Madoc

 

Location:  Hastings County     N 44° 30.355 W 077° 28.139
In Thomas Thompson Memorial Park, on the south side of St. Lawrence Street East.
 

This beautiful memorial was erected by the Madoc Women's Institute and unveiled with full military honours in November of 1928.  It pays tribute to the men of this vicinity who gave their lives in sacrifice during the Great War.
In later years the names of those lost in the Second World War where engraved in the back of the great stone.  A small plaque acknowledging the Korean War was also added.

Beside the memorial are two German trench mortars and also an Ontario Historical Plaque dedicated to John Weir Foote, who bravely earned the Victoria Cross on the beaches of the failed Dieppe Raid in 1942.  He is the only Chaplain to have received the highest award in WWII.




Marker text:
Front:
SOMME

FESTUBERT

VIMY RIDGE

PASSCHENDAELE

ERECTED IN HONOUR
OF THE MEN OF MADOC
AND VICINITY WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES INTHE
GREAT WAR

1914     1916

small plaque:
KOREA
1950 - 1953
 
 




 
Right side:
MONS

LEMMON MURNEY
MACKENZIE DAVID
MILLER FREDRICK M.
MITTS J.F.
MITTS ALTON
MOORE EDWARD
MacTAVISH ROWSELL M.
McCAREY WILLIAM
McGHEE MARSHALL
NEWLAND RICHARD H.
NICKLE LESLIE W.
NICKLE ROBERT J.
PARKS CHAS.
PAYETTE HENRY
PHILLIPS HERB
REID STANLEY
ROBERTS WILLIAM
RODGERS PHILLIP A.
ROSE HERBERT R.
SAGER GEORGE
SAMPLE WELLINGTON
SANDFORD JAMES W.
SMITH HAROLD
SPECK CAMERON
STORING FRANCIS N.
TAYLOR WILLIAM J.
TAYLOR HARRY
TUMELTY EARL
TUFTS ARTHUR Z.
VINCENT WILLIAM
WATSON CHARLES R.
WEESE MILTON
WEST EDWARD J.
WEST ARTHUR
WEST ROLAND
WILES CHAS.
WILKINSON WILLIAM
 




 
Left side:
YPRES

ALEXANDER JOHN J.
ALEXANDER ROBERT
ALLT JOHN S.
AYRHART CHARLES
BADGLEY JOHN
BASSETT LORNE B.
BIRD GEORGE
BRADY JAMES R.
BROADWORTH MALCOLM P.
BROADWORTH CARL Mc.
BROADWORTH ERNEST M.
BROAD THOS. C.
BRONSON JOHN A.
BROWN JOHN
BURNS LAURENCE
BURNS EDWARD
BLAIR JOHN
BENSON FRED
CARMAN LEONARD
CARTWRIGHT JOSEPH
CRAMPY JOSEPH
DEMARSH ALEXANDER
DONALDSON CHARLES H.
DOUGHTY J. CARL
FEENEY JOHN C.
GENEREAUX FRANK
GLOVER WINFRED A.
GORDON A. EDWARD
GORDON WALLACE S.
HARRIS HAROLD B.
HOLLAND GEORGE
KELLAR BRUCE
KELLAR BERT.
KENT GEORGE
KETCHESON ROSS
KINLOCH FRANK
LAIRD JOHN
 



 
 
Rear:
1939 - 1945

ASH A. RUEBEN
AULT ROBERT
BRISTOL ROBERT
BROAD LESLIE
CASSIBO BERNARD
CAVERLY CLIFFORD
COONEY HAROLD
FRANCES JEROME
GENEREAUX JACK
GILMAN PAUL
GRIFFIN HARRY
HERRINGTON ALEX
HUNTER ROBERT
KINCAID ROBERT
KIRBY STEWART
MARTIN KENNETH
McMURRAY ED.
MURRAY ALEX
REEVES MacKENZIE
ROSS WALTER
SCHAMEHORN CLIFFORD
SCOTT WALTER
SPRY CECIL
THOMPSON ROBERT
WALKER FRED
WALKER MALCOLM
WHYTOCK DONALD B.
YOUNG JAMES
 




 
Ontario Historic Plaque:
 JOHN WEIR FOOTE, V.C. 1904-1988

The only chaplain in World War II to receive the Victoria
Cross, Foote was born and raised in Madoc. He entered the
Presbyterian ministry in 1934 and enlisted in the Canadian
Chaplain Service five years later. Assigned to the Royal
Hamilton Light Infantry, Foote distinguished himself during
the ill-fated Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942. Acting "with
utter disregard for his personal safety", he ministered to
the wounded and carried injured personnel from exposed
positions on the beach to first aid posts and landing craft,
all while under heavy enemy fire.Ultimately he was taken
prisoner because he refused to abandon those who could not
be evacuated. For his courageous actions he was awarded
the Victoria Cross, the British commonwealth's highest
military decoration for valour.
Erected by the Ontairo Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Communications.