Preston

 
 
Location:  Waterloo Region     N 43° 23.794 W 080° 21.561
On the east side of King Street E., at Argyle Street N.
 

This beautiful memorial was unveiled with great fanfare and celebration on November 8, 1926, by the Ontario t. Governor Col Henry Cockshutt.  The entire town shut down and paid tribute to the fallen of the Great War.  The names of Preston residents killed in the Great War have been etched into the stone with lead.  The structure is made of Canadian grey granite, erected by the McIntosh Granite Co. of Toronto. 
In 1949, the names of those who died in the Second World War were engraved alongside their comrades from the previous generation.
The unique and stunning monument was restored in 1991 and each year the village of Preston, which is now part of the larger Town of Cambridge, pays homage to its lost sons, in a wonderful Remembrance Day parade and ceremony.
The memorial is at the head of Central Park, an area filled with various plaques to recognize the history of this area, and to remind all citizens that they are part of a long-standing community, although they have been merged into the larger conglomerate of Cambridge.
A mural commissioned by the local Royal Canadian Legion overlooks the memorial from the side of a nearby building.  This artwork itself is a wonderful tribute to those who have served and continue to serve the community.
 




Marker text:
Front:
THEIR NAME LIVETH    FOR EVERMORE

A WALL OF     DEFENCE

THEY WERE     UNTO US

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF PRESTON
WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
AND IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO
THOSE WHO SHARED ITS DANGERS

1914     1918

ARTHUR H. WADE
WILLIAM F. ADAMS
EDWARD CALLAN
J. LYNN PATTINSON
WILLIAM JOHNSTON
REGINALD SEARS
ALFRED HAWKINS
ARCHIBALD P. HOUSLER
HERBERT F. MORRIS
GEORGE E. SIMMERS
IVAN H. THOMAS
JAMES H. REID
JOHN HUGHES
EDWARD HALE
ROBERT W. ROGERS
HORACE K. SKIPTON
GEORGE BRADLEY
ROLAND TANNER
ERNEST GATEHOUSE
JOHN M. RATZ
JOSEPH H. GOODARE
FRED T. CRITCHER
JOHN C. CHARLTON
ROGER E. GRANT
GEORGE V. HADFIELD
LANCELOT C. VON ENDE
ROBERT W. McMEEKIN

L. CORSON JOHNSTON
JOHN F. McCONNELL
JOSEPH HACKETT
ROBERT G. McINTOSH
FRANK A.G. COOPER
HENRY G. HADDAWAY
ROBERT C. BROWN
WILLIAM J. PARKER
HARRY NEWLANDS
GEORGE P. FINK
EDWARD MORRIS
CHARLES H. RILEY
LEONARD KING
RUPERT H. MIDDLEMISS
JOSEPH THOMAS
ROSS E. DENNISON
ROY HALE
WILLIAM J. DURWARD
ALBERT VIGES
HAROLD PAYNE
JOHN G. TRILLER
ARTHUR E. FACH
MILTON CORNELL
LOUIS BENN
CHARLES M. KNACK
WILLIAM C. PLOETHNER
J. LEONARD SHORT


WORLD WAR II

GORDON ANDERSON
BERNAR A. BAKER
SHERWOOD BEITZ
JAMES BELL
GEO. DAVID COLLINS
W. HOWARD DAVIDSON
FRANK DAY
PATRICK DOHERTY
JOHN D. ELLIOTT
G.W. FENNELL
MERVYN FOUSE
ALEX GALL
EARL GRAHAM
GEO. HANSON
DAVID G. HILBORN
PETER HUMENISKI
CHARLES EDWARD HUNTER
HERMAN JINSSEN

1950-1953
KOREAN WAR


WORLD WAR II

W. KLEMENTOSKI
KENNETH H. MASTERTON
EDWARD MARSTON
R. MATTHEWS
D. McDOWELL
F.J. McILVENNEY
ANDREW MOSSER
ROBERT MOSSER
L.T. ROBERTS
GEO. VICTOR RUSS
J.P. SEBASTIAN
TOM SENIOR
LAWRENCE SNELGROVE
JOHN STEPHENSON
W.J. TWINING
ORVILLE J. WEST
D.T. WITHINGTON
C.H. ZIEMAN


KOREA
DONALD E. THOMPSON
1951







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