINE

PACIFIC

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT
WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW

1950    KOREA    1953

SCHELDT

REICHSWALD

HOCHWALD

DIEPPE

CAEN

FALAISE

CHANNEL PORTS

BATTLE OF BRITAIN