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