North Bay - Vimy Ridge Memorial Wall

 

Location:   Nippising District     N 46 18.758   W 79 27.610
Memorial Park is located at the corner of First Avenue and Ferguson Street.

 
The Vimy Ridge Memorial Wall is part of the larger memorial park in downtown North Bay.  The wall was dedicated in November, 2000.  It has individual plaques for each soldier from this district who was lost in the epic battle.
Three plaques can also be found on the wall dedicated to the men of the Ontario Northland Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the North Bay Collegiate Institute, who served in the two World Wars.
A smaller wall was also erected to give a brief history of the battle and to acknowledge the generous sponsors of the Project Flanders.

Marker text:
Smaller Wall:
Front:
THE BATTLE OF VIMY RIDGE
APRIL 9, 1917

ALWAYS SEEKING THE ELUSIVE BREAKTHROUGH, THE ALLIES PLANNED A MASSIVE OFFENSIVE IN EARLY 1917.  THE CANADIAN CORPS WITH ALL FOUR OF ITS DIVISIONS WOULD DELIVER AN ATTACK AGAINST VIMY RIDGE.  THE RIDGE WAS THE KEY TO THE HINDENBURG LINE IN THE GERMAN DEFENCE SYSTEM.  THE VICTORY AT VIMY RIDGE CAME SWIFTLY.  IT DID NOT COME WITHOUT COST.  3,598 DEAD AND 10,602 CASUALTIES.  THIS VICTORY WAS THE PROFOUND TURNING POINT FOR THE ALLIES, AS A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE WAR WAS OVER.

(Repeated in French)

List of contributors fills out the remaining front side and the back.
 
 



Main Wall:
Ontario Northland Railway:
(Ontario crest)
IN MEMORY OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE OF
THE ONTARIO NORTHLAND WHO, IN THE
CALL OF SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY, GAVE
THEIR LIVES, IN THE FIRST AND SECOND
WORLD WARS; FIGHTING UNSELFISHLY FOR
THE FREEDOM THAT THEY CHERISHED THEN
AND THAT WHICH WE CHERISH TODAY.

THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, THE
RICHES OF OUR CANADIAN WAY OF
LIFE ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT
THEY STRIVED TO PRESERVE.

1914-1918          1939-1945
 


CP Railway:
THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THOSE IN THE SERVICE
OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY WHO
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDSHIP, FACED DANGER
AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR
OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM.
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT
THAT THEIR NAMES NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

YPRES     FESTUBERT     THE SOMME     VIMY     HILL 70
PASSCHENDAELE     AMIENS     CAMBRAI     DROCOURT-QUEANT     MONS
 



School Honour Roll:
HONOUR ROLL
1939     1945
N.B.C.I. & V.S.

IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE
OF THE STUDENTS WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

A.G. APOSTLE
G.M. BARLOW
J.J BARLOW
D.C. BEATTIE
E.W. BEATTIE
L.K. BEATTIE
W.B. BLAKELY
A.L. BONANY
S.O. BROWN
SYD. BROWN
Z. BROWN
G.F. CALEY
H.D. CARROLL
J.H. CHANDLER
P.V. CHARETTE
R.A. CHARLAND
R.C. CHARLTON
J.H. CHARRON

W.H.  CLARK
A.E. CLARK
G.H. COCKBURN
A.J. COTE
W.E. CUMMINGS
F.C. DAYTON
W.D. DEVINE
G.H. DUDLEY
F.A. DUQUETTE
A.A. FISCHER
T.E. FRAIR
G.L. GAMMELL
J.A. GLENN
J.J. GODIN
R.D. GRANT
D.O. GUERTIN

R.B. HALLIDAY
G.J. HOGAN
H.W. IRVINE
J.A. JACKSON
F.A. JEFFERY
D. JENNINGS
C.S. JOHNSTON
L.H. JONES
G.D. KEHOE
M.J. KELLY
A.J. KENNEY
J.J. KERVIN
G.L. KIRK
W.J. LAFONTAINE
W.K. LOCKE
W.J. LOUDEN
G.T. MAHER

J.T. MANGAN
L.B. McCOOL
T.R. McDOUGALL
L.J. McKENNA
D.W. McKENZIE
R.N. McLEAN
D.O. McMAHON
H.J. McMANUS
C.A. McROBERTS
G.J. MERCHANT
M.A. MILLS
D.B. MILNE
S.J. MOULDER
W.T. MOYER
R.K. NICKLE
T.M. OTTO
E.J. PEVERLEY
D. PIGEAU

J.H. PREECE
T.J. PREECE
J.A. QUINLAN
W.C. REYNOLDS
J. RICHARDSON
H.J. SHAW
E.W. SMITH
C.R. STEWART
F.A. TANDY
K.L. THOMPSON
L.W. WEBSTER
C.M. WEEGAR
C.M. WHITE
L.L. WHITMAN
B.E. WILLOUGHBY
H.J. WILSON
W.R. MOSLEY-WILLIAMS

ERECTED BY THE STAFF AND STUDENTS
 




Vimy Wall Honour Roll Plaques:
E.C. SHEPHERD
JAMES FORDER
107TH DN BOYS
A.C. SOUTAR
LOUIS THERIENS
THOMAS SMITH
ROBT. J. ASHTON
JAMES HUME
ARTHUR I. TANDY
P.L. WALKER
CAMPBELL KING
JOHN G. ANGUS
JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW
MALCOLM A. MacDONALD
H. LONGMIRE
IRWIN WALLACE
HARRY F. MIDDLETON
ARTHUR SEGUIN
MARTIN BRENNAN
LLOYD BOAL
M.J. MATHESON
J.M. FRASER
Wm. ROBERT BOUCHER
WILFRED COOKE
THOMAS BRENNAN
ROBERT T. WALLACE
REGINALD DELANEY
RODERICK McDONNELL
EDGAR MARTIN

HOMER G. VARIN
GEORGE S. PUNCHER
DAN McNULTY
MELVILLE McLEOD
ALBERT HILL
LAURENT DUPUIS
ARTHUR D. DEACON
CLIFTON J. BLANCHETT
JOHNSON Y. MATCHETT
DONALD ROSS
FRANK RIGBY
F.W. GILLARD
DUNCAN A. McLEOD
J.G. PARK
ARTHUR DOXSEE
REGINALD ADSHEAD
FRED CHIDLEY
A.A. MEECHAM
VIRGIL R. PHELPS
FRANK STREETER
ALBERT WRIGHT
A.S. TAYLOR TILLEY
Wm. STUART
LEO. ANTHONY GROZZELLE
DELBERT STREETER
WILLIAM STEPHEN
ROY MENLEY
LEONARD G. KIDD
HERBERT C.J. OSBORNE
OSCAR McDONALD
TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Wm. J. NEW
BERT C. HOLBROOK